Buying high mileage 2002 tahoe?

[TCOA]

Hi all, I'm about to buy a 2002 Tahoe LT with 100k miles. It seems in great shape otherwise as they just replaced the Tranny a couple thousand miles ago.

The selling price is $7k which I think is a super good deal, but I would like your opinions or warnings on this.

I have been lurking here for a while and am just now serious about buying this one. Thanks in advance!

 

[withac]

Tranny's on these things can be an issue so if it's basically new that's one huge worry off your shoulders. You can book it out here

http://www.kbb.com/

or here

http://www.nadaguides.com/home.aspx

People talk about "Blue Book" value but to be honest, I've never bought a car where they looked at the Blue Book. Every used car I've ever bought the dealers and bank used the NADA book.

Good luck and welcome. I'm pretty much a hack but there are lots o' folks on here who know an awful lot about these rides. You'll get some good help if and when you need it.

 

[sschrader]

i just purchased a 02 Z71. It has 145k on it. The owner took extremely good care of it. I drove it a few times before I bought it. People can't believe it has that many miles. Not a thing wrong with mine (knock on wood)

Should be known that things can go wrong with a truck with fewer miles on them. Just not as many. A friend that has an 06 Denali had to have his transmission replaced. 16k miles on it.

Just drive it a few times, city, highway and everything. Crawl under it and look around. Check it out good and then go for it!

 

[TCOA]

Thanks for the advice. I did drive it home for the night and loaded it up with my wife and 3 kids. we love it! I'm still looking all over the net for more info about it though as I've never even dreamed of buying a 100k car! Makes me pretty nervous but it seems it is not as big a deal as I'm making it out to be. It looks great inside and out including under the hood.

 

[sschrader]

I never worried because the Jeep I replaced it with had 180k miles on it.