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A friend of mine was looking to get rid of his truck, and I told him I might be interested.
Last winter he blew the motor, so he had a rebuild done, along with alot of other things like motor mounts, exhaust, u-joints, fuel pump etc.. Total repair bill was $3,000.
After the rebuild he finished driving it for the winter and bought a new car, so its been sitting in their pole barn for a few months.
I figured he was going to ask $3,000 + for it, so I said to give me a price, and he said $900 !
So I told him I was interested but wanted to take it for a drive first, after the drive I came back and said Oh this is wrong with it, and that... but im still interested... So I said Id probably buy it next week. The next day he said, I was thinking about all the stuff you say is wrong with it, and figured I could knock a few hundred bucks off of it. $700.
So I bought a 2001 Chevy S-10 with 127,000 miles on the truck, and less than 10,000 on the rebuilt engine.
4.3L V6, Auto, power windows, locks and mirrors, extended cab w/ 3rd door
Pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
The bad:
Needs alignment - $50
Needs brake rotors - $104
Needs brake pads -$20
Needs wheel bearing - (only one is bad, but ill replace both) $50
Thats it... It will probably need tires in the next 6 months or so, but its a really nice truck
My brand new truck is racking up miles fast, So I bought this to daily drive so they dont rack up so fast, and my new truck also gets bad gas mileage, around 16mpg with 4.10 gears and a 5 cylinder
Last winter he blew the motor, so he had a rebuild done, along with alot of other things like motor mounts, exhaust, u-joints, fuel pump etc.. Total repair bill was $3,000.
After the rebuild he finished driving it for the winter and bought a new car, so its been sitting in their pole barn for a few months.
I figured he was going to ask $3,000 + for it, so I said to give me a price, and he said $900 !
So I told him I was interested but wanted to take it for a drive first, after the drive I came back and said Oh this is wrong with it, and that... but im still interested... So I said Id probably buy it next week. The next day he said, I was thinking about all the stuff you say is wrong with it, and figured I could knock a few hundred bucks off of it. $700.
So I bought a 2001 Chevy S-10 with 127,000 miles on the truck, and less than 10,000 on the rebuilt engine.
4.3L V6, Auto, power windows, locks and mirrors, extended cab w/ 3rd door
Pretty sweet deal if you ask me.
The bad:
Needs alignment - $50
Needs brake rotors - $104
Needs brake pads -$20
Needs wheel bearing - (only one is bad, but ill replace both) $50
Thats it... It will probably need tires in the next 6 months or so, but its a really nice truck
My brand new truck is racking up miles fast, So I bought this to daily drive so they dont rack up so fast, and my new truck also gets bad gas mileage, around 16mpg with 4.10 gears and a 5 cylinder
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