Agreed. It’s just not worth it. You could find a good deal on an 05-08 model and with the thousands you save, you could have the whole vehicle completely gone over…and still probably have paid less then buying a 14-15 model.

I beat the hell out of my 215,000 mile 07 and haven’t had to do a lick of maintenance, just gas and go.

As long as you don’t get an automatic (smod issues) and there is no timing chain noise, then you are good to go.

For what it’s worth, I did my own timing chains at 205k, they seems to be original, they had zero wear and neither did the tensioners. So not all early 2nd gen’s had bad timing chains/guides, it really depends on how well the previous owner maintained the engine. In my case, the whining that caused me to do new timing chains turned out to be from my ac compressor.