Topic: So how many miles are too many on a pick up

[Khalee1]

Just saw a add for a 96 full sized Chevy 1500 but it got 106000 miles on it. Is that too much or is that just getting broken in. I can aford the thing, and I just may go up there after work in the morning and see about it.

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[Strayy]

Newer vehicles are lasting longer, and are demanding a higher resale value even with high milage. they're more dependable than their  70's and 80's predecessors, and engineered to compete with the european equivilants, so 106k is not outrageous, now its comprable to the 50- 60k we used to look at, and lots of independant insurers offer extended warranty plans for certain used ( pre- owned ) vehicles *

hope this helps


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[marstone]

most of the chevy trucks my family has had, lasted into the 200,000 plus.

A suburban I had was up to 280000 before the transmition started to act up.

[Commander Maxillius]

Yeah, depends on how much you want to spend or how long you're paying on it.  I'd have no problem whatsoever outright buying a chevy truck with 220k+, but if I'm making payments I'd say no more than 150k.

[Brush Wolf]

On a modern cars and trucks 106,000 is just getting broken in. That truck has another good 100,000 plus miles in it.

[Elvis]

I'd wonder how much towing its done....

[Iceman]

Depends how well the owners treated it too. If he's only changed the oil every 40,000 miles, then 106k doesn't sound so good anymore!

[Brush Wolf]

In the end buying a used car or truck really comes down to how the vehicle feels to you.

[Commander Maxillius]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

[candle_86]

Newer vehicles are lasting longer, and are demanding a higher resale value even with high milage. they're more dependable than their  70's and 80's predecessors, and engineered to compete with the european equivilants, so 106k is not outrageous, now its comprable to the 50- 60k we used to look at, and lots of independant insurers offer extended warranty plans for certain used ( pre- owned ) vehicles *

hope this helps


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lmao tell my 66 Ford F-100 its unreliable, that 262 has never had any major engine work, I got it from my grandfather it was his farmtruck and I got it in 2001 on my 16th Birthday. It has 327k miles on it, original engine, only work done to it, is new belts, breaks, oil change, fuel lines, break lines and we did a timing belt just to be on the safe side. Hows that for reliable.

[Commander La'ra]

That sounds like an old school Ford.  In my experience, once they hit the 1970's, 'Fix Or Repair Daily' became more than a half-clever pun.  The Chevy's I've known personally are far more reliable.

I'm a Toyota guy myself, though.  First car was a 1987 Camry that finally bit the dust in 2003.  She was done in by a lady in a white Acura, and though the impact was hard enough to bust my water pump, my car limped back to her parking spot under her own power.  There was no fixing her, and that was one of the sadder days of my life.  Final odometer reading:  397,000, and I had that car in my 'dump teenager' days, so she wasn't exactly babied at first.

Currently have a Toyota Tundra.  Has 190,000 or so on the odometer.  Only real problem (ie:  one not caused by human oopsies) is a master cylinder I just had replaced.

[Age]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

[Commander Maxillius]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

Do any of those engines run *reliably* beyond 250,000 miles?

[Age]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

Do any of those engines run *reliably* beyond 250,000 miles?

They sure do if you just do proper maintenance on them.

[Brush Wolf]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

Do any of those engines run *reliably* beyond 250,000 miles?

They sure do if you just do proper maintenance on them.

If you live in the rust belt like I do the body will fall off long before the engine gives up.

[Commander Maxillius]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

Do any of those engines run *reliably* beyond 250,000 miles?

They sure do if you just do proper maintenance on them.

If you live in the rust belt like I do the body will fall off long before the engine gives up.

I'm sooo noticing that!  I just got a 1996 Mercury Sable and while the engine runs fine and the body is nearly rust free, the floor is rotting pretty badly.  There's a 6-inch by 12-inch hole in the driver's footwell.  arg.  That's what I get for not looking underneath the thing before I bought it.  But seriously, why would I expect to find a huge rust hole like that when the body looks so good?

[Dracho]

That sounds like an old school Ford.  In my experience, once they hit the 1970's, 'Fix Or Repair Daily' became more than a half-clever pun.  The Chevy's I've known personally are far more reliable.

I'm a Toyota guy myself, though.  First car was a 1987 Camry that finally bit the dust in 2003.  She was done in by a lady in a white Acura, and though the impact was hard enough to bust my water pump, my car limped back to her parking spot under her own power.  There was no fixing her, and that was one of the sadder days of my life.  Final odometer reading:  397,000, and I had that car in my 'dump teenager' days, so she wasn't exactly babied at first.

Currently have a Toyota Tundra.  Has 190,000 or so on the odometer.  Only real problem (ie:  one not caused by human oopsies) is a master cylinder I just had replaced.

Quality in general was not a close friend of Detroit in the 1970's.  My dad had a Chrysler outboard that the Coast Guard knew on a first-name basis.

[Lloyd007]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

Do any of those engines run *reliably* beyond 250,000 miles?

They sure do if you just do proper maintenance on them.

If you live in the rust belt like I do the body will fall off long before the engine gives up.

I'm sooo noticing that!  I just got a 1996 Mercury Sable and while the engine runs fine and the body is nearly rust free, the floor is rotting pretty badly.  There's a 6-inch by 12-inch hole in the driver's footwell.  arg.  That's what I get for not looking underneath the thing before I bought it.  But seriously, why would I expect to find a huge rust hole like that when the body looks so good?

Ahh the wonders of living in road salt land and never going to the car wash for and undercarriage wash... 

[*EZKILL*]

Ford used to make a 500,000 mile motor. The 300 inline 6. They dropped all their inlines back in the 90's.

[Commander Maxillius]

Yeah, trust your gut.

Also, the Chevy 350 and Buick 3800 are the best engines you will ever find, followed closely by the Chrysler 3.3, so if you can deal with problems with the rest of the car and just want to kinda move, those are ones to look for.

I wouldn't say that me being Blue Oval Fan of Fords Windsor blocks,Cleveland blocks and FE blocks just to name a few.

Do any of those engines run *reliably* beyond 250,000 miles?

They sure do if you just do proper maintenance on them.

If you live in the rust belt like I do the body will fall off long before the engine gives up.

I'm sooo noticing that!  I just got a 1996 Mercury Sable and while the engine runs fine and the body is nearly rust free, the floor is rotting pretty badly.  There's a 6-inch by 12-inch hole in the driver's footwell.  arg.  That's what I get for not looking underneath the thing before I bought it.  But seriously, why would I expect to find a huge rust hole like that when the body looks so good?

Ahh the wonders of living in road salt land and never going to the car wash for and undercarriage wash... 

and the joys of being the 3rd owner of just such a car, and the first to give a sh-t about maintaining it.

I swear none of the fuses were right!