Used trucks

Wade Boardman wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>gimruis wrote:</div>
Same. But I don’t drive a truck (or a vehicle in general) for 200k or 300k miles either. I get rid of mine when the 100k warranty is up.

If you (and others I’ve read that typed that) got rid of them under 100K and replaced them while staying out of debt. I’m envious. How did you do that?

My last truck I traded in was a 16 ram with 120k on it. I bought it new for 23 and sold it for 21. The 22 ram I just bought I paid for upfront. I was very shocked at my trade In price on the 16.

gimruis wrote:

Get rid of your kids and the money flows like water Wade.

Haha ain’t that the truth!

Bearcat89 wrote:

My last truck I traded in was a 16 ram with 120k on it. I bought it new for 23 and sold it for 21. The 22 ram I just bought I paid for upfront. I was very shocked at my trade In price on the 16.

That’s awesome

I’m curious how you define “rusted out”. I’ve had two that the floor boards were held together buy the carpet (including the ’07 Expedition I just sold). lol

I would consider that rusted out.
Can’t say I have ever had that. Hell I have never seen surface rust at all.
Then again I don’t roll to 300k either.

I have a 2010 f150 FX w 145,000 miles. Bought it w 77,000k July of 2020
4 H/L shift was not was working had it fixed
New manifolds, new timing chain, new fuel pump, new front brake calipers,
Regular maintenance. Wash and wax and keep it clean. Little rust but I HATE rust so looking.
Tired of putting money into it.
Thinking Tacoma this time around. $35+K for a 50,000 mile truck hurts

Umy wrote:

Thinking Tacoma this time around. $35+K for a 50,000 mile truck hurts

Might be worth looking at ridgeline too. Just an idea.

Ripjiggen wrote:

I would consider that rusted out.
Can’t say I have ever had that. Hell I have never seen surface rust at all.
Then again I don’t roll to 300k either.

yeah. The last couple years, you possibly needed a tetanus shot getting in and out of that truck.

I flew to Ohio to buy my truck, put $500 down and filled out the loan paper work so all I had to do was get picked up at the airport by the car dealership go sign some paper work and drive home. Saved $8k

2007 Sierra burning two quarts? You sure it’s not leaking? My 2010 would spit out a quart over the course of 3000 miles, and it had 250k on the clock when I sold it. The oil cooler lines would seep slowly at the connection.

Either way your engine is easy to service, and no AFM so that’s nice. I’d keep it. I take great care to wash and occasionally hand wax my current 2016. I have 135k on this one now, and starting to see the paint bubble over the fenders. Just a matter of time. I believe that I prolonged this when I injected cavity wax back in 2019 when I bought it, but it’s going to happen no matter what. Bed sides are replaceable.

KPE wrote:

2007 Sierra burning two quarts? You sure it’s not leaking? My 2010 would spit out a quart over the course of 3000 miles, and it had 250k on the clock when I sold it. The oil cooler lines would seep slowly at the connection.
Either way your engine is easy to service, and no AFM so that’s nice. I’d keep it.

If it’s new body style 2007 then it should have AFM, and that would explain the oil consumption.

Youbetcha wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Umy wrote:</div>
Thinking Tacoma this time around. $35+K for a 50,000 mile truck hurts

Might be worth looking at ridgeline too. Just an idea.

That’s not a real truck.

I’m sorry, but under Minnesota law, somebody has to do it.

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Leaky v8s I have had good luck bumping up from 5w30 to 10w30 to slowing er down pretty good. Also the Lucas oil stabilizer goes along way too.

tswoboda wrote:

If it’s new body style 2007 then it should have AFM, and that would explain the oil consumption.

Correct it should have AFM, and a couple quarts is no big deal.

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

That’s not a real truck.

I’m sorry, but under Minnesota law, somebody has to do it.

This is very true! Just trying to start an IDO NART group

Eyeguy if you have an 07 i would have the frame looked at you might be looking harder.

chuck100 wrote:

Eyeguy if you have an 07 i would have the frame looked at you might be looking harder.

I was talking to someone the other day and they were telling me the you should have your auto Undercoated every couple years. I thought it was a once and done thing.

The new softer under coatings need touch up as they do wear. The old Z-Bart hard coatings were a once and done coating but moisture got trapped under the coating making the frame rust faster.

Wade Boardman wrote:

<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>chuck100 wrote:</div>
Eyeguy if you have an 07 i would have the frame looked at you might be looking harder.

I was talking to someone the other day and they were telling me the you should have your auto Undercoated every couple years. I thought it was a once and done thing.

bigcrappie wrote:

The new softer under coatings need touch up as they do wear. The old Z-Bart hard coatings were a once and done coating but moisture got trapped under the coating making the frame rust faster.

What is the recommendation? Every 2 years? More? Less?

I use Fluid Film, 4 or 5 cans first time and 1 can a year touch up. There is a post on here not to long ago talks about it.

bigcrappie wrote:

I use Fluid Film, 4 or 5 cans first time and 1 can a year touch up. There is a post on here not to long ago talks about it.

Same. I recoat every spring or fall.

Bar oil and Wax, sticks like glue!

Wade mentioned trucks from Idaho… Watch out for them, they’re super clean! When I bought mine the dealer had a second from an Idaho auction that was spotless as far as rust, just like the 2019 I bought, but it had considerably higher miles. The other really clean trucks I found were from Quebec, and for sale in Iowa for some reason. I found 2 or 3 down there that looked really nice and low miles. Take a look at the car fax report many of the dealers offer. It gives you an idea of what you might be going to look at

I went the fluid film route after bringing it up on here. We’ll see how well it works. My old 2006 GMC was very rusty, but still a good runner and never left me stranded.

my 2011 tundra has 240K gets washed every 5 days, and has no rust. The kids 05 is rust free, the wives 06 Lexus is rust free, the 99 Tahoe is rust free… they all get washed every 5 days. I have the app for my local car wash. 28 bucks a month… Get one wash a day.

So I looked up AFM and mine does have it. I park it on my concrete driveway and never has there been a leak of any kind.

Is there a product to help with oil consumption. I just have my dealer change the oil as recommended. Been a great truck for me.

With regards to researching trucks on the internet, I used Cars.com and Autotrader.com as these 2 search sites had many filters which narrowed down the list of trucks having the features I wanted.
I decided to buy my used truck from a new car dealer and read reviews on the dealer. I just felt “safer” buying from a new car dealer. My search would only have trucks under 50k miles – plenty of life left in them.
I had to explain to the salesperson that we are going to finalize the deal over the phone and that I would be walking into the dealership with a check for the total amount. Not going to buy anything for the truck in the finance office.
Many places “fought” me on this approach but I’d have no buying leverage at the car dealer if I was hundreds of miles away from home.
Dealer where I bought my truck had the finance guy say they normally don’t sell cars over the phone – rather finalize deal in person. He further said I negotiated my purchase very well.

The only thing you can really do to stop oil consumption on the AFM engines is to get a programmer to turn it off, but even then it may still use oil. They also make these catch cans that you can install that catches some of the oil, but I dont know how effective they are. Saw some reviews on youtube.

btyreprich wrote:

With regards to researching trucks on the internet, I used Cars.com and Autotrader.com as these 2 search sites had many filters which narrowed down the list of trucks having the features I wanted.
I decided to buy my used truck from a new car dealer and read reviews on the dealer. I just felt “safer” buying from a new car dealer. My search would only have trucks under 50k miles – plenty of life left in them.
I had to explain to the salesperson that we are going to finalize the deal over the phone and that I would be walking into the dealership with a check for the total amount. Not going to buy anything for the truck in the finance office.
Many places “fought” me on this approach but I’d have no buying leverage at the car dealer if I was hundreds of miles away from home.
Dealer where I bought my truck had the finance guy say they normally don’t sell cars over the phone – rather finalize deal in person. He further said I negotiated my purchase very well.

. That sounds shady. My last deal was 100% over the phone and e-mail. No issues. I’d be wary of a business told me that.

The place I bought 3 trucks from would do the entire deal over the phone and would even deliver the truck to you within the 5 state area.

Why would you buy it without looking at it? I have always lined up vehicles too look at and cash in hand. And if I’m going out of state it for private party not a stealership. I wouldn’t ever buy over the phone. Just set the deal up. Just like we did with the woman’s tahoe. But that was recently sold again.

If it were used I would definitely want to look at it, but I have been buying new and see no need to look at them.