Buying a 00' v10 limited Excursion from a guy, it has 186000 miles on it and was used for family trips an towing a boat... I am getting it for 5,800 originally over 6 he was asking. I'm just a little scared about how many miles are on it! Is it too many? How much life left on it should I expect? should I not buy it? I'm having it checked by a mechanic first... Those are a lot of miles. I need it to last me a few years. Wont be driving too hard, not much towing in my future. What do you think?

 

186k is allot of miles and it is hard to know how good it is, I do know dad has 140k on his 00 F250 (runs like new) and the local CO-OP has an F250 with way over 200k that gets fought over even though they have two new Chevy's.

 

in january i bought an 03 with 162k miles. now has 170k. i was worried about the miles at first but the truck runs well and everything works. i did have to change an idler pulley on the engine and put tires on it. i have tightened up the steering box and the vacuum hubs are malfunctioning. but overall i am happy. it is my work truck (contractor) used to haul tools and people and tow my 16' box trailer and my 30' TT.

clean rust free NC truck 4x4 v10 xlt premium, i paid $7500.

 

That may sound like a lot of miles, but these Ford motors are designed to last a very long time. If it was well maintained I wouldn't have much concern about it. A mechanic friend works on a lot of high-mileage Fords and swears by them as he sees a lot of motors between 200,000 and 600,000 miles. If they're kept cool and well lubricated they hold up really well and well maintained motors in the 200,000 to 400,000 range behave almost as if they are new.

Like most used vehicles, the bolt-ons are the wild cards. Torque converter, A/C Compressor, Evaporator/Condensor coils, Heater core, ball joints, master cylinder, alternator, radiator, etc. There's already a lot of places that might demand your attention/money in the not-so-distant future. All you can really do is go by your gut.

 

Since you are having it checked by a mechanic, it sounds like you are covering your bases. If your mechanic finds anything, use that to haggle on price, although it seems you are getting a pretty fair deal, at least based on the market here. Even if you have to fix a few items (hopefully nothing major!) you will still have a lot of truck for your money.

 

Is it 4WD or 2WD?

 

its a 4x4... why?

 

I have 161 on the ODO and I believe if you drain flush the Engine/Tranny fluids ,Differentials rear and front synthetic with a nice tune up ...you'll sleep better