Should I buy my dad's 2016 Navigator?

[cwb1244]

Hi folks...I HATE spending money on cars. Hate it. But I may have found myself a deal and looking for feedback. My 90 year old father has had a 2016 Navigator Reserve 4wd since it had about 3,000 miles on it. It was a dealer used car for the first few months of life. White with tan interior. It has almost exactly 100,000 miles on it. He meticulously maintains cars so I know it's been babied. Tires have 20k on them and the brakes and pads are all original if you can believe that. That's what driving like an old man does I guess. In addition, I can count on two hands how many times people have sat in the back seat and the 3rd row has literally never been up. Ever. He does a lot of skeet shooting and golfing so the 3rd row has always been down for stowing his gear.

The only real problem with the car is a few weeks ago he went to pass a truck and had to hammer on the acceleration (He never does this) and when he did that, the engine got a little sluggish and the CEL blinked 3 or 5 times, he's not sure. He got around the truck and hasn't had an issue with the engine yet. He hasn't done the 100,000 mile maint yet but we both suspect it's either a sparkplug or coil pack, both of which I believe are replaced at 100,000 miles. We have not pulled the code, although I doubt it's still in the memory but would love to be told otherwise. Always garage kept. It will replace a 2022 Kia Carnival which wife and I despise.

My only concern is how long can I reasonably expect to get out of this 10 year old car at 100k miles? Appreciate any feedback at all. Oh I'm going to pay him $14,000 which is what he was offered on trade. Seems fair.

CB

 

[dlcorbett]

Hi folks...I HATE spending money on cars. Hate it. But I may have found myself a deal and looking for feedback. My 90 year old father has had a 2016 Navigator Reserve 4wd since it had about 3,000 miles on it. It was a dealer used car for the first few months of life. White with tan interior. It has almost exactly 100,000 miles on it. He meticulously maintains cars so I know it's been babied. Tires have 20k on them and the brakes and pads are all original if you can believe that. That's what driving like an old man does I guess. In addition, I can count on two hands how many times people have sat in the back seat and the 3rd row has literally never been up. Ever. He does a lot of skeet shooting and golfing so the 3rd row has always been down for stowing his gear.

The only real problem with the car is a few weeks ago he went to pass a truck and had to hammer on the acceleration (He never does this) and when he did that, the engine got a little sluggish and the CEL blinked 3 or 5 times, he's not sure. He got around the truck and hasn't had an issue with the engine yet. He hasn't done the 100,000 mile maint yet but we both suspect it's either a sparkplug or coil pack, both of which I believe are replaced at 100,000 miles. We have not pulled the code, although I doubt it's still in the memory but would love to be told otherwise. Always garage kept. It will replace a 2022 Kia Carnival which wife and I despise.

My only concern is how long can I reasonably expect to get out of this 10 year old car at 100k miles? Appreciate any feedback at all. Oh I'm going to pay him $14,000 which is what he was offered on trade. Seems fair.

CB

If its been babied, realistically, you should be able to go another 100k with minimal issues. These gens of the navigator(3rd gen) were crazy reliable.

 

[Action]

My second gen Navi has 222,000+ miles and is 20 years old.
It is a daily driver.
Well maintained and hoping to get another 10 years out of it.

Action

 

[driller]

My prior Navigator was a 2016 model which was relatively problem free during the 8 years of ownership with just under 100K miles.

Maintenance is a key component of reliability and longevity.

Diagnostic trouble codes can be stored (even with no CEL), but not all code readers may be able to read them. I would definitely pursue reading any possible codes. I would have it done as part of the 100K mile service. You may wish to have the sale pending the results following the service appointment for no other reason than to validate your comfort level with the purchase.

As far as the price, any trade price is always a highly variable number. But if both the buyer and seller are happy, the price is good, isn't it?