howdy
i'm trying to buy a new-to-me old truck for work.. being the cash-only kind of guy that i am, i'm looking to stay under $3,000. all the trucks i'm looking at are between 85-95, with a few exceptions. this isn't the first time i've purchased a used older truck... but i'm noticing something disturbing this time around.
last time i was in the market for a used truck (80'-90'), it was incredibly rare to see anything with mileage under 150,000, with most being in the neighborhood of 180,000-220,000...
now, many years later... everything i'm seeing ("everything" being an over-generalization, but not by much) is claiming to be UNDER 100,000 original miles or low 100,000s....
how the crap did that happen? how did all of these previously hidden/un-driven trucks pop to the surface? i've come to the conclusion that in our current state of economic depression and desperation, people are letting their ethics slip a bit, and either allowing themselves to believe the mileage their 5-digit odometer reads is the actual mileage (instead of 100,000 or even 200,000 miles off), or are simply opting to deliberately LIE and claim aaaalllll these 85'-90' trucks actually have 76,000 or 120,000 original miles on them...
end rant
now.... i have never used or looked into Carfax.. but they claim to be able to tell you the actual mileage of vehicles, if you have their VINs.... anybody have any experience with this, or happen to have researched it enough to know if it's even possible that they have accurate info?
thanks
i'm trying to buy a new-to-me old truck for work.. being the cash-only kind of guy that i am, i'm looking to stay under $3,000. all the trucks i'm looking at are between 85-95, with a few exceptions. this isn't the first time i've purchased a used older truck... but i'm noticing something disturbing this time around.
last time i was in the market for a used truck (80'-90'), it was incredibly rare to see anything with mileage under 150,000, with most being in the neighborhood of 180,000-220,000...
now, many years later... everything i'm seeing ("everything" being an over-generalization, but not by much) is claiming to be UNDER 100,000 original miles or low 100,000s....
how the crap did that happen? how did all of these previously hidden/un-driven trucks pop to the surface? i've come to the conclusion that in our current state of economic depression and desperation, people are letting their ethics slip a bit, and either allowing themselves to believe the mileage their 5-digit odometer reads is the actual mileage (instead of 100,000 or even 200,000 miles off), or are simply opting to deliberately LIE and claim aaaalllll these 85'-90' trucks actually have 76,000 or 120,000 original miles on them...
end rant
now.... i have never used or looked into Carfax.. but they claim to be able to tell you the actual mileage of vehicles, if you have their VINs.... anybody have any experience with this, or happen to have researched it enough to know if it's even possible that they have accurate info?
thanks