Looking at 2005 Dodge 3500 for out Lance
A guy I work with has a 2005 Dodge 3500 crew dab 4x4 for sale. It's a diesel of course, automatic and 4x4. He has 180k miles on it with a transmission rebuild at 130k and the front end just rebuilt. H...
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Grit dog wrote:
On old high mile vehciles, it's just as important to estimate how much you'll spend on repairs as the purchase price.
This. My trans started to blow through the torque converter and the ballpoints were shot, so at 97k mils the unit bearings needed attention, the tie rods were done and worn (large, heavy 19.5's) and lots of towing/hauling, it was close to 10k in repairs to get my truck back to reliable.
It was worth 30k to a dealer on trade, new truck cost me 50k. Was an easy choice for me. My new truck is more complicated. More potential for failure, however I didn't want to chase my truck with money and I have the means to buy new.
Everyone is different and my last superduty went down the road at 200k, it was a 7.3 and repairs on it didn't pencil out either.
