Sweet spot for used HD pickups.
How old an HD pickup gives the best value in terms of reliability vs cost? Or does that depend on brand of truck, diesel vs gas, etc? Hard data would be nice but I don't know how one would acquire tha...
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I agree on the 3 year old scenario. I have worked in the automotive industry for almost 40 years and aside from company cars ( which I do not drive anymore due to crazy taxes ) I have always purchased 3 year old vehicles as they are plentiful, and you have a large number to choose from. Let someone else take the depreciation hit of over 50%, and keep driving it till it drops, I had over 350,000 miles on my Suburban with just routine maintenance. Preventative work is the key to vehicle longevity, on older vehicles there is too much of a risk that the vehicle has been poorly maintained and is just a wallet bomb waiting to happen.
