Im looking at buying a used D/A 4wd crew cab.
Assuming they have been treated well, how many miles is too many when buying a used one?

If it's been maintained and have the records to back it up any milage could be acceptable. Get a VIN and have one of the techs here look it up to see the service history on it. There is a member here "Broker" who has trucks with 100,000-200,000-300,000 miles plus on them. Give us an idea of what you are looking at also.

ive been looking at a few 2002+ with over 80,000 miles. This will be a daily driver and my first diesel. I will be towing mostly cars up to 4,500lbs. twice a month.
thanks

Depending on when they were "put into service" they could be running about 20,000+ miles per year. I still think get a vin# for one or two you are seriously considering and have them checked out. Look for obvious signs of an accident or power modules including egt probe holes in the manifold, etc. I know speaking for myself, I put on 20,000+ miles per year and I meticulously maintain my trucks so that sometimes a truck with high miles will be in much better condition than one with low miles and I have always been honest about power adders or custom work I had done before I sell it. FWIW.

diesels break in with more miles..run better, better mileage.. so you are going to make out just fine while us with new ones will have to wait for things to break in. 100,000 miles on a diesel is nothing....

First Post, Second diesel. First was a '97 Ford PS. Money pit.

I just bought a used Duramax/Allison. It is a 2005 CC, 4X4, Silver Birch with 2080 miles on it.):h

Didn't think 2080 miles was too much so I jumped on it.:D

Mark

Romark1 how did you find a used 05 already was it a demo.

Well, it went like this. Went to the lot to look at a 2003 D/A CC 2 wheel . Drove it and decided to but it the next day. Sold to someone else.


The 2005 was sitting there all along.

Drove a 2002 but it turned out to be a piece of Censored . All the while I kept my eye on this '05. I just figured it would be way too expensive. Decided to ask about it the next week. A good bud of mine works for the dealer. Was surprised it was still there. Although three others were in line to drive it when I said I want it.

I think it was a demo. Came from an auction. Feel pretty lucky to get the truck I got with all the options it has for the price I paid.

2005 Duramax/Allison, CC, XM radio, Electric seat, Locking diff, 4X4, Power extending mirrors, towing package, dual zone air, DIC, Radio & DIC buttons on steering wheel, 2080 miles on the odo.

I'm happy):h

Mark

I'm always a little spooked by the low mileage current year vehicle up for sale. For what reason did the original owner get rid of it??? If the vehicle was a demo for the dealer I don't see a problem. Otherwise, might be little chancey. Knew a guy who had his vehicle wrecked with about 30 miles on the odometer. Had it fixed, drove it about 1500 miles and unloaded it. Then, know another guy in town here who has more dollars than sense and he trades 2 to 4 times a year. See's a color he likes better and goes for it. Guess I'm not a gambler.

Well miles is miles...

While the diesel and the trans are good for a bunch more miles than gassers, everything else on the truck is the same and from a book value standpoint, high mileage slams the h*ll out of the value. Good maintance records would be a must IMHO.

As for the low mileage stuff, yeah a wrecked one would be bad, but that's easy enough to spot and not all that common. Mines got less than 3,000 on it and it's for sale because I just want to trade every year like I did before getting married and divorced...:confused:

Clean late model low mileage is the way to go unless there are significant rebates on brand new, and around here anyway, all the ads are asterisked with a note saying "does not apply to diesels" and they are hard to find anyway.

Romark1--The key to his sentence is the word "auction"!! That word scares the **&^ out of me on vehicles. Although with the way the economy is, there are a lot of lease and loan vehicles being repossessed by the banks and being sent to the auctions after the waiting period for the banks to hold them for payment and then send them to just "cash them out".

I'll share my deal w/you FWIW...........

2004 LB7, CC, 4x4, Graphite Leather, Every available option from Chev. incl. Bose Package. Orig. MSRP (window sticker was $46,900)..........32,400 miles w/all MX records since new, 1 owner.

Options not listed on sticker:

1) Nerf bars

2) 3M tint $450.00

3) K&N Air filter...



I paid the kid $32,900 for the truck with those miles. (gave him payoff for it). I'll take a 14K savings for that many miles on a truck that was well maintained. I looked for six months before I bought but this was the truck that I would've ordered if I were buying brand new.....











I'll buy used all day if I can save

Update: I have found out that it was a demonstrator. And trust me, I go over things very well. I usually know more about the truck than the dealer by the time I make my decision.


Yes it is easy to get taken if you don't do your homework. I mentioned the 2002 I looked at in my first post. The interior was flawless, drove perfect, then I went under the truck to have a look around. What I fornd was amazing. Not sure what really happened to the truck because the paint was all origional but under was a completely different story. It had clearly been on a frame machine, new windshield, and completely new interior. Amoung many other things.

Took it back to the dealer and told them what I found. At first they didn't believe what I was saying. They immediatly put it on the lift and was amazed. I even think the guy who bought it at an auction got fired or in real trouble over this truck.

Bottom line is this. Do your homework. And I am with Sane. I will gladly let someone else pay for the depreciation.

Not important to me to be the "only person to drive my truck" mentality.

It is just a machine.


Mark