^ It’s all good.
And you’re right, not all older vehicles are a pile of repairs waiting to happen, but a lot of them are. But generally the best condition and lowest miles combo wins, less specifically the brand and model.
Naturally newer = more expensive, but speaking for F150s, been around fleets of 1000s of them over the years and been personally assigned over 20 of them.
My experience differs a bit from your opinion, in that while the 04-10 trucks are generally good, the 2011 and up are actually a bit more reliable. (Maybe because I personally had an 05 and 08 that were problem prone. The 08 was a total lemon.
And the 11,12&15 I had, had no issues. Trucks got anywhere from 50-90k before I passed them down.
