Buying a diesel truck

[snocohunter]

I've been truck shopping after selling my Subaru wrx. It was a fun car for my early and mid 20's but I need a truck. I started looking at half tons but was reminded by all my friends that bought them before they had anythingntotow that they wished they had bought a diesel.

Been shopping CL for about a month but just can't seem to find anything that fits the bill. BECU is requiring under 125k miles and my budget is about 26 out the door with my own financing through them. Dealer maybe a tad more with the right financing.

If anyone knows of a good crew cab/quad cab truck let me know. I prefer a duramax but I'm open at this point. I've absorbed a lot of info in my searches. So I have a bit if an idea what to stay away from.

[snocohunter]

Lotsa lookers. Tough crowd!

[huntnphool]

Lotsa lookers. Tough crowd!

Don't know what you want people to tell you, sounds like you are pretty much set on what you are looking for, a Duramax under 125K for less than $26k.

[snocohunter]

Just figured someone knew of a friend selling something. And I'm not set on a duramax. Any other time I mention buying anything people give their opinions. Guess I never really asked :-)

How bout any sites other than CL or autotrader that anyone knows about? I'm about burnt out on em

[huntnphool]

www.cars.com

[jackelope]

Be careful with the Duramax's. The earlier ones had some injector issues. -02's 03's I think. 05-06 were good years for them.

[C-Money]

Good luck with the search. Hope you find the truck of your dreams!

[elkaholic123]

2007.5 and after have DPF so the mileage is not as good either,2005-2007 would be good yrs to look at in the GMC or Chevy

[snocohunter]

Yeah I'm avoiding the dpf trucks if I can. Seems like people want $3-4k over blue book for duramax trucks. Leaning towards a dodge with 5.9 tough to go wrong there I think. I just like the ride and creature comforts of the chev/gmc's.

[jackelope]

Blue book value means literally nothing.

[jackelope]

Dodges have weak front ends.

[Rick]

Good luck. My brother has been looking at used diesels and he can't find anything either.Same as you,mid 20s budget.

Lots of used diesels out there,people just want way too much money for the amount of miles these trucks have on them.

[WDFW Hates ME!!!]

If i was going to buy another diesel it would be an 04-07 dodge quad cab, or the 06-07 mega cab. I have an 08 mega with the 6.7 and i love it but i had to do some work to it to get it to the point of loving it. Like DPF delete and new exhaust. I had an 05 quad cab with the 5.9 and my wife talked me into the mega cab.

[krism83]

I know a couple of guys selling 7.3 Powerstrokes but they are all over 125k in mileage. I can look into it if you want to see if they are still available.

[Fowlweather25]

Dodge, up to 07.5 have the 5.9 great mileage compared to the v-8's and twice the life span. Will pull anything. All full size pickups have their down falls but it's hard to beat the cummins. The ride of a Chevy is great but you lose integrity when pulling due to the "soft" suspension.