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I drive my new Silverado a LOT for work so I'm looking for a used vehicle, about 10 years old just to alleviate mileage on my truck.

 

How many miles is TOO many to consider? I really don't have a budget to afford a "low" mileage car (like 40k), so realistically 70-100k is the lowest I'll be able to afford. How much higher would you go?

GMstrong Enthusiast

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Mileage doesnt matter at all to me one way or the other things will go. just my opinion.

SouthCo Senior Enthusiast

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The most miles I had on a vehicle before selling was a toyota celica with 200K. My 2003 tahoe has 176K now and hasn't needed anything out of the ordinary (brakes, tires, water pump, lower ball joints, and throttle body because the throttle position sensor went bad and they are one unit). She runs strong. I take it for bg flushes and do regular oil changes (synthetic) so how it was cared for counts as much as how many miles.

 

What type of vehicle are you looking for?

Mckenzie Senior Enthusiast

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Just keep in mind if you get a vehicle with a lot of miles then be willing to pay for some stuff, because stuff is going to break more often since its old.

 

With that being said, i told my self that i would never get a vehicle with more than 130K miles on it, but then i ended up getting my truck with 176,000 miles on it.

SouthCo Senior Enthusiast

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Just keep in mind if you get a vehicle with a lot of miles then be willing to pay for some stuff, because stuff is going to break more often since its old.

 

With that being said, i told my self that i would never get a vehicle with more than 130K miles on it, but then i ended up getting my truck with 176,000 miles on it.

 

How many miles do you have now? I plan to keep the Tahoe for a long while and she runs great and I have 176K on her now.

mtsusa Enthusiast

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WOW my bro has a 97 aurora all i will say is i hope you have a DEEP wallet!!!

 

I heard bad things about the first Gen Auroras too I'm talking about the second Gen...01-03. The intrigues seemed good from what I hear.

Mckenzie Senior Enthusiast

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Just keep in mind if you get a vehicle with a lot of miles then be willing to pay for some stuff, because stuff is going to break more often since its old.

 

With that being said, i told my self that i would never get a vehicle with more than 130K miles on it, but then i ended up getting my truck with 176,000 miles on it.

 

How many miles do you have now? I plan to keep the Tahoe for a long while and she runs great and I have 176K on her now.

 

190,000 miles. My truck has had some minor stuff done to it like the brakes, universal, steering pump(my fault),and one wheel bearing. But i do drive my truck pretty rough, and she see's plenty of mud and offroading.

jro909 Senior Enthusiast

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take 500 bucks and go get an old honda civic, and drive it till it blows up then pull it with the truck to the scrap yard and start over lol

oldscsc Enthusiast

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Mileage is very dependent on a couple things. I'd take a 150k car that's been well maintained over an abused 50k car. Also, it depends on what type of vehicle. I'd be comfortable buying a 200k pickup, not so much a 200k Cavalier.

Zembonez Senior Enthusiast

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A LOT depends on what kind of car you intend to buy. Pretty much anything with over 120K is headed for some major repair of some kind. It just happens. The sweet spot for reliable cars is usually in the 60-100K range. That's when they are getting cheap enough to buy affordably but still have some good left in em!

 

As long as you stay away from anything Chrysler or the entry level Hyundai / Kia offerings... plus anything European. BMW, Benz, etc are nice cars but can be expensive to keep alive.

oldmann Senior Enthusiast

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WOW my bro has a 97 aurora all i will say is i hope you have a DEEP wallet!!!

 

I heard bad things about the first Gen Auroras too I'm talking about the second Gen...01-03. The intrigues seemed good from what I hear.

 

 

Love the look of gen 2 but they are not much better. They were just ahead of their time. Those things are freekin rocket ships and have lots of parts to break. Mag hoods lose their paint early too. Can't blame you though. V8, power everything, good fwd traction, sleek looking.

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Like people have said mileage isn't all that important if you know how the car was treated. I work at a salvage yard and have had cars with less then 50k come in cause they were beat to snot and people coming in looking for parts for cars they have treated well with over 250K, we had one guy come in with a honda with 400K and a camry came in for a tire with over 500K. all depends on how it was treated

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