How many miles on your vehicle before sell or trade?

[ovrszd]

150K or 200 K vehicle is not worth much, some hold up better than others.

150K not bad if been dependable and in good shape if you nee extra car and won't be racking up the miles. +200K repair cost get to you. I run my vehicles to the point that repairs run about 75-80% of a new one. Sometimes to 250K we put a lot of mile on or cars/truck. My 2014 Foresster has 106K. Wife's 2011 Equinox at 155K.

In today's go-go-go world I think you and your wife would be considered low mileage people. Both of your vehicles are running around 20,000 miles per year. That's pretty low.

 

[ovrszd]

4.0L straight 6?

That would be my guess.

My offroad tube buggy has that engine with an AW4 auto trans. 272K miles with nothing done to either. It's in the Rev Limiter a LOT.

 

[Garandman]

We had a fleet* at work and found most cars and trucks will go 100K with zero problems. There are minimal problems up to around 150-160K. From 150K up, you can have some very expensive problems that mean spending as much on repairs as the vehicle might be worth.

We sold vehicles with over 200,000 but it痴 a hassle. However, I致e kept a 2006 Subaru Outback 3.0R wagon (now 226,000 miles) because it痴 a fantastic winter car that痴 practical and drives well. We replaced brakes, tires, struts, as routine maintenance, replaced some wheel hubs and bearings, and a radiator. Not sure how much longer we will have it, people keep driving into me!

*Chevrolet, Ford, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru.

 

[deserteagle71]

321,000 miles on the 1988 Chevy S10 Blazer with 4.3 V-6 when I finally decided to sell it. Original owner...still ran great, and I see someone else is driving it around here now.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Loved my 85 s10 blazer.

 

[daugen]

One of the things that hasn't been discussed are the advantages of modern safety equipment.
After the Takata disaster, frankly I don't trust any of those 30 year old airbags to work.

I'm a retired low mileage guy and my truck only has 23k miles on it after almost three years. My hemi Ram 1500 just had two roller tappets replaced to get rid of the "hemi tick" and it worked. Love the truck, full airbag suspension, some of you guys in older trucks should try the nicer ride of the newer models.

The problem is pricing. We all know the manufacturers add at least ten grand of extra profit on these trucks. I have bought two Rams, a diesel dually for 11 grand off list price and my current hemi for 9 grand off. Reminds me of Harbor Freight pricing, who can trust them?
So your 60 grand truck is really a 50 grand truck. But let's face it, you don't have to buy the Platinum model. I much prefer cloth seats so as not to slide around, but hard to get cloth in nicer models.

Ram/FCA has lagged GM and Ford on safety. Maybe they will catch up in 2019. Having been in insurance most of my life, I want the safest thing I can drive. Adaptive cruise and autostop on Subaru have convinced me modern safety systems are good to have.
But of course they are just one more complex system to break, often requiring the dealer and not owner serviceable. Anyone who wrenches their own trucks won't like that at all. We are now driving four wheel computers. Am pretty sure many of you want no part of that.

 

[Rustyiron]

frankly I don't trust any of those 30 year old airbags to work.

Well right now my 30+ year old air bag is fixing a corned beef supper in the crock pot! Still working just fine!

 

[Peter 315]

Well right now my 30+ year old air bag is fixing a corned beef supper in the crock pot! Still working just fine!

Funny:laughing:

 

[Rustyiron]

Funny:laughing:

Can you tell I've got a little "cabin fever" with these temps? Sittin at the 'puter at 10:30 AM on a sunny day is not like me but we had -24 last night with -22 at sunrise. It's 1 above now and I'm gettin my azz in gear to give it a shot.

 

[ovrszd]

Can you tell I've got a little "cabin fever" with these temps? Sittin at the 'puter at 10:30 AM on a sunny day is not like me but we had -24 last night with -22 at sunrise. It's 1 above now and I'm gettin my azz in gear to give it a shot.

Wish we were warming up that fast!!!! -19 this morning at 7:30, -8 at 10:30.

I'll make a leisurely lap to the farm this afternoon in the truck. Feed the barn cat. Back to the warm shop.