Best Used Cars Under $10,000 That Will Actually Last (The Cuban Way)

🔗 Save $10,000 A Year By Keeping Your Old Car Alive Instead Of Buying A New One: https://rafaelvidalcars.com You've got ten thousand dollars and a salesman in your ear. He's pointing you at the shiniest thing on the lot with the biggest screen, and six months later you're standing at a repair counter looking at a bill bigger than your down payment. Amigo, ten thousand dollars is where people get hurt. It's enough to feel like you're buying something real, and not enough to buy anything new. In Havana, we didn't pick a car by the badge. We picked it by the street: which car does everybody drive, which car does the taxi driver drive. I'm Rafael, a Cuban mechanic in Miami, and today I'll give you the 11 used cars under $10,000 that pass that test, with the exact years to buy and the one thing to check on each before you hand over a dime. In this video: Why the most reliable cars on the lot are the boring ones nobody brags about The "street test" my tío used to pick every car he ever owned The exact model years to buy, and the years to avoid, for each car Honda Fit, Mazda3, Honda CR-V, Toyota RAV4, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry, Lexus RX, Toyota Sienna, Toyota Avalon, Ford Crown Victoria / Mercury Grand Marquis, and the #1 car that came into my shop with 402,000 miles The Toyota engine years that burn oil, and the years Toyota fixed it Why the four-cylinder beats the V6 at this price The flood-car check every Miami buyer needs to do first Why you test the air conditioning before you look at anything else The sticky-dashboard sun check on older Toyotas and Lexuses The $1,000 problem on minivans that has nothing to do with the engine Why condition beats mileage, every time The $150 pre-purchase inspection that's the best money you'll spend on a used car BONUS: the Toyota Prius, and the one question to ask before you buy one No dealer talking points, no flashy picks. Simple engines, timing chains, real automatics, and cars they built millions of, so parts are cheap and every mechanic knows them. Buy one clean with a folder of records and drive it for the next ten years. Tell me in the comments which car on this list you've owned or would buy tomorrow, and the highest mileage you've ever put on a car before you let it go. I read every one.