My aunt had a 1994 Ford Aerostar that had serious work done by the previous owner. One thing that was apparent after about 2-4 weeks was that the radiator had a really nasty leak. Couldn't drive for 10 minutes before it overheated. Her dad (who is my grandfather btw) almost ruined the engine by leaving it off on an almost empty tank. Prolly had a whole slew of other problems as well. Didn't have i for more than 2 months, cost 500 dollars upfront. This thread is prioritizing when you buy a car and it has reliability/ part concerns.
If we're talking about the really bad buys, we need to leave the realm of the mass-market, where cars are built to a standard, and go to the more chaotic lower-volume part. Let's take a look at one - the Bristol Blenheim. It's 2011 and you're shopping for a GT car. You can buy one of such technological masterpieces as the BMW M6, Maserati GranTurismo or Porsche 911 Turbo... or you can buy the Bristol Blenheim. The Blenheim was very competitive - in 1976, that is, because that was when it was introduced as the 603. As a result, the buyers could expect aerodynamics on par with a Jaguar XJS, suspension rivalling the likes of a slightly modified C3 Corvette, or interior appointments on the level of a restomodded R107 SL. In short, Bristol was bringing a plastic butter knife to a gunfight with AR-15s. But we're not at the worst yet. Bristol was known for using Chrysler engines, so you would think you'd find the SRT8 version of the Hemi V8. No, you would not. The Blenheim had an updated version of the LA V8, which had all the technological shortcomings of an engine that was first produced in 1963, and the part network of an engine that was modified with rather rare custom parts by a tiny company. And now we reach the issue of service. The only Bristol specialist garage, something important when you're having to take care of something of that level of obscurity and British hand-built "quality", was in London. That is, until the company went bankrupt in 2011, and the number of Bristol service stations went to zero. And what if you really wanted to have a V8 car with a solid axle and styling that evoked the days when misogyny, homophobia, racism and woodgrain furniture were acceptable? Well, you could always buy a Ford Mustang for a fraction of the price and be able to get it serviced outside London.
mid 2000s bmw x5'' had a tendency to leak water onto the vehicle's main computer engine had timing chain issues and liked to burn oil it wasnt a diesel also had iDrive 1.0
E60 M3 (they.are always broken and a hellhole to maintain) Any CVT Nissan or Mitsubishi Any modern Chrysler
