My problem with used cars is that there’s no way to know what has been done to the engine for maintenance. I knew a college prof who claimed he would buy a new car and NEVER change the oil. He would drive it until 40-50k miles then trade it off for a new one. People are idiots. You’re really rolling the dice buying a higher mileage used vehicle. Even lower mileage stuff often doesn’t have a reliable history.
OT: Mitsubishi Outlander yeah or nay
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Fuel mileage is slightly better than the 5.7 Tundra... but that wouldn't take much... we're talking 13mpg here.. i know they're reliability may not be that of a tundra , but nothing is , but having said that , it's excellent.
Tundra gets all the Toyota fanboys, but honestly I think the Titan is a WAY better value. Very similar trucks. Sure, the resale on the Toyota will always be better but I like to keep my vehicles until they're beat anyway. I just got back from a 1,000 mile roundtrip to Minnesota pulling our ski boat with a jet ski in the bed and got 13mpg. Normally it's about 16-17 in mixed driving.
There are ways to know how a vehicle was taken care of
If you’re a mechanic and tear the engine down maybe. You’re guessing otherwise. The used Expeditions I’ve bought have had what appears to be good service records but that’s no guarantee. A 12 year old can probably create false entries in the online history.
On the Expeditions you can tell just by looking at the badge on the front that says Ford.
Have a relative that traded in a car with a persistent issue. There is no doubt the current owner hates that car.
Yeah but I love.driving that Expedition as much as any vehicle I’ve owned over the past 50 years I can get any issues fixed by multiple places in many small towns I travel through. Fortunately the ones I’ve had have never had a major mechanical breakdown. Worst issue I had was mice chewing on a wiring harness and they replaced everything under warranty.On the Expeditions you can tell just by looking at the badge on the front that says Ford.
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I will happily buy a car with a known persistent issue that some other dumbass can't figure out. It's how you get a smoking deal. Thankfully the market abounds with dumbasses.
IF you get the deal anything is fixable. Just factor in the worst case cost and maybe it winds up less. That isn’t all that different than me deciding to keep my 21 Expedition with the transmission clunk at higher speeds. I could dump it and get full trade value.