At the end of the day the warranty covers some of the big parts, you can't expect them to cover everything, especially consumables. Gaskets and the like fail regularly, so you can't expect a mechanic to work for free every time a bit of flimsy rubber gets a hole in it. Like others have said, the warranty is free, you get what you pay for.

What irks me is that I HAVE to service my car every 6months to keep my warranty even though I work away so only manage a couple of thousand k's between services.

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Ryan