While I'm sure that there are policies about all the various warranties, I don't believe that any of them are absolutely firm. If you are working with a Chrysler dealer, do just that - deal. In the end if they want to sell you a car they will do what they have to do to seal the deal. They will figure out a way to give you (or should I say sell you) what you want. My experience over the past many years has been to get the best warranty for the period I plan to keep a car. I am willing to pay for peace of mind because I have seen and heard too many stories about how much even minor repairs cost.

If you have built relationship with the folks in your service department, I find that I can talk to them on a personal level and ask about various cars, how many problems they've seen and what they are, etc. The majority I've spoken to tell me to go with the extended warranties even though they don't have anything to gain from telling me that. All they do is point to the wall where the labor rates are posted and that's enough to convince both them and me. That being said, when I asked about buying a Crossfire my service rep said "Don't do it!" but when I asked why not, they responded that it was "too small." He preferred a Monster Truck because it made him feel safe. But he did reassure me that they had people trained to work on Crossfires and that they really didn't have a lot of problems.