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GNScott, maybe you are right but the extra warranty was free and with no obligation nor waiver, so why not? Also here in the DC metro area we are lucky to have at least one dealer with an awesome service manager and awesome service department. I have no reason to beleive that I will have the troubles you mentioned. And if I do have such problems after the 4yr/50K warranty is up, the extra warranty gives us basis for a warranty claim.
Also....I didn't think that any V owners were getting denied new diffs with the exception perhaps of WildWhl(?) who's diff got toasted in a crash? (Forgive me, Wild, if that is an incorrect statement). Maybe "noisy" diffs are subject to some interpretation, but I thought that all the broken diffs were getting repaired with no questions asked. If that is wrong then my information is out of date.

Yes the diffs should be more robust but they aren't. I'll take a free warranty any day. It also runs with the car so when I go to sell the car and the prospective buyer says "I heard about differential problems," I can hand them the added warranty.

Yeah, it does sound like you got a raw deal with your alignment, and I would be irritated, too......