# A little Car Talk humor on a topic we love to hate - Extended Warranties!

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** landrover\
**Created:** [February 5, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768 "2021-02-05T16:01:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![GorehamJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gorehamj/32/24103_2.png) [@GorehamJ](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GorehamJ)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/1 "2021-02-05T16:01:42Z")

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These cartoons will get you giggling.

> **[Excuse me! Your Car's Warranty has Expired! - Car Talk](https://www.cartalk.com/extended-warranties/excuse-me-your-warranty-expired)**
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> for your viewing pleasure we have collected memes of people telling you that your car warranty has expired

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**Author:** ![Julie-Lent-Managing-Editor](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/julie-lent-managing-editor/32/26447_2.png) [@Julie-Lent-Managing-Editor](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Julie-Lent-Managing-Editor)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/2 "2021-02-05T16:06:21Z")

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![Screen Shot 2021-02-05 at 11.05.23 AM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/b/eb1102953ec7076f5d77c0f40e327db1f97439fc.jpeg)

This is my favorite… So good.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/3 "2021-02-05T17:19:24Z")

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One not on the list…

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/c/8/c87afffef3a4e2da883dc8aedb5b970ecbb0ae18.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2021, 6:01pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/4 "2021-02-05T18:01:24Z")

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… and his sister phones me every day to tell me that my “Apple device” is corrupted.  
I don’t own an Apple device, but I greatly appreciate her concern.

😒

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**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/5 "2021-02-06T03:02:48Z")

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> [@VDCdriver](#):
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> I don’t own an Apple device

I bake apple pies in my pie pan.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/6 "2021-02-06T16:02:10Z")

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What really p\*sses me off about the phone companies is they said las year they’d fix this…they haven’t. As a Software manager in the Telecom field I can tell you right now…THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT TO DO. In fact it’s trivial. But the phone companies don’t want to stop it. If they wanted to stop it they would have years ago. None of these phone calls are legitimate. They are all spam just to get you credit card information…PERIOD.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/7 "2021-02-06T16:39:01Z")

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I can block calls, but there is a limit to the phone numbers I can block. Mrs JT picked up a spam call last summer, and we immediately received more calls, frequently 10 or more a day, all from different numbers. My VOIP provider claimed they couldn’t help me. More like wouldn’t. They have since gotten Nomorobo from them as part of the monthly fee, but it doesn’t catch all the robocalls. I get the same thing on my cellphone. I’ll never pay for a hotel room again!

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**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2021, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/8 "2021-02-08T22:11:07Z")

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![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/9/5/957099a75d4a64b60cb4b1f1ccde5a36c2d6ed43.jpeg)

Saw this one today.

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**Author:** ![SteveCBT](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevecbt/32/3192_2.png) [@SteveCBT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveCBT)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 12:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/9 "2021-02-09T00:04:55Z")

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![4pbch4](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/7/4/749feac88b93561f00fd7c21ca8075b61b68a367.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![galant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/77aa72/32.png) [@galant](https://community.cartalk.com/u/galant)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 1:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/10 "2021-02-09T01:20:45Z")

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OK, I hate these calls like everyone, but sometimes, I feel like Seinfeld, so I answer the call. I figure I can have a bit of fun with the salesperson.  
The problem is, I can never get the call to work; they hang up. Not sure why they waste their time calling if they are not interested to trap me.

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/11 "2021-02-09T02:50:07Z")

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Not only cars. I don’t answer my phone anymore if I don’t know who it is, but I got a letter the other day from Eaton Vance: “We have been trying to get in touch with you, please call . . .” Yeah, 5 minutes on hold and the guy couldn’t spit out what the letter was for.

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**Author:** ![BikeGuy88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@BikeGuy88](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BikeGuy88)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/12 "2021-02-09T15:09:12Z")

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I’m not in the telecom field, but if it was truly as trivial as you say it is, it would’ve been fixed. Why wouldn’t the telecom companies want that good PR?

I believe, as with just about any long-standing problem in the world, that it’s not nearly as simple as a conspiracy of people just choosing to ignore the fix.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/13 "2021-02-09T15:27:33Z")

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> [@BikeGuy88](#):
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> I’m not in the telecom field, but if it was truly as trivial as you say it is, it would’ve been fixed. Why wouldn’t the telecom companies want that good PR?

Money. The telecom companies make a lot of money with these robocalls at both ends. The company that’s doing the calls pays a service…and consumers who buy caller ID to help block these calls.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/14 "2021-02-09T18:00:30Z")

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Occasionally I will answer, I tell them I have a 1958 Packard Hawk. Consumes a minute of their offshore call centers time.

What phone companies still charge a separate fee for caller ID?  
Kind of a moot point, most have their ID blocked and the phone number may be spoofed.  
My phone allows me to block the numbers, but they just call from a different number.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/15 "2021-02-09T18:41:10Z")

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> [@Purebred](#):
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> What phone companies still charge a separate fee for caller ID?

Some smaller ones still do. But what I’ve seen is when caller ID became the standard price when up.

> [@Purebred](#):
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> My phone allows me to block the numbers, but they just call from a different number.

And that’s why they’re spoofing numbers…It’s rare they’ll spoof a number I actually know. So if I don’t know the number then I don’t answer. I get dozens of unwanted phone calls a week.

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/16 "2021-02-09T20:35:27Z")

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I got one where the number spoofed was **my** landline number!

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/17 "2021-02-09T20:59:44Z")

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> [@Purebred](#):
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> I got one where the number spoofed was **my** landline number!

That’s actually pretty common. Whatever equipment these folks use, they can plug in whatever number they want so it looks like the wife calling, the IRS, or whoever. All caller ID will show is the number they plugged in, not actually where they are calling from. I’ve done a return call a few times to the number used and get a not in service message.

Years ago I got a warranty call and I said “oh thank heavens, I’ve got 400,000 miles on my Buick and I could use a warranty”. Click.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/18 "2021-02-10T00:24:40Z")

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> [@Purebred](#):
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> I got one where the number spoofed was **my** landline number!

I had my cell-phone spoofing my cell-phone.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/19 "2021-02-10T00:26:48Z")

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> [@MikeInNH](#):
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> had my cell-phone spoofing my cell-phone.

That is really funny…  
And it makes me angry, too, rotten scammers!

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**Author:** ![gmallan55\_149168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@gmallan55\_149168](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gmallan55_149168)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-little-car-talk-humor-on-a-topic-we-love-to-hate-extended-warranties/174768/20 "2021-02-10T01:45:10Z")

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I assume the spammers making those calls pay the telecoms quite a bit of money.

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