What was the car you didn't buy ? ...

I had one like that. A 1999 Vauxhall Astra SXi, purchased in 2013. I bought it for £700, and spent twice that on it in the year I owned it after a brake failure destroyed the entire brake system. Pulled like a diesel, beat BMWs off the line at the lights, but the aftermarket stereo was installed by an idiot. the throttle pedal tended to stick and needed me to crawl into the footwell with a can of WD-40 every week and unjam it, controls that threatened to pull my joints out, and heavy braking required me to push myself back against the seat for leverage to press the pedal all the way down. And, of course, it drank oil. It leaked oil and marked it's territory. I eventually just sat down, did some maths, and discovered I could get a newer car for less than the older one was costing me, so went shopping for a 3 year old Focus. Sold the Astra for £600, which just pvoes that it had reached rock bottom in value and couldn't devalue unless it broke completely.