Depending on where you live, you might or might not have enough
competition to keep the dealers a bit more realistic.   Yours is well to
the wrong end of the credibility scale.

Local dealers [silicon valley] are charging 24.95 for normal oil +
filter changes and will make that synth or synth blend for a few bucks
more.  For the diesels using 11 quarts of oil, both seem to be charging
$59.95     Of course there are oil change places on every street corner
and they charge about the same as a dealer...

There are several service plans available for new Jeeps, backed by
Daimler Chrysler.  Some such as "Maximum Care" even cover the electronic
gewgaws that cost an arm and a leg to service.  The service departments
at the couple local dealers seem to like those for typical owners as
they claim it cuts down on hassles of covered versus non-covered
repairs.  Obviously they are profitable for the company.    You would
spend less overall if you just paid for repairs using the typical dealer
discount adverts...unless you had a repair over the cost of the extended
service plan.  They are betting your vehicle has average or better
reliability--you are betting it doesn't.  Like the Vegas casinos, they
play the numbers with a house edge.

The Gold Plus is not one of the names of the DC backed plans... avoid
third party warranties like the plague.

budman@suckeggs.ca proclaimed:

Just bought a new Liberty CRD and of course I got the usual sales pitch from the
business 'manager' about the virtues of an extended warranty, and especially in
this case for a diesel.  He's trying to sell me the Gold Plus plan because it
provides 10 free oil changes over the life of the plan.  He told me that he's
sure that Chrysler "made a mistake" on this, because oil changes on a diesel are
worth $125.00 a pop.

Would anyone care to verify or dispute this?  And while we're at it, if you were
buying a new Liberty CRD, which extended warranty would be most appropriate for
the long haul?

Thanx folks