Wildcat63 wrote:
So I am starting to look for a new to me truck and can’t believe the prices for used trucks these days. I really want a crew cab long bed so I am looking at 3/4 and 1 ton trucks. This will probably be my daily driver but not a lot of miles put n it each year.
My question is if I get a truck with 80-100,000 miles on it will it start having issues that will have to keep being fixed or will I need a transmission in 20,000 miles. I will be picky in what I buy but what have others experienced. I live in an area where any real old trucks are either rusty like my current truck. I don’t want to buy a money pit.
If you’re asking a question like this, I’m surmising that you aren’t the diy backyard mechanic type. So any issues will be out of pocket and retail cost to have repaired. And there WILL be repairs, regardless of how good the vehicle is. That’s why used ones cost way less than new ones. And the propensity for needed repairs (aside from “known” issues) is a mostly direct function of the vehicles history, use, abuse, maintenance etc, which can be hard to determine by non “car people.”
The good news is, if you find a good one, 200-300k miles is pretty achievable without major component failures (drivetrain).
Good luck in your search.
However if your consideration is newer (sub 5 years old) high mileage vehicles, right now, the market is inflated to the point that you’re not getting much of a discount ($/mi) for the used one, unfortunately.
