Buying help

7 messages, Last post on Mar 10, 2009 at 7:39 PM

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#6 of 7 Re: Buying help [bhammitt] by rockman59 Sep 13, 2008 (11:28 am)
Replying to: bhammitt (Sep 08, 2008 12:47 pm) Kelly Blue Book shows these values for a 2002 2500 stripper in "good condition" with 90,000 miles: Trade in value: $3886 Private Party sale: $7255 Retail price in "excellent condition": $11,225. I doubt this vehicle is in excellent condition and most dealers would not even fool around with a stripper...they would just sent it to the auction which would probably bring even less that trade in value.
#7 of 7 Am I buying a lemon? by demstillers Mar 10, 2009 (7:39 pm)
I am not sure if I'm buying a lemon. I found the Suburban we've been looking for used with 17000 miles on it. It is a 2008 LT 1500 4wd. The carfax is clean and states it is a rental vehicle. The Chevy dealership gave us the service records which shows that there was a power steering leak, fuel gauge problem, and tire indicator light problem. All of these were fixed according to the service records. This just doesn't seem normal to me. I have a Toyota, and it has 100000 miles on it and it is approaching seven years old with none of those problems. The biggest problem I had with it was the power door motor pooping out. That's it. For a 2008, that seems like a lot of service, but reading other posts, it seems that GM has quite a few longstanding problems. Any insight?