My father has been in the market for a new (used) truck for a few months now. He has insisted the help of my brothers and I to be on the lookout for one that may suit his needs. His list of requirements is short. Full sized with a V8.
The truck he is replacing is a 2002 Silverado 1500 with around 215,000 miles.
He found a 2014 F150 5.0 4 door with 100,000 miles. Super clean inside and out. I don’t know the trim but it’s a base model of some sort.
He had me test drive it and it drove great except for a slight driveline clunk when getting on/off the gas. Every f150 from this era that I have driven has done this. Not sure if it’s cause for alarm or not.
Anyway, I encouraged him to find a newer, lower mileage option but he seems happy with this one.
The price…$19K. Seems like a decent price. He knows the seller, an owner of a shop who also sells some vehicles on the side. The only history I know of is it’s a one owner vehicle and it has a tow hitch.
No pics at this time, sorry. I’ll find a google image if requested.
The point of this post is to get some input on these model F150’s. I’m not THAT familiar Siri them. I can see Car Complaints has little to say in the way of negative reviews/problems. Just want to make sure he ends up in a solid ride for the next 10 years (+/-). He drove his last truck into the ground, but he got that one with only 30k miles. 100k is a different sorry, at least in my eyes, even though this example is super clean.
What say you all? Bite for $19K or keep looking for lower mileage / newer option?
The truck he is replacing is a 2002 Silverado 1500 with around 215,000 miles.
He found a 2014 F150 5.0 4 door with 100,000 miles. Super clean inside and out. I don’t know the trim but it’s a base model of some sort.
He had me test drive it and it drove great except for a slight driveline clunk when getting on/off the gas. Every f150 from this era that I have driven has done this. Not sure if it’s cause for alarm or not.
Anyway, I encouraged him to find a newer, lower mileage option but he seems happy with this one.
The price…$19K. Seems like a decent price. He knows the seller, an owner of a shop who also sells some vehicles on the side. The only history I know of is it’s a one owner vehicle and it has a tow hitch.
No pics at this time, sorry. I’ll find a google image if requested.
The point of this post is to get some input on these model F150’s. I’m not THAT familiar Siri them. I can see Car Complaints has little to say in the way of negative reviews/problems. Just want to make sure he ends up in a solid ride for the next 10 years (+/-). He drove his last truck into the ground, but he got that one with only 30k miles. 100k is a different sorry, at least in my eyes, even though this example is super clean.
What say you all? Bite for $19K or keep looking for lower mileage / newer option?
