I've bought and sold many cars/trucks over the years, some I've loved, some not so much, LOL
I tend to buy a car that's near the end of it's life, so there is always a chance I get unlucky with repairs, and sometimes I get lucky with few repairs...but there is always something to fix/maintain on a older car.
ANYWAY, one of my favorites was a 1988 Honda Civic CRX that I bought with 195Kmi on it. That little 1.5 ltr engine (5 spd manual) was quite peppy in that super lightweight 2 seater. I'd get crazy good gas mileage as long as I kept the RPMs down and wouldn't drive into a strong wind, LOL. I put 55Kmi on it before I sold it for nearly what I had into...most of the repairs I did to it, were installing used parts from a parts car I got for $75, that I bought specifically for the wheels, but I wound up pulling all kinds of parts off of it and even selling some parts. That car was seemingly designed to be repaired by the owner, one of the easiest cars this ham-fisted wrench-twister ever worked on.