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[Wazzu1336]

I bought an 08 H3 Base back in 09 with 18.5k miles on it and ended up selling it due to school expenses when it had 65k miles with no issues. I've had some serious withdrawals and looking at getting a new one. The ones that are in my budget typically have around 80-110k miles. Are there any things I should look out for when buying one with that many miles? I see a lot of 3.5L with upwards of 150k miles. I loved the 3.7L but is there that much of a difference between the 3.5L and the 3.7L? I'm open to either engine but want to know what kind of expenses I could be looking at getting into with those higher miles, anything I should look for?

[f5fstop]

Just remember the 3.5 was first year H3 so there could be a lot of other bugs besides the engine. You would hope in 150K miles all those bugs would have been fixed...but who knows.

There was a noticeable difference between the two engines. I had a 3.5 and then got rid of that and purchased a 2008 with the 3.7; big difference on the highways and especially in the mountains of CO and UT.

I had a 2008 H3 with 55K miles up for sale, for quite a long time, for 15500 and no takers. Ended up trading it in for a big more than I was asking.

[Wazzu1336]

Thank you, are there any major specific bugs that you know of to look at prior to purchasing possibly for the 3.5L's or any thing else with the '06 H3's?

I did really like the 3.7L in the one I had. If I could find a good one in my price range I will definitely consider that over a 3.5L. What kind of differences have you noticed?

I'm hoping to find an '07 or 08' with around 75k miles if I can for around the 12-14k range, if I can.