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I can offer up a counter point to my esteemed colleagues here—with all due respect, of course.
I bought the 34J and wanted my wife to be as comfortable driving that thing as I would. While a blowout is very rare, she (and I, actually) am pretty scared about something happening while driving. Since the Tyron mods come with the tool to remove/replace tires. I don’t understand the anxiety about tire shops needing special equipment. The dealer gives you the awkward wrench-thingy (technical term), and you throw it in the bottom of one of your basements. It’s with you, ready and waiting wherever you take your RV.
For the extended service agreement—we also bought that. What are the odds that you’ll have a perfect RV by the time the mfg warranty runs out? I’ve taken my rig in a ton of times over the last two years and it’s in pretty good shape—but this year I’ve had two service calls on it. The service plan covered around $3500 of labor & parts so far, and I’ve got another 3.5 years left of coverage. That’s some easy math for me on whether or not it’s worth it. A word of caution on the plan—read the fine print. In ILINOIS, if there isn’t a part replacement, the plan doesn’t reimburse for labor. So the issue I had where all the slide controllers went dead (because a wire fell out behind the converter box) was fixed on my dime. The service plans aren’t perfect, and like was already mentioned—lots of things can be done yourself. But think about what you can/can’t do and then think about what you’re willing to live with—and then make that decision.
For the tire service/replacement—surely you can easily lift off one of those 125# tires yourself (even while on the side of the road), right? And of course, you’ve got spares of those on your rig, right? And you also have the full set of safety equipment to supplement the rig lifts to do that work under it, right? If not, maybe having the piece of mind of making a phone call in your air conditioned house, out of the heat or rain, and having a pro come and do it for you might be worth the money you spend now.
As far as general assistance plan—I’ve haven’t had too much luck with the Coachnet arrive plan that I bought at the dealer. I thought spending the most for a plan would get you the best service. Not so much. Not even in Elkhart. Shop around for that one.
I haven’t used the interior service plan, so I can’t speak to whether or not that’s worth it or you’re better off Scotchguarding your cloth stuff, and being careful. There’s a lot of complaints about crap faux-leather chairs & couches and curtains deteriorating. I would think those would be covered by this plan, but don’t know.
So, also in all—yes, that’s almost $10K in add -ons. But, what is the percentage of that spend on what you’re spending right now on a brand new rig? How does that impact your monthly payment? In my case it was around a 7% lift on TCO. Why would I spend over $100K to be able to do this with my family, and then every time something goes wrong (after the first year), I’m looking at it costing me at least another monthly payment to fix stuff?
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