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Sep 21, 2018 | 09:08 AM

Wallace Manzo

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Should I purchase a 2001 v10 with 310k miles for a grand? Just needs an alternator but the seller says the motor runs strong. I just need something to drive for a year or two, all the extra horsepower isn't necessary for work or towing. Just need cheap truck

Sep 22, 2018 | 05:44 AM

JWA

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Originally Posted by Wallace Manzo

I'd buy it but would go into the deal knowing it could last forever more or blow up in a few hundred miles. Plug a scanner in, set a few parameters to monitor and take it for a test drive, review the recorded data and make a decision on that. If the service has been kept up that mileage wouldn't scare me a bit. I would suggest connecting fuel and oil pressure shop-type dedicated diagnostic gauges--if all that checks out there shouldn't be much to worry about.

When I've bought "cheap" beater vehicles I've almost always ended up trying to improve what I think could be suspect reliability, more often than not exceeding the cost of that vehicle. Its in our nature I think........?