VallAndMo Posted June 20, 2016 Report Share Posted June 20, 2016 Hello folks, Perhaps this will be of interest: http://news.pickuptrucks.com/2016/04/top-tips-for-buying-a-used-pickup.html -- Vall. Getting ready to join the RV full-time lifestyle in 2017! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whj469 Posted June 21, 2016 Report Share Posted June 21, 2016 Thanks, the article provides lots of good information. My experience when I was looking for a used diesel pickup has been that they are way over priced for trucks with lots of miles. This was in the Houston, Texas area were 50% of all new registrations are pickups. I looked high and low and I wouldn't pay what they were asking for trucks with way to many miles. I know the diesels engines will last a lot of miles but the rest of the truck is just a pickup and after that many miles you will have issues. I ended up buying new after lots of looking. I did so because the used ones with that many miles were past the warranty and to high priced. If you buy used and past the warranty and have engine issues the replacement cost is very high. If they were used for towing lots then there is the transmission. While I may have paid a good bit more, new 2011 F250 XLT CC diesel long bed RWD, for $39,125, it had a full warranty of 3 years or 36,000 miles and diesel engine for 100,000 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VallAndMo Posted September 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Howdy whj, Sorry for taking so long to answer, just saw your post today. Thanks, the article provides lots of good information. My experience when I was looking for a used diesel pickup has been that they are way over priced for trucks with lots of miles. That is what I'm seeing too; the difference between an 1-year-old used PU with 30-50k miles on the odometer is usually only $2-3k less than a brand new one. It makes no sense to me to buy a used vehicle halfway through its warranty for just ~5% savings... Cheers, -- Vall. Getting ready to join the RV full-time lifestyle in 2017! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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