Hello, I assume that it is better to have an older car, over time the engines are made to be "ecological" (and producers save money) and these cars are more likely to fail due to the fact that I am from Poland, which is quite a poor country where my first car is an Audi A3 2.0 tdi 2004 and I complain about its imperfections, such as a broken dual mass, rotting, fear of God, but for my routes, i.e. 2x a week, 40 km of continuous driving + 1 route a month of 250 km in one day, it is enough for me. My dad tells me that there is no point in repairing it and all that, but I feel that my grandfather gave me this car and bought it in 2009 and when his car broke down, I remember my mother taking me to the orthodontist in it and as long as I have a modest budget at the moment PLN 20k in savings, or about $5k , and in a year I would like to start studying where the cost of living is extremely expensive. PLN 5.5k was saved per month, but if I had the opportunity, I would repair the car at every step.