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: Is this a deal?


michaeljp86
03-30-2006, 10:18 PM
What do you think deal or no deal?

http://makiauto.com/DisplayVehicle.aspx?VehicleId=377

steve511
03-30-2006, 10:23 PM
The milage adjusted price looks OK. A lower milage vehicle would be considerably more money.

Probably highway milage, get the hours to see. Figure combo driving gets around 30 miles to the hour. Highway would be less hours and better on the engine.

Do a VIn check and a CarFax. No warrenty is always a crap shoot. If you are a mechanic or mechanically inclined the deal looks better.

michaeljp86
03-30-2006, 10:25 PM
Add I read said highway miles, is that better then just general miles?

steve511
03-30-2006, 10:32 PM
highway milage is generally less stressful on everything, an hours check would tell you for sure.

Many other factors to be considered here. Has the truck been mantained? Was it beat on? Was it used for a lot of towing?

Best you can do is get more info and make an educated guess. From the year and the milage, I strongly suspect an abundance of higway milage although there is no way to tell except comairing the hours to the milage.

You would be buying a late model truck at a really good price knowing that you have no warrenty and seemingly high milage. It's a trade off and a chance no matter how you look at it.

swatkins
03-30-2006, 10:58 PM
What kind of engine does it have? LB7 or LLY?

I traided in my 01 because of injector problems and running the truck for 300 miles with a lot of diluted oil... There was a knock in the engine and lower oil pressure after the incident so I KNOW there was internal wear... Thats why I got rid of it... I suspect there many of these truck on the used lots now.. Just check it out really well and see if it's had the injectors replaced...

Dieselman84
03-31-2006, 08:59 AM
Truck looks odd for an LT, no body side moldings, wrong wheels. Might have had previous body work. Bring a paint depth gauge when you go look at it.