Bumper-to-Bumper Extended Warranty - What is it Worth?

That was the same offer that the sale mgr made me. I didn't take it at the time though I confirmed with him that I could come back for it later. You can, but the price will be adjusted and pro-rated based on the mileage you've put on your car in the interim.

Anyway, I usually go with extended warranties but I didn't with this one as this is the first Kia I've ever owned, so I'm not sure how they are about honoring their warranties. For my past vehicles, it's always been very shop dependent. Some shops are crap about honoring the warranty and will do whatever they can to make you pay out of pocket, whereas others are the opposite and will even try to get things that aren't normally warranty issues covered anyway.

LOL all that to say that I'm also interested in what others have to say about Kia's extended warranties in general. Has anyone here bought one and had any problems with getting something fixed under it (even accepting that it's shop dependent)?

I don't think KIA USA can sell any product direct to public. I know this for fact on vehicles, but not sure if this extends to warranty and/or parts. Even so, it would not be good dealer relations for KIA corporate; the dealers are their public facing entity as is the case for all car manufacturers in the US except Tesla.

When it comes to pricing the factory extended warranty; I suspect the mark-up is significant. Problem is that at that point in the deal the buyer is negotiating with Dealer's F&I department not Sales. They are two different profit centers for the dealer.

Ran into this with my first Mercedes; F&I would not negotiate warranty price; on my next car I made extended warranty price part of the Sales quote and told Sales they had to negotiate with F&I on my behalf if they wanted the deal. It worked.

Insist that F&I negotiate; they probably are at 200-300% mark up on factory warranties. Get your best deal then decide.