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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We look at used vehicles thus:
-treat every potential on its own merit;
-every year, every model has its own foibles, so know them in advance;
-have your truck pre-buy inspected and tested in every way possible;
-account for large replacement items (rebuilt tranny, etc) as after-buy expense
...if you find a gem at the right price, count yourself very lucky :B In all our years of hunting for the above in a truck, we've never found the "gem" I describe above :( We always live in hope!
-treat every potential on its own merit;
-every year, every model has its own foibles, so know them in advance;
-have your truck pre-buy inspected and tested in every way possible;
-account for large replacement items (rebuilt tranny, etc) as after-buy expense
...if you find a gem at the right price, count yourself very lucky :B In all our years of hunting for the above in a truck, we've never found the "gem" I describe above :( We always live in hope!
