anyone here know trucks?

Steve Laramie

Steve Laramie

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Just wondering how many miles is to many on buying a used diesel truck. I know that diesel lasts much longer then gas.
 
Well, I'm certainly no truck expert but I'm sure there are other things you are going to need to consider...Make, model, year, how well it was maintained, oil changes, etc...
 
Most will run well into 200ks but, if buying american, cut that in half and don't buy anything over 100k miles.
If you find an imported gem, set no limits on milage. It'll out last you.
 
i think that goes for all vehicles, my parents owned a ford, broke down at 115k miles, i just got rid of my 2000 nissan sentra that was still kickin at 215k.
 
Depending on what you need to use the truck for, I wouldn't necessarily buy diesel just because you heard it will last longer.. I've never owned a diesel personally before, but I have a lot of friends that drive diesels.. but they all use them for work vehicles, so they need the extra power and mileage. As far as lasting longer, it could really go both ways. Anyone I know that owns a diesel, claims to have to put a lot more money out for fixing it more often than when they had gas trucks. Mind you it's normally just small things, but it does add up in the long run. One friend of mine claims his last 3 diesels (dodge, ford and now chev) all had a magic number... $1000... everytime it had to go to the shop. I don't know what fuel prices are like where you are, but here diesel costs more than gas does now, so the extra mileage you get over gas doesn't really add up anymore, that combined with the repair costs are making a lot of my "pro-diesel" friends, switch back to gas. But sometimes you just need a diesel truck. If it's for a work vehicle (contracting or some similar job) I'd say go diesel, but if you're just using it to commute or something, I would go gas.
 
servicing diesel truck aint cheap, man. it's not about the milage, it's the maintenance. gasoline is cheaper to fix and able to last longer bc of saturated techs and parts.

diesel is made to tow or have high payload bc of available torque at the lower RPM range.

if you had to ask, i guaranteed you just need a lil pickup truck like tacoma.
 
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