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7 minutes ago, Atlas said:

120k on that 6-speed auto would be my biggest worry. And the usual fate of most GM trucks falling apart around an engine/transmission. Has it been used for towing, and has it been maintained.

 

But sure, cylinder deactivation is the downfall of all GM trucks, every last one of them, and none of them will ever last 200k </sarcasm>. If the lifters haven't failed in 120k I think it's winning the bet. 80k to go.

 

Light duty pickups aren't 400k vehicles. They can be, but that's not the nature of a light duty.

I don’t care about going past 250K. I don’t have a problem buying a Toyota or Honda midsize truck with 100K miles on it. I just bought a Honda for a song with 160K a year ago. I wouldn’t dream of buying any other truck with that mileage at any price. If that GMC didn’t have cylinder deactivation it would be in my driveway now. 

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After a certain age, I'm not going to worry about trying to buy green bananas anymore...let alone worrying about a $10k truck eventually having a lifter problem when I have other cars! How many miles do you drive in a year? If you like the truck and are worried, put a 6.0 in it.

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After a certain age, I'm not going to worry about trying to buy green bananas anymore...let alone worrying about a $10k truck eventually having a lifter problem when I have other cars! How many miles do you drive in a year? If you like the truck and are worried, put a 6.0 in it.

I usually had a new truck every two years for work. I didn’t pay for it personally, my business did. Retired I like having multiple vehicles to drive. Like music my mood changes daily. Sure I can still buy a new one every two years. I get bored easily with vehicles. I have a truck, sport sedan, sport car and a mini van. The sports car is very expensive and rare. When I go somewhere I don’t worry about dings where I park. My kids have 3 of my cars I got done with. Every day I look for the next one. I only drive around 15K miles a year now. Most of that is for trips. The minivan is perfect for that. I’ll probably replace it with another in about a year. I’ll try Toyota next. I’m having a blast doing it this way. Brand new, waste of money. 

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I’ve mentioned a few times that our trip vehicle is a 2016 Odyssey. At ten years old with 167K it’s been flawless since the 100K maintenance. Two hundred thousand miles will probably end its trip vehicle duties. I’ve been waiting for a 2020 to become available with just over 100K with maintenance done. With my daily scan of the used vehicle market especially my local Honda, Toyota and Lexus dealers. My Honda dealer has recently posted two low mileage 2016 Odyssey’s and Pilots. They have great Carfax Maintenance and are even Certified. One thing that missing is the required timing belt replacement even though they are selling them as CPO. My Ridgeline is approaching its oil change time and ten years timing belt replacement. Can’t wait to inquire as to what is the deal with the service manager. It’s now a 1700$ job. That and road noise are my pet peeves with Honda. I understand they finally addressed the noise. Timing belt, come on put a chain in there. I hear Toyota calling. AWD, Hybrid, Odyssey doesn’t offer. 

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On main street in Speedway recently (across from PRI)

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My Grandaughter stop by paying off the 2017 Camry I sold her for pennies on the dollar. Sitting there she apologized for always being late with a Starbucks coffee in one hand and the latest iPhone in the other. Complaining she probably would never own a home. I of course explained to her of all the things her generation has to have we didn’t need or want before buying our first home. We already had our first home at her age. Amazingly her eyes didn’t glaze over.

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It's about priorities.

It was important to my wife and I to have a house by 30.

We worked, saved and figured out to get there. And we did.

Later generations value other things like "experiences" over other basic survival items. Things like trips and vacations are important to them. Shelter and long term planning (savings) are not.

They live in the now.

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9 minutes ago, StingerZ16 said:

It's about priorities.

It was important to my wife and I to have a house by 30.

We worked, saved and figured out to get there. And we did.

Later generations value other things like "experiences" over other basic survival items. Things like trips and vacations are important to them. Shelter and long term planning (savings) are not.

They live in the now.

People complain it’s hard to buy a house. It’s not any harder. The same people lend that finance my first house 40 plus years ago. You pay rent you can afford a house. Young people don’t want a starter home. They want a second home first. My first new home was small 3 bedroom one bath on 3/4 of an acres in New Jersey at 13 per cent interest. Two years later in Texas I got a bigger house in Texas half the taxes same payment. All less than rent. Just a couple years later came financial security. All from buying a house. For entertainment I watched my kids. And free channels on TV.

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On main street in Speedway recently (across from PRI)

Sweet! Looks Penske NASCAR ready 😀

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Hyundai Genesis 3.8 sport sedan. Wife’s daily with 154K miles. Bought as a CPO with 1K miles on it. It finally lost its second battery after 11 years of in town driving. I had the dealer replace the original with original equipment with battery number two. It’s in the trunk with a vent. This time Auto Zone had one. Easiest battery I ever replaced. Auto zone wouldn’t do it because it was in the trunk.😳 it was 100$ less than the dealer battery 11 years later. It was Auto Zones best.

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My brother hosted a graduation party for his granddaughter. He has a nice pool setup in his backyard. As usual we got around to our daily driver’s. Up until five years ago they were chasing me. Bench racing of course. In our younger days we did go to a track locally. My wife was close by with a big smile on her face because of the familiarity of it all. The old days it was my father and uncle’s. Same topic different generation. After retirement I changed hobbies. Playing cards at the casino is much cheaper. The biggest difference instead of building they’re buying. My brother drives an F-150 super snake and his son a  raptor r. The shop Forman had a TRX. He recently smoked them with a regular cab f-150 they called a sleeper truck. Evidently it’s a thing and dealer backed with warranty. A regular ford with several supercharger packages to choose from. Complete packages starting in the low 50k. Both my brother and nephew said they should have went that route since the wow factor had since past . Looking at me with that we finally best you look. And saying how about that minivan Stan. My wife had the look of OH No not again. Knowing we’re going home in a ridgeline. I said well times have changed. Where can you use that power? Does it feel any different at 70 MPH? I did research a bit come Monday into those sleeper trucks. It didn’t conjure up the same excitement. At least at this time.

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Well one of our most reliable vehicles was sold yesterday. The first and only I gave for free to a grandkid. If they got skin in the game they take care of it. My wife bought new. Five years later my daughter got it to use. We got it back and gave it to our grandson after graduation. He did zero maintenance just oil changes. When the AC quit he drove his mother’s car rather than get it fixed. Instead he just bought a beater and sold the Elantra. IMG_0563.thumb.png.112256d48a94a1eb41ccf0241b5e4e9f.png

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