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Right now we have a pop-up but are going to upgrade to a TT of less than 6,000 lbs loaded. I see a lot of people with Suburbans here, most drive in from out of the county, think gravel, snow and ice.
We don't see a wide variety of SUVs available here but we have our sales person watching for something to come in. Thank you all!
Land Cruiser (1998-2005) up to 180K miles ($$$$$) but my first choice
4Runner, V8 same deal on the mileage ($$$) my second choice
Sequoia (same same on mileage) ($$$) my third choice
Suburban or the like ($$) my fourth choice
The 4.7L V8 is most likely going to give you a solid 300K without problems. Of course, you have the standard things like timing belt and components but in my opinion that's one of the best engines Toyota has ever built.
The Lincoln, well as someone else stated, "I wouldn't take it if you gave it to me (unless you paid the insurance and repairs)".
we have a small fleet of vehicles and have always had a least one suburban/yukon-xl in the fleet. if i had to liquidate all but one, i would keep the yukon-xl. i had a car salesman tell me years ago, "if you ever buy a suburban, you will always want another one."
one more thing to keep in mind with a high mileage vehicle, is repairs. you can get parts and repairs for a suburban in just about any place the need arises. nothing against toyotas, hondas, or fords we have and/or had those also.
For our van, we have to order every little part so am familiar with that. We had a Honda and Nissan cars and learned just how expensive parts could be and the Honda was a money pit. The Suburban seems to the most common one that we see here. We are in central KS so what we can buy here used would be more expensive in other areas. The two vehicles I spoke of were both less than $6,000 each, way below our budget but I had not seen a Lincoln Navigator, went on Sunday afternoon not realizing the lot was "staked out" by a salesman parked in the back of the lot. It is the Chevrolet/Buick dealer's "bargain" lot with vehicles $25,000 and less. Both vehicles very clean inside and looks good inside and out, thus the temptation but we do realize what high mileage can cost in repairs. All vehicles are "luck of the draw". We have never bought new and never would.
i like your idea of buying used and paying cash, it is what my dad taught me also. (He was raised in the depression) I will buy new on occasion, but it has to be a real deal and we usually drive it "cradle to grave."
i like your idea of buying used and paying cash, it is what my dad taught me also. (He was raised in the depression) I will buy new on occasion, but it has to be a real deal and we usually drive it "cradle to grave."
We are frugal across the board. Seriously, buying a vehicle like the ones we were looking at under $6,000, we would be in a position to gamble and maybe win, maybe lose. Will consider all suggestions here and look at websites this week in the area.
I have never hesitated to buy a vehicle due to mileage alone.
That being said, be prepared to deal with the problems that crop up with age. Suspension components are the big thing that come to mind (as someone else already mentioned), and those can get expensive in a hurry. Are you willing/able to work on the vehicle yourself if the need arises?
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