My trek started when I got the literature in the US mail from Chrysler a month before my car was a year old (I knew all along I was going to be keeping my Challenger "forever" but with al the talk of Chapter 11 at the time, I was afraid to hand them even more $ and I figured if they worked out a deal to stay alive, they'd eventually chase me down for a long-term warranty).

When I called the 1-800 # on the literature, I got the $3k+ #. When I called my dealer he said he could beat that by a mile at only $2k+. When I got on the net to do some research, I quickly found a few places that were well under $2k and the best deal I found was $1575 for a lifetime $100 deductable Chrysler factory warranty, so I went with that.

Sent them a check and a few weeks later I got all the paperwork in the mail including my service contract ID that I am to present to any dealers doing work after my original 3 year warranty runs out.