What's your opinion on 200k mile trucks, alot of them are only available in my price range.
So, how can I not pick a lemon and how can I make it last to 300,000 miles?
Pic related, it's one I'm looking at
>that 454 tho
What's your opinion on 200k mile trucks, alot of them are only available in my price range
Jaxon Richardson
Dominic Rivera
If you don't need a 3/4 or 1 ton don't get one. The gas will kill you. At that mileage it is a just as much luck as anything else. Drive it thoroughly to see how the transmission shifts and if the engine smokes. I myself would trust a F150 with a 300 I6 and a manual trans more than anything else with high mileage. As far as making it last, Change fluids when you should and keep an close eye on the oil level.
Evan Young
my dad had 2x 1991 K1500 suburbans
a 454 one sold at 302K miles completely stock engine.
still ran fine
he still has a 350 model with 290K
very tired engine
i'm 100% sure the cam is flat at this point.
SBCs keep on going
Grayson Scott
I have 286k on my 02 Sierra 1500. Original trans, original engine. Key to them lasting is keeping them stock and maintenance, maintenance, maintenance.
Look for one that hasn't been modded or lifted and ask the seller questions about how they maintained it.
Depending on the company that owned it, sometimes fleet trucks can be a good buy if they actually had a fleet manager who did his job right. That's how I bought mine. It had 130k on it but the equipment yard I bought it from performed and kept records of everything they ever had done to the truck. Got it for $1200 at one of their auctions and it's been a good truck.
Jayden Allen
In all honesty the gas is the least of my worries since I'm gonna be wrapping school up soon and my job is only 13 minutes away. I just want a truck i can throw my tools into and maybe go off roading with every now and again. And I need to learn how to maintain a vehicle, I know oil and what not but I just lost my Liberty because I thought I could stretch my oil change an extra couple of days
James Garcia
get an s10
Samuel Stewart
I'm worried I might be too tall for a S10
David Kelly
If you do, remove all the stupid mexican shit like the visor and running boards
Sebastian Butler
make sure it runs good. seriously thats it. see how it idles in and out of gear, how it drives around and accelerates. keep an eye in the transmission, does it slip if you're just cruising up hills, or even slippage when putting it to the floorboards. does the rear end clunk when tapping the throttle, or when coasting downhill when the transmission shifts? oil pressure is a big one, since the trucks especially see neglect and tend to be full of sludge.
my truck leaked oil like a sieve, trans slipped under hard throttle, burned oil, radiator leaked, oil pressure dropped to under 5psi after 15-20+ minutes of freeway driving once you got off and came to a stop, beat the piss out of that thing for 30,000 miles, still ran like a fucking champ when I pulled it.
>check for rust, if you're looking at the 73-87 Chevy's, cab corners, floor pans, rockers, windshield and windows, frame, suspension points
If you're into the Chevy's, there's tons and tons of forum posts and information about them out there, of course this goes for others as well, but I'm awfully damn familar with the 73-87s mostly.
Josiah Martin
So I talked to the guy that owns the Suburban, it says it's been sitting for two years, is that a deal breaker? It's an 88