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Top Five Reasons to Buy

a Used Truck

1. Total price: If the truck is at least three years old, the cash price should be dramatically lower than a new truck. On a used truck, you can look up its history with the VIN number at that brand’s service center. Recalls will be there, dealer repairs will be there, and on Carfax you can look up accident reports. You can read reviews done on the truck years ago, and truck forums will give you insight into other owners’ experience with trucks you’re considering buying.

2. Lower sales tax: The lower the cost of the used truck, the lower the sales tax. Generally, license plates cost less on a used truck. Generally, insurance is lower on a used truck. Same with parts for your used truck: after a few years, the parts are all available at the parts stores, like NAPA, O’Reilly Autozone, etc., which generally are cheaper than a truck brand parts counter.

3. Your neighbors won’t think you’re rich: If you’re driving a new $90,000 truck, you’ll be surprised at all the friends and relatives who will want to borrow money from you. Warren Buffet and Sam Walton drove used trucks for a reason. If people think you have money, it bothers them.

4. You can crank up the power: Once the factory warranty is expired, you can add all the power modules, headers, and nitro, not having to worry about voiding any factory warranties. This is important to those of you who hop into your used diesel for the weekend drag race at the track, or pull sleds at the county fair. If you like to modify your truck’s suspension for radical off-road use, then an older used truck is up your alley.

5. Trucks last: Just like the Energizer Bunny, if you don’t drive long distances or are a volunteer fireman, you can keep a truck for decades. I have a forty-six-year-old truck. On my farm, most of my vehicles are at least thirty years old. And because they cost less, you can buy several trucks. Every American should have a truck collection.

A truck can last decades, long after the monthly payment. Buying a used truck means payments for less years. Customize it and make it part of the family. My 1970 Chevy C10 is mechanically sound; it just needs some new paint and a little sheet metal. An average truck passes through many owners. Sometimes they are passed down for generations. You can build your collection faster with used trucks.

2016 GMC Sierra HD and 2002 Chevrolet Silverado HD

As with everything, knowledge or lack of knowledge can influence your truck purchase. One thing a lot of folks don’t understand is the Consumer Protection Act, which gives you three days to think over the new mortgage on your house, or a loan on the new Kirby vacuum that was just demonstrated on your carpet. If you leave your home and go to a dealership, you don’t have three days to change your mind on the purchase contract. The law was designed to keep consumers from being pressured on important loans or being talked into buying something by the traveling salesman coming to your home. But leave the house and you’re committed when you sign on the dotted line.