I'm pretty sure I'm done, I'm horrible at choosing them, and I do it when I'm super anxious & in a hurry to have one
I've only done it when I was in between jobs to try and stay afloat, but it only brought me down worse every time
1986 f250 - 500$ - rough body & refused to go over 30 without super high rev, put in another 500ish on useless parts for 5 months, hoping they would fix it, dumb 19 y/o me refused to believe it needed a trans rebuild, finally sold it for 600.
2010 focus - 700$ - very nice looking inside & out but with a kinked trunk floor from a minor rear ending & hard to open trunk, also salvage title - again, dumb 19 yo me priced it over 2k & refused a 1500 offer(highest), had to keep it cuz my main car wasn't mine & it came time to return it
2006 Taurus - 800$ - decent looking with a lot of little flaws - put in over twice the buying price & have been stuck with it over 2 months cuz 1. Test drivers walked after noticing the little things I really hoped they wouldn't notice (I didn't wanna reduce message volume by including too many negatives) and 2. my focus has been sitting untouched at a crowded shop for weeks. taurus has gotten coil pack, oil change, oil filter change, fuel pump, and I can't even remember what else. Also 400 to fix it after crashing to avoid someone. F this thing, I'm sooo done. zero profit. ZERO. Another one I overpriced over 2k & it took me until this month to be mad enough to take 1500ish.