Here is something you may want to ask yourself before buying that LG: If I buy this machine, WITHOUT the extended warranty, and it should break, will appliance repair businesses in my area service it?
Not every appliance repair business or repair person you know will service foreign manufacture appliances, ESPECIALLY LG, Samsung, Bosch, Asko, or Miele.
Find out what businesses will service your machine. If you don't find any locally, you might want to pass on buying the LG.
I wonder what they do in manufacturing these TL machines to make them crap out in a few years?
Oh, there's lots of crap on that machine ready to fail. Electronics are good for failing, especially if the supply that you feed it is not adequate. I would think on this LG machine, you would need a tub seal somewhere to keep water from going down the shaft to the motor. What ever is going to fail on this machine has to fail in a way to which either the part is too costly for most people to justify repairing the machine, or the part requires a lot of work in the form of labor costs to replace.