Oh yeah, another reason I felt it was even more important to go with extended warranty is that the Marauder is a "new" animal. While the Marauder may be a compendium of parts from other Ford products, it is a pretty unique combination thereof. They haven't been produced long enough for the kinks to get worked out of the design - no long term track record to look at. It's like buying version 1.0 of a software package. It's going to have some rough edges and bugs left in it.