I have an extended warranty for mine and I am very happy about it. I believe in the routine maintance will prolong YEARS to the car. But sh*t happens anyway. The last thing I need is for the tranny to give me grief a month or two after the warranty expires.
I got the extened warranty by accident and really didn't care about it. Now, I am so stoked that I got it. Think about it. $1k now for three years vs. three years of things that go wrong (and that can be much more than $1k.)