Is my truck too old? Opinions please!

[zach1990]

My 2000 just rolled 309,200 and I'm still modding it and occasionally drive it like I stole it. If your happy with your truck, age and mileage are not worth worrying about imo

 

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[zach1990]

Thanks for all the advice guys. I will have the front end checked soon.

 

Has any of you made it past 200k without the tranny goin out? Mines not acting up or anything I just get paranoid about that 200k mark.

And just saw this. 278k miles on my trans

 

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[shortyb]

@zach1990 Man thats awesome.... I hope mine will look that good when it has 309 on it. Thanks for the input...

[ATMINF]

Shortyb thanks.

[govener71]

I had 225,000 on the original tranny in my 99 sierra. It would slip once in a great while when it was really cold. Other than that I had very few problems. One water pump, New Heads at 198,000, and normal ball joints, brakes, tie rods. I would not be worried at 200,000. I just bought a new truck to get more room in the back for kids soon. I expect it to go at least 275,000 based only on I did all the maintenance and notice no extravagant ware other than in the front differential that needed the oil changed every year.

[Badass69]

Old is just perspective. Look at my signature...... The 05 is my work rig and is a baby in comparsion with around 110000 miles on it. It makes me before expenses ( repairs, fuel, insurance) around $70K a year all on it's own........ So yeah I could run out and buy a big bad brand new truck for cash even........ but why? This truck has paid for itself and it's future multiple times over already so I just enjoy the ride. I recently just put new rims on it, a low profile backrack headache rack, tinted it and regeared it from 373 to 410 while adding the Detroit locker...... why not. I love the truck and it doesn't owe me anything. Next will be heads, cam, TBSS manifold, long tubes and a stall. I love the 03-07 GMT800's and won't buy anything else GM anyway so run it until it falls apart. I know I am going to be, lol.

[SouthCo]

No the truck is not too old. It has took you 6 years to pay off a truck that was already 3 years old when you bought it. No offense, but if it drives as good as you say, pay it off and put some money aside. That way you have some money for repairs or to put a bigger down payment on the next one. I sold a 2003 Tahoe with close to 200k miles that still drove great. My Sierra used to sit and I always drove the Tahoe. I wish I had kept it.

[dcheeseman]

I have a 1995 Chevrolet Silverado K1500 ex-cab, 350/5.7L, 4l60e tranny, 3.42 rear-end with 223,000 all original miles. Original engine, tranny, transfer-case and rear-end. I drive it to work everyday. Its been a wonderful truck. I've own it over 10 years, I'd buy another 1995 Silverado brand new if I could, just like it. "Like A Rock"

 

Daniel

[Shaners]

This truck is worth way more to you than anyone else! With those kind of miles and the fact that you don't want a new payment just keep it for awhile. Take the money you have been making as a payment and set it aside somewhere. When you are ready to take the plunge again use all that saved money as a nice downpayment!

[GuyGene]

Yep, old is just a perspective - everything I have is like me - old! My newest truck is an '02.

[music]

An old truck, and some old money in the bank, is a hard combo to beat.

[KMGZ400]

i personally would keep the truck and save some cash. at this point your truck isnt worth much to sell anyway, its worth more just to keep it until it dosent run. pocket the cash, save some money. cars/trucks are horrible investments.

 

as for the trans, you should be happy that you got 200k out of it. i had one go on an older truck that went at 115k. the 4L60's are hit or miss

[Rocko973]

I think everybody here is of the same opinion to keep your truck, and you can add me to that list. A new truck would cost you a minimum of $400-$500 of monthly payments which translates to about $5000-$6000 per year for about 5 years! I would bet that you would have much less than one year's worth of new truck payments ($5K) for maintenance on your current truck over the next few years. Also, as dirtfan21 mentioned, the insurance cost and the registration will be much higher on a new truck.

 

I have a 2003 Silverado 1500 HD but with only 112K miles, been enjoying no payments for the last 5 years, and I plan on driving it until the wheels fall off, then I'll put them back on and drive it some more... ;-)