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re: How many miles is too many miles for a used truck purchase?
Posted on 7/5/15 at 2:35 pm to Hammertime
Posted on 7/5/15 at 2:35 pm to Hammertime
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I am expecting a minimum of 200k out of it before any big problems
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04 2500hd
Based on my experience with Chevrolet trucks and Suburbans, that's probably a conservative goal if you maintain your vehicles by the book....unless you consider something like interior trim or power seat components as "big problems".
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Posted on 7/5/15 at 3:02 pm to goofball
262,000 and climbing for my 2000 Silverado 2WD, 5.3 V-8.
Previous poster was correct based on my experience with a Chevy. Shouldn't expect to spend much on it until it goes over 200,000.
I only put 12K per year on it and the repairs have been spaced out at about one per year and I drive it in the woods a lot so no reason for me to scratch up a new one right now.
Fuel pump goes out at 200-220K, you can set your watch by it.
Then the A/C compressor and alternator.
At around 250K, you can expect to purchase a new front end if you drive on gravel some; ball joints and hub assembly.
Mine drives like a new one and looks like something you wouldn't mind driving into a thicket, perfect for me.
Previous poster was correct based on my experience with a Chevy. Shouldn't expect to spend much on it until it goes over 200,000.
I only put 12K per year on it and the repairs have been spaced out at about one per year and I drive it in the woods a lot so no reason for me to scratch up a new one right now.
Fuel pump goes out at 200-220K, you can set your watch by it.
Then the A/C compressor and alternator.
At around 250K, you can expect to purchase a new front end if you drive on gravel some; ball joints and hub assembly.
Mine drives like a new one and looks like something you wouldn't mind driving into a thicket, perfect for me.
Posted on 7/5/15 at 3:12 pm to finchmeister08
Stay in your present vehicle if at all possible. You've (mostly) paid for your lack of credit and naïveté. The least times a person can buy another vehicle, the less chance of them getting into a bad deal. Folks who sell cars for a living do it every day. It is doubtful that a person who buys a car once every three of four years will beat them at their game. The least times you have to play the car buying game minimizes your negative exposure.
My $0.02
Good luck.
My $0.02
Good luck.
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