10 year old cars almost all have traction control , all have abs for sure , drivers and passenger airbags and side impact beams what more could you want? First cars are always the whoops cars , rubbed a post in the underground , backed into a shopping cart stand ect on a new car that hurts value BIG TIME even if you have it repaired . Depreciation on a new car is 10% a year and you pay whatever % in interest so that gets expensive . Best 1500 cars around are corollas and civics but ive also owned caviliers and sunfires for that price and while there not fantastic cars they work and are always cheap and get fine milage. Service history is the biggest factor , all cars are crap if you don't maintain them ! (domestics especially so) so see if they have records for at least oil changes that's the most important.
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