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[WillCO]

If I’m looking at the same thread she said she purchased a ‘15 with 40k on it. That’s certainly not high mileage and not an amount that should throw caution flags to a buyer.

We'd have to know when she bought it, but I'm not seeing how you could use the word "certainly."

To be clear, it had 40K on it when she bought it, not now. And based on her list of repairs it doesn't sound like she got it last month.

12,000 miles per year is average. If it produced in mid-2015 and she bought it in mid 2018, 36,000 miles would be average. So I think the mileage probably is high.

The usage pattern is more important though, anyway.

People having to be cautious about buying a 3-4 yr old full-size GM with 40k that was probably $60k+ when new is not a good state of affairs.

Maybe true. It's a truck, though. I think you have to be a little more cautious buying used trucks than you do used cars. There are a lot more ways for them to have been misused over 40,000 miles.

I would have a pre-purchase inspection done before buying any used vehicle.

 

[cardude2000]

.There are a lot more ways for them to have been misused over 40,000 miles.

I would have a pre-purchase inspection done before buying any used vehicle.

BOTH taillights. Heated seats. Bad front headlight assembly’s. Unless it was flooded those aren’t really subject to misuse.

And...

We’re talking about a grocery getter owned by a mom of 3 young kids.

 

[WillCO]

BOTH taillights. Heated seats. Bad front headlight assembly’s. Unless it was flooded those aren’t really subject to misuse.

And...

We’re talking about a grocery getter owned by a mom of 3 young kids.

It's just hard to say. 40,000 miles is a lot of use. Personally I would hesitate to buy a work vehicle with that much on the clock. That's just me. I'd buy a BMW that way, and have. But they pay for all of the maintenance for the duration of most people's lease.

I think all cars become grocery getters the day they hit the used market. As for the mom of 3 young kids part - my wife is the mom of 2 young kids. I make myself drive her car now and then so I can see if there's anything going on with it. She's just not on that wavelength, more power to her.

 

[NYisles1]

To be clear, it had 40K on it when she bought it, not now. And based on her list of repairs it doesn't sound like she got it last month.

12,000 miles per year is average. If it produced in mid-2015 and she bought it in mid 2018, 36,000 miles would be average. So I think the mileage probably is high.

Fair enough but I don’t think 40k is high mileage whether the previous owner did it all in one year or spread over three. What’s the difference as far as wear to the vehicle?

 

[cardude2000]

It's just hard to say. 40,000 miles is a lot of use. Personally I would hesitate to buy a work vehicle with that much on the clock. That's just me. I'd buy a BMW that way, and have. But they pay for all of the maintenance for the duration of most people's lease.

I think all cars become grocery getters the day they hit the used market. As for the mom of 3 young kids part - my wife is the mom of 2 young kids. I make myself drive her car now and then so I can see if there's anything going on with it. She's just not on that wavelength, more power to her.

40k is not a lot of use for solid state parts like LED bulbs, sealed heating seat elements and headlight assemblies on a $65k vehicle. They require no ‘maintenance’.

They should EASILY get to 40k miles. Cmon.

 

[GTNator]

I think the point is 40,000 miles and 5 years i a lot of time to abuse a truck or at least not take proper care of one. I one doesn't take care of a vehicle then lots of things can go wrong in that amount of time and mileage.

 

[cardude2000]

I think the point is 40,000 miles and 5 years i a lot of time to abuse a truck or at least not take proper care of one. I one doesn't take care of a vehicle then lots of things can go wrong in that amount of time and mileage.

In my opinion, seat heaters and taillights don’t require care and should last 40k miles even on a work truck (and for sure on a suburban grocery getter).

We can disagree on what to expect from a vehicle, no hard feelings.

 

[GTNator]

In my opinion, seat heaters and taillights don’t require care and should last 40k miles even on a work truck.

We can disagree on what to expect from a vehicle, no hard feelings.

Oh I think 3 kids can tear up a vehicle even worse. One too many spilled juice cups for kids or mom’s coffee spilling on the seats as she reaches back to “manage” those kids can totally ruin seat heaters.


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[cardude2000]

Oh I think 3 kids can tear up a vehicle even worse. One too many spilled juice cups for kids or mom’s coffee spilling on the seats as she reaches back to “manage” those kids can totally ruin seat heaters.


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Like I said. We can agree to disagree that sealed components like taillights and seat heaters should fail before 40k miles (let alone the litany of other items that failed).

We just expect different things from our vehicles. That’s fine. Live and let live.

 

[GTNator]

Like I said. We can agree to disagree that sealed components like taillights and seat heaters should fail before 40k miles (let alone the litany of other items that failed).

We just expect different things from our vehicles. That’s fine. Live and let live.

Nope, that’s not it at all, I expect those same things. I’m saying that we don’t know the actual history.


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