Im in the market looking to buy a T1n sprinter preferably a 04-06. I have done my research on the problems that need to be looked at before buying a sprinter and have read the inspection tips sticky.
Im in Florida and there is a decent amount of sprinters for sale, but most of them look great in pictures like a dealer must have bought it from fedex or wherever and cleaned it nice, painted it, and are asking 6-15k. To me this is would be a red flag when searching for any other vehicle, but im not sure with the sprinters because they are mainly commercial vehicles and there’s very few that are for sale from a private owner that seems legit. The couple that I have seen are usually 12-15k for the same looking van that the dealership is asking 6-8k for. Also Most of the ones I have saved now seem like the dealership commercial ones are around 150-200k miles where alot of the private owned ones are 200-400k miles.
My question is, is there some known red flags for when searching for these sprinters? I have read online people saying that the reliability of these sprinters are incredible but you have to look and find a good one. “A good sprinter is great, a bad sprinter is BAD”.
Is it worth it to only search for the private sellers that have owned it for a while and must have cared for it somewhat, or is the commercial owned ones better since they were fleet maintained?
Im in Florida and there is a decent amount of sprinters for sale, but most of them look great in pictures like a dealer must have bought it from fedex or wherever and cleaned it nice, painted it, and are asking 6-15k. To me this is would be a red flag when searching for any other vehicle, but im not sure with the sprinters because they are mainly commercial vehicles and there’s very few that are for sale from a private owner that seems legit. The couple that I have seen are usually 12-15k for the same looking van that the dealership is asking 6-8k for. Also Most of the ones I have saved now seem like the dealership commercial ones are around 150-200k miles where alot of the private owned ones are 200-400k miles.
My question is, is there some known red flags for when searching for these sprinters? I have read online people saying that the reliability of these sprinters are incredible but you have to look and find a good one. “A good sprinter is great, a bad sprinter is BAD”.
Is it worth it to only search for the private sellers that have owned it for a while and must have cared for it somewhat, or is the commercial owned ones better since they were fleet maintained?
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