Do you think buying a vehicle with over 100K miles is a bad thing now a days?
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Do you think buying a vehicle with over 100K miles is a bad thing now a days?
So many people talk about how they would never buy a vehicle that has over 100K miles on it. While I can understand if it was 15-20 years old and not wanting to do it, since alot of older cars didnt really have the quality as newer cars have. If a car was only 6-7 years old and it had over 100K miles, I think it would be fine considering a car that young in age probably just has all highway miles. Plus the quality on cars has a really long way over the last 10 years.
Im asking because Im looking at buying another chevy truck thats a 2003 with 135K on the odometer. I checked it out, drove it, and its in good condition. I just dont see why people think that once a vehicle hits 100K, its dead and no good anymore. Cars can last way past 100K as long as they were taken care of properly.
Im asking because Im looking at buying another chevy truck thats a 2003 with 135K on the odometer. I checked it out, drove it, and its in good condition. I just dont see why people think that once a vehicle hits 100K, its dead and no good anymore. Cars can last way past 100K as long as they were taken care of properly.
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cars "can" last a lot longer than 100k now a days
problem is we dont know if its 100k of WOT miles or 100k of babying it and doing its routine services, EXPECIALLY on a chevy truck like your lookin at
i sware people dont know how to read the owners manual anymore, i had more 100k plus chevy trucks with blown transmissions and leaking intake gaskets cuz they never changed the fluids pass through my old shop than i care to mention
problem is we dont know if its 100k of WOT miles or 100k of babying it and doing its routine services, EXPECIALLY on a chevy truck like your lookin at
i sware people dont know how to read the owners manual anymore, i had more 100k plus chevy trucks with blown transmissions and leaking intake gaskets cuz they never changed the fluids pass through my old shop than i care to mention
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since alot of older cars didnt really have the quality as newer cars have.
i totally agree. i think 1997 was the benchmark for good cars. but i wouldn't buy one because 100k is a lot of miles to beat on. you would have to know the records, or how many owners the car has had. i bought my car with 80k but it was 5 years old at the time. some Korean guy had it. all commuter miles. i KNEW what i was buying.