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Originally Posted by tjts1
The money people expect for these old rust buckets is ridiculous.
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I fail to see the major rust on the truck in that listing, it probably was repainted so the little photos don't show well, but they do hold a value around $3500-6000 depending how good they are. Ones that need work are around $1000-2000 of what I have seen.
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Originally Posted by Varn
I have been getting over 50mpg with my Jetta with the 1.6 diesel. most miles are fully loaded.
If the vehicles are in the rust belt, the bodies may be worn out.
Be sure you have a way to plug in the block heater if you expect it to start in the winter.
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I'm very largely into the rust belt (mid Michigan), the trucks I am going to look at are in OH, so they hold their bodies much better compared to here. The cold starts in the winter was a huge concern to me since my dad's truck was pretty hard to start in really cold weather (single digit or lower). His is a 7.3L though and the compression is much lower at 17.5:1 compared to the specs I have seen on the VWs being around 22.5:1 or 23.5:1. I watched several "cold starts" on youtube with these, every single one fires up pretty easy in a short time. I don't really have a good setup for a block heater, so if it gets too hard to start in the winter, I could just drive my car during them months.
Thanks for the input so far, hope these trucks turn out to be a solid deal
. Going on the trip tomorrow.