I bought my truck with just over 160,000 on it. In fact when I first sat in the truck for a test drive, the odometer said exactly 160,000. That made me suspicious so I shelled out a few bucks for a CARFAX report and the odometer reading was confirmed. I guess sometimes "co-incedences" do happen although 7 seven years as a Military Policeman have made me very suspicious of them. Well, (back on track) the CARFAX also showed that the truck had had one owner up until it spent about 6 months going from one dealer to another until I found it. It had been registered out in west Texas where a trip to the grocery store can be 100 miles round trip so I was reasonable certain that the majority of miles were on the highway. Everything on the truck was in excellent condition, (even the rear window worked and the tailgate was un-rusted). Inside the truck I found the original leather "zipper case" with all the trucks manuals in it and it even had the window sticker folded up and tucked in the back of the owners manual. From the condition on the paint and undercariage, it was obvious that the truck was garage kept and rarely (if ever) used off road. I even found an evelope with a few years worth of reciepts from oil changes, transmision services and other routine maintence so I was reasonbly sure the truck had been well cared for.
Of course, since I've owned it, it has not been in garage, (wouldn't fit any more, even if I had a garage) and been off road a lot with a few battle scars to show for it. It is however mechanicaly sound and I do all my own work, so I know it's done right. I am also pretty "****" about maintenance records (13 years as Army mechanic before I got drawn over to the dark side). I keep a log book with every drop of gas, oil, or anything else put into the truck as well as all maintenance performed and reciepts for any parts that are under waranty. It drives my wife crazy when ever she drives and I say "make sure to write it down if you put gas in". She used to make fun of me about this until our first Cavalier was burned in a grass fire. The log book survived, but the electronic odometer did not. Since there was no odometer the insurance adjuster "estimated" milage when determining the value of my one year old car. His estimate was more than triple the actual mileage that I had records to back up. If I hadn't had that book, that scaming bastard would have cheated me out of about $1500 value on the car.
Anyway, I'll bring this back on the topic at hand. I have only put about 40,000 of my trucks miles on it but I'm reasonably sure that the truck has had excellent maintenance throughout its life. Here are the "first" and "most recent" pages from gas section of my logbook. I original found the truck in Liberty Hill, TX and at first I didn't keep track of the price paid for gas. I started keeping track of gas price when prices went over $2.00 per gallon.
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