I beg to differ, why do you say that? if your someone who only buys new or slighty new I understand but loads of people buy cars that are 15 to 20 years old.
So why would say a lexus thats 15 years old be more trouble than a vectra or mondeo?
What is it about a nicely speeced leather interior car that will be more of problem than something else?
Sure these car cost a little more to run and an oil change is about 25|% more but seriously what happens to to luxury cars that doesn't to others?
Because a high-specced (lots of fancy electronics) car has more to go wrong when it gets older- these parts and tech do wear out you know. And as others have said, with 'premium' brands come premium prices of parts and (if you use a main dealer or a specialist over a general garage) higher labour costs.
Insurance will also be a LOT higher due to the price of such parts and labour if repairs were needed after an accident.
If you're on a tight budget (e.g. £4k for the purchase price), then you don't buy a complex car that was expensive when new. You use the K.I.S.S. methodology. Realistically only Lexus, and perhaps, to a lesser extent, BMW, are cars that can last a long time before their internal components need replacing (at great cost).
Even then, it is inherrantly more risky as the car ages, and you ain't gonna get much of either for £4k, unless it is quite old indeed, and thus at a time when parts are failing more often, not just standard wear and tear items like tyre, brakes and suspension parts.
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