The stress of buying a first car
I have recently passed and I am planning on buying my first car as soon as possible. I am 21 M and have been looking at auto trader for the last couple of weeks for a car.
I am constantly being told I should buy something old that can get beaten up but I am also told I should be looking for something with low mileage. I want a car that I like the look of, reliable and not too bad to insure.
It feels like when I look at a car and tell someone I like it, they instantly point out a major fault. Such as Peugeot 208 the other day for 3k which I liked the look of, was told to avoid due to it having 70k miles and a wet belt. I then found another with a belt replacement recently for 3.6k but was then told I should avoid due to missing the last couple years of its service history.
Is it normal for it to be this hard and stressful to buy a first car? I feel like a budget of about 4k (depending on insurance) is quite reasonable? Or would I have to increase it?