I have been looking for a truck for most of this year and I pretty much wanted a new truck to one with 10k miles or less. Being a usaa member and also military I'm eligle for either discount and the best I was able to possibly get a new Sierra Denali for was $43,000 but by the time I added some things I wanted I know I was gona be in the area of $45-46 k. That is too much for me to pay and lately I'm thinking more in the $35 k range and by time I add the fiberglass tonneau and side steps if it don't have it I would be at about $38 including labor. Now lately I have been seeing them online for about $38-41k with anywhere from 20-35k miles. Saw one today , 2010 or 11 with 18k miles and buyout of lease option is about $28k and to buy truck outright they want $39k.

I feel like for the truck I want, if they want $39k I will offer about $35k, no more than $36k. I just like something new with a full warranty thats why i wanted new. All of the trucks I have seen looks to be in great great shape but that's just my piece of mind to have a full warranty. If I got something with about 20-25k miles I know I would have 12k more miles till warranty ends plus the power train warranty. A guy I work with a few months ago bought a 2011 Ford F150 Lariat pearl white with about 150 miles. They wanted $46 or $47K for it but he got it for $37 and I think that's after he added the fiberglass tonneau and bug deflector and rain visors for windows. Is a GMC Sierra Denali worth that much more that they won't give $10k off in most cases? I'm just really trying to decide what I want to do. That's alot of money for a vehicle. I'm really thinking a max of about $38-39k with everything I want is really the way I want to go and just have to decicde if I want one with at least 20k miles on it.

Thoughts

 

This time of year they are moving out the 2012 models for the 2013 so a deal on a 2012 will be better. As for a used truck by the time it has 30,000 on it most of the problems have been fixed. You can also get a warranty to add to the original warranty from the dealer. They come in various deals, I got a 3 year 45,000 mile warranty when my 04 GMC was at 33,000 miles and it cost me $1800. It extended the original to to 81,000 miles.

 

yeah 1800 I guess you would have to weigh rather you think that's a great deal or just take a chance and if anything happens hopefully it doesnt add up to that much lol. So yeah I might just not get an extended warranty and use that money on my tonneau cover and assist steps if it doesnt have on already. So not sure which way I will go yet

Do you think you getting the warranty was beneficial for you?

 

I really didn't have any further problems under the warranties but at 78,000 I did notice the fuel pump making more noise so I had them replace it under warranty. I think the dealer cost was like $1200, maybe less. But you can buy a fuel pump for probably $500-600 or less. Or pull a used one from a wrecked truck.

 

Gm's powertrain warranty is up to 100k miles.

 

yeah but the electrical stuff is covered under the b2b, 3 yr 36k miles

 

Right. I would be more concerned of the powertrain. But that is just me.

 

they have a 2010 with 33k miles in tennesee and asking $37 for it. I told the manager that for me to settle for one with that kind of mileage when I really wanted one with around 10k miles or less it would have to be an unbelievable deal. I am probably going to offer him about $32-33 and see how bad they want to sell it.