Davey wrote:

Andy Burns wrote:

If you'd stuffed a fiver a month in a shoebox since the machine's
original 1 year warranty expired, you could go out and have your
choice of many Hotpoint 7/8kg condenser dryers now ...

True. But not the question I posed.

But you should infer that I'd put the money towards a new one which will
be required eventually, rather than pay a warranty.