I have recently had a personal fundamental shift in philosophy in regards to vehicles. I will never purchase a new vehicle again and let the warranty expire while I still owe on it. I recently had a huge repair on my Silverado as documented in another thread here. My truck is paid off and it is also out of warranty. If I wasn't just barely as handy as I am and hadn't of paid the truck of early I would have been stuck with an over $10k repair bill while still making payments or forced to trade it in with a busted engine that would destroy my trade-in value. One thing people are not always privy to is that the cost of these extended warranties is negotiable and they REALLY want to sell it to you. Just keep declining it until about the 5th offer comes around and you know you are pretty close to if not their rock bottom price on it.
As far as jumping ship to another vehicle or brand.... They all have problems. Toyota is in the middle of figuring out a huge engine recall where they are replacing the entire engine.... I expect if I am going to hang onto a vehicle beyond its warranty coverage that I am going to have to shoulder the cost of some unexpected maintenance. To me this means things beyond normal wear items like, water pump, alternators, A/C system, radiator, maybe fixing a leak on a rear axle... I didn't until recently consider the engine / trans to be in this list of items but with the problems lingering out there they definitely seem to be. Take this all with a grain of salt, these forums typically showcase the worst of all the problems. The only thing I would suggest is if the cost of a new engine or trans would hurt you financially that you should keep at the bare minimum a comprehensive powertrain warranty buffer between your truck and your wallet.