It's Almost Impossible To Find A Decent Used Car Under $20,000

Vehicles under $15k are 1.6% of the market, and their share of the market has dropped over 90% since 2019. The old advice that you can get a beater and drive it in to the ground for $5k hasn't been true for years but it still seems pervasive in personal finance spaces.

https://jalopnik.com/its-almost-impossible-to-find-a-used-car-under-20k-1850716944

It's Almost Impossible To Find A Decent Used Car Under $20,000

Sub-$20,000 cars comprise about 12 percent of the market today compared to almost 50 percent in 2019

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That is one reason I haven't bought a car in a long time. A car is a tool, they are not worth the price so long as I can keep what I have running.