But then it may well cost you more to keep it going. (Or you'll be lucky and it not! )
Within reason I would buy as new as possible. There really are no totally rubbish cars these days.
There were few totally rubbish cars in the last twenty years or so.
Anything under five years and, unless you’re incredibly unlucky, you’ll generally spend more on depreciation than the running costs of something older but well maintained. Admittedly the market has slightly bucked that trend recently, due to the shortage of new stock, but that’s unlikely to continue.
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