Is it possible to keep truck too long?

[Rick10Tahoe]

I have a 2010 Tahoe bought brand new. Runs great with 160k miles but starting to have issues .. nothing major.. like motor mount, oil leaks, transmission cooler leaks, side mirrors, heated seat. I take care of my cars and use them a long time. Last car had 160k miles too. Wondering.. do we cross a point of no return where car is of little resale value and we should just as well keep it till it’s worth nearly nothing? Or should we sell when truck/car still has a decent life remaining so it’s worth a decent selling price? Feel like I’ve crossed the point and little resale value left. Maybe I should consider the postponement of the depreciation hit I take when buying another car. Thoughts?

 

[j91z28d1]

at least with this Gen and up, 100% my opinion you're passed it.

they seem to completely fall apart about now, it's totally up to you if you're willing to do the work yourself to refresh everything, sure. put some money in it and have a solid truck that the look has aged well for another 150k. or if you're paying a shop, dump it before the bill is bigger than the truck is worth.

sadly there's a good change it will end up in a lot somewhere, someone that doesn't know the 150k mile timer has popped and will be posting a thread asking what do to with the truck he just bought a year from now.

this message board is depressing.

 

[Doubeleive]

lol, I would agree on the value has dropped, the vehicle however is not going to fall apart all of a sudden
fix it or sell it for what you can and move on
I think I have around 165k on mine, no real issue's that I didn't cause, I have no plans to get rid of it. I have maintained it well and I fuilly expect to get many more years out of it.
still paying off a 16 I bought for the wife then I might start looking for a 2020 and that will likely be the last generation GM I ever buy and might pass this one on to the oldest offspring....
motor mounts are common the fix is to use a hummer mount
oil leaks just need new seals
mirrors can be repaired fairly easy, usually the gear strips that's a easy fix.
heated seats the grid breaks, it can be replaced.

 

[wjburken]

Where your vehicle is at is about the low end of my entire fleet. I wouldn't let 160K deter you from keeping it.

The value that your vehicle brings now is letting you save up what you’d make in monthly payments on a newer vehicle and bank it away.

Keep up on the maintenance and it should last you a good while longer. The rate of depreciation is almost flat at this point so difference in what you can get out of it now versus 2 years from now will be negligible on the private market.

 

[blackelky]

Its always cheaper than a car payment. Try sprucing it up lower or level it. Detail paint correction, Wheels tires, sound system, apple car play. You'll love it again

 

[petethepug]

I was in a similar sitch w/ my 08 YXL @ 140 clicks. I loved it but realized if I had to replace a motor or trans I’d really only do that if I had a non AFM, e85 Esky.

So I shopped for 6-9 mo and found the unicorn 09 Esky in TX w/ 140k. Sold the 08. After 4 years of ownership just replaced the trans, motor mounts, front diff bushes, pan gasket & oil pump O ring + a few more. $5.8k later it didn’t bug me a bit. It was what I really wanted.

With the swap options on your Tahoe, like a direct drop in of a 6.0L Reg gas 360hp L96 or LY6 w/ an e85 option or, if you don’t already have it, an upgrade to a hi/lo xfer case, you’ve already have one of the best platforms out there with parts and upgrades galore.

I have another vehicle I upgraded the supercharger on at 100k mi to add 80hp on a 150hp motor. At 200k I rebuilt the 1.8L to 1.9, ported, polished the heads & port matched the exh mani to up it to a reliable 250hp. I take care of my stuff too. If it’s what you really want then you’ll be ok keeping it.

 

[Carlos Sanchez]

My beautiful old '98 Burb was a Manitoba Hydro fleet vehicle in it's previous life and very well maintained.
The power train never died but it just rusted away... later at highway speeds the rusted out floor caused the floormats to float up on a cushion of air as I drove along!

I still couldn't part with it so I gifted it to my son who has more energy than me to work on it. He was my maintenance guy who never got paid. Now he gets to put it back on the road after fixing it up, without needing a fresh safety 'cuz of the family transfer.

Looking fwd to my new PPV but I sure miss that old girl!!

 

[Trey Hardy]

I have a 2010 Tahoe bought brand new. Runs great with 160k miles but starting to have issues .. nothing major.. like motor mount, oil leaks, transmission cooler leaks, side mirrors, heated seat. I take care of my cars and use them a long time. Last car had 160k miles too. Wondering.. do we cross a point of no return where car is of little resale value and we should just as well keep it till it’s worth nearly nothing? Or should we sell when truck/car still has a decent life remaining so it’s worth a decent selling price? Feel like I’ve crossed the point and little resale value left. Maybe I should consider the postponement of the depreciation hit I take when buying another car. Thoughts?

I’d say fix and keep it. My Tahoe has over 400,000 miles on it now and I’m just now about to swap the motor out in it
My previous Silverado had 240,000 miles my old cateye had 230,000 my 99 had over 200,000 and my 97 had over 230,000 my in-laws suburban (05) has over 400,000 miles on it and his vette has over 200,000 these engines will last a long damn time with proper maintenance and care if you like the car and don’t care about reselling it while it’s got lower mileage I’d opt to keep it

 

[blackelky]

I was in a similar sitch w/ my 08 YXL @ 140 clicks. I loved it but realized if I had to replace a motor or trans I’d really only do that if I had a non AFM, e85 Esky.

So I shopped for 6-9 mo and found the unicorn 09 Esky in TX w/ 140k. Sold the 08. After 4 years of ownership just replaced the trans, motor mounts, front diff bushes, pan gasket & oil pump O ring + a few more. $5.8k later it didn’t bug me a bit. It was what I really wanted.

With the swap options on your Tahoe, like a direct drop in of a 6.0L Reg gas 360hp L96 or LY6 w/ an e85 option or, if you don’t already have it, an upgrade to a hi/lo xfer case, you’ve already have one of the best platforms out there with parts and upgrades galore.

I have another vehicle I upgraded the supercharger on at 100k mi to add 80hp on a 150hp motor. At 200k I rebuilt the 1.8L to 1.9, ported, polished the heads & port matched the exh mani to up it to a reliable 250hp. I take care of my stuff too. If it’s what you really want then you’ll be ok keeping it.

Vw?

 

[blackelky]

I’d say fix and keep it. My Tahoe has over 400,000 miles on it now and I’m just now about to swap the motor out in it
My previous Silverado had 240,000 miles my old cateye had 230,000 my 99 had over 200,000 and my 97 had over 230,000 my in-laws suburban (05) has over 400,000 miles on it and his vette has over 200,000 these engines will last a long damn time with proper maintenance and care if you like the car and don’t care about reselling it while it’s got lower mileage I’d opt to keep it

This makes me happy lol. I can only hope to get to 400k

 

[petethepug]

Vw?

Yea, was an air cooled VW & Porsche guy. The 67 Beetle was stolen, twice! Got it back, again, and sold it with the 914-6 for a new 90 Corrado g60. I wanted a/c and tired of the smell of jute, exhaust & gasoline. 34 years later still got it.

 

[OR VietVet]

Cold dead hands comes to mind when talking about getting a NBS 2000-2006 from me, unless there is enough money involved.

 

[Trey Hardy]

This makes me happy lol. I can only hope to get to 400k

I could probably get more out of my motor but I need a oil pump water pump and coil packs and I don’t want to put a whole lot more in to this motor

 

[swathdiver]

I have a 2010 Tahoe bought brand new. Runs great with 160k miles but starting to have issues .. nothing major.. like motor mount, oil leaks, transmission cooler leaks, side mirrors, heated seat. I take care of my cars and use them a long time. Last car had 160k miles too. Wondering.. do we cross a point of no return where car is of little resale value and we should just as well keep it till it’s worth nearly nothing? Or should we sell when truck/car still has a decent life remaining so it’s worth a decent selling price? Feel like I’ve crossed the point and little resale value left. Maybe I should consider the postponement of the depreciation hit I take when buying another car. Thoughts?

There are a couple of threads on here about this. Unless you really want a new ride and are looking for an excuse, keep it. You could drop $20K and still be ahead of buying a new or newer one in an unknown condition.

These will never be worth zero, that ship sailed with Cash for Clunkers. Like the previous generations, they will hit max depreciation and then start to appreciate as demand for them increases again; especially the clean ones.

My Yukon is about to hit 200K and runs like a top. I'll have it repainted next year and when the transmission and engine need repair/replacing, they'll get done as well. Going to replace the axles soon for towing and tractor pulls and drag racing. Completed a 3K mile vacation without a hiccup last year.

The only gripe I have is that GM won't release an updated navigation map for these trucks.

 

[OR VietVet]

What @swathdiver said. You can go to my build thread and see what I spent to replace known wear out or problematic higher mileage parts, ahead of time. I knew I was going to retire and then have a big trip and sure enough, it performed like brand new. Plus, I was way money ahead of buying new or buying another used vehicle and dealing with unknowns. I know that in all likelihood I will have a transmission go one of these days and have a trusted shop in the area that has nothing but great reviews from customers and other shops in the area. The diffs are in great shape and the engine is just now 161k miles. I may be buried in it.

 

[tom3]

Some of this depends on where you live. Up north in the rust belt, maybe time to let go. Southern areas maybe spend some money to get it up to par and drive it another 100k. Does your machine have the cylinder de-activation deal? Any work done on that setup? That could soon lead to an expensive repair.

 

[j91z28d1]

My beautiful old '98 Burb was a Manitoba Hydro fleet vehicle in it's previous life and very well maintained.
The power train never died but it just rusted away... later at highway speeds the rusted out floor caused the floormats to float up on a cushion of air as I drove along!

I still couldn't part with it so I gifted it to my son who has more energy than me to work on it. He was my maintenance guy who never got paid. Now he gets to put it back on the road after fixing it up, without needing a fresh safety 'cuz of the family transfer.

Looking fwd to my new PPV but I sure miss that old girl!!

sadly they don't make them like that anymore. obs and this Gen don't have much in common.

I've had my 96 for going on 20 years and it was a daily up until about 2 years ago now. in that 2 years I have more time and money into repairs on this 150k 11 than I did in that 20 years and now at 325k 96. i don't even remember what the mileage was when I got it, but it was considered high mileage then haha


I feel like it all depends, if you're doing all your own work, you can keep anything running for as long as you want to. if you need to have the laundry list of stuff done at a shop. it's going to be very costly quickly and might tilt the scales for you

 

[j91z28d1]

wrong post haha

 

[petethepug]

… My Yukon is about to hit 200K and runs like a top. I'll have it repainted next year …

Lucky truck. I can tell there’s a few paint & body guys in my neck of the woods. Every couple of months there are a few Burbs & Tahoe that look like they drove out of a 2010 time portal.

When there’s that much perfect paint on that much perfected body panels, then somebody’s color sanded it and restored the OEM rims with perfect trim, it’s lines are just jaw dropping.

 

[BG1988]

This makes me happy lol. I can only hope to get to 400k

on the original engine and transmission?.