As Bayview says
When I drive I am always appalled at the amount of really poor drivers on the road probably not caring because they are in a 5 star safety rating car with front, side, curtain airbags.
It also allows them to pull up in very short distances at the traffic lights.
And then the...
No aspirations of paying for the speeding fines, maintenance, insurance or worry of getting it damaged.
I have had an expensive euro before, I found it to be more trouble than it was worth and reality was, it was just a means of transportation.
I drive a $5000 car
My car is based directly on Klm/year + costs and convenience Vs cost of taxi and rental car to take me those same Klm's.
Its easy enough to find relatively new and well maintained cars with around 100,000 on the clock these days for that price.