Buying a used diesel
I have never been a huge fan of diesels but find myself looking for one now. I am putting the house back on the market after having pulled it for a year to help out my daughter. We are hitting the r...
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Grit dog wrote:
True ^, but we got a couple trucks, 2012 / 2013 ish vintage from up in the oil patch. They ARE rusty pos's.
Granted they weren't living the easy life in grampas garage. They are work trucks, but yeah, definitely not a kind environment for vehicles.
I agree that a sample of one is not representative. That said, there is a used truck dealer about 3 minutes up the road from me that specializes in used Alberta trucks. There are plenty of late model trucks in there of all makes that are plenty rusty. The bodies on some of them don't look too bad, but get down and look at the undercarriage and :E
And it just so happens that is where this fellow I was speaking of bought his last truck. He now has a Gen 3 5.9L Cummins that spent it's whole life on the coast that still looks like new.
