I've had mixed luck with past used cars. We moved to a new area last year and bought a new car in October, as we didn't know reliable places to have a car fixed (being a young female I don't want to be ripped off by some garage I don't know, back where I used to live my mechanic was my dad's best friend - so he explained things to me and gave me a discount), so we are getting what has so far been a new, reliable car, with a nice warranty:
