Buying a Cheap Car Using Data

I am sorry if I come off a little rough. It is interesting how you made a data driven decision. However, it is common knowledge that Toyota, Honda are the most reliable cars. That common knowledge is derived from "crowd sourced" data. So while it was nice of you to confirm it with your analysis, it wasn't a necessary step and you would've saved some time and used it instead to look for deals focusing only on those Makes.

Also, next time you have graphs please use colors that are easy to distinguish - purple, pink, violet makes it hard to read the lines. Of course I should probably blame my low quality TN panel for it.

Wow, $5000 for a 10-year-old car?

A few months ago I bought a 10-year-old car with 80k miles for £750, and after changing the cambelt and replacing the rear brake shoes I can't see anything wrong with it.

10-20 yr old volvos are cheap and reliable. You excluded European cars for scientific or cultural reasons?

Awesome, Looks like an adventure