Buying a truck from up north??

wowens79 wrote:

Redwoodcamper wrote:
"up north" doesn't help us. There are plenty of places in "the north" that don't get much ice or salt. There are many that do.

Thanks for the reply, having always lived in AL and GA, we don't really know how all that works. We get a 1/2" of snow, and close the schools for 2-3 days :)

I noticed several in Illinois, and Ohio. I'm not sure if I want to travel that far for one, but I'm trying to decide if I should even consider these areas.

IMHO NO.
I am from originally from Illinois, moved to Wisconsin.

Illinois, Ohio, Indiana are all around the bottom of the Great Lakes. They use COPIOUS amounts of salt in that area. More than anywhere else because of the constant lake effect snows in that area causing very dangerous driving on those roads.

And it's not just rusty bolts. It's rusty everything. 99% of the people in that area do NOT wash the undercarriage of their vehicles after each snow fall where they coat the streets with salt each and every time.

I faithfully washed the undercarriage of my Tahoe after driving on salted roads and it still did not stop the rusting.

Fast forward to 2017 I am in Florida.
I had a fuel line leak with that same Tahoe I took such fine care of the undercarriage.

Pulled into an auto repair and asked if they could slip me in and fix a fuel line leak.

The guy only looked out the window at my Tahoe and said NO! I asked why? Mechanic said: "Because I see you have "Wisconsin" plates. The lines will be all rusted and it will take me almost all day to get them off and replace them."

That should answer your question if you should buy from 'up North'. :B

You want cheap no salt cars? Look into centrql Florida. The selling prices on cars and RV's are so low it's ridiculous.

I waited till I got down here to sell my truck and MH. What a mistake. The selling prices down here are over 50% less than what a truck or MH would sell for up north. :(