You used to be able to buy a decent used car for $5k but as of recent you can't find any without connections. I've been telling folks interested in Japanese cars that it's $10k at this time to buy used with low mileage for a sedan and $15k to buy used with low mileage for an SUV.
jjav|4 years ago
Tons of perfectly good used cars for under 5K on CL. And this is SF Bay area where prices tend to higher.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/search/cto?purveyor-input=owner...