Luckily, the used car market allows many people to buy a good make without having the sometimes unachievable expense of buying new. There are many factors to consider when evaluating the affordability of a used car, such as the age, kilometres travelled, condition of the engine, and how much wear and tear there is both for the interior and exterior of a car. Based on cars that are mechanically sound and in good all-round condition, here are the 5 most affordable used car makes.

Toyota

Toyota is the first manufacturer on this list due to their legendary reputation of having cars that simply don’t die. Whether you’re looking at one of their tough Hilux or Landcruiser models with unbreakable diesel engines, the family favourite Camry, or the P Plate popular Corolla, Toyota build cars that are made to last. While certainly not the cheapest brand new, there are always plenty of them on the used car market. If you don’t mind purchasing an older model, you will be rewarded with a quality car that is affordable to buy, maintain and run.

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Honda

Another make with a reputation for being a stickler for quality is Honda. Their attention to detail and thoughtful build design makes them a great car to pick up second hand. The Civic is one of the most popular quality small cars around on the used car market, while those needing more room can consider the Accord sedan, or Honda’s flagship SUV, the compact and fun to drive CR-V.

Hyundai

While many people associate Hyundai with the old Excel, their recent releases have been an astounding success. With the i20 and i30 dominating the small car standings, the iLoad impressing van fans, and the Accent and Sonata making a name as quality sedans, Hyundai have become an industry leader in just a few years. While caution is advised if you’re looking at older models, picking up one of their newer releases second-hand is definitely a great way to get a bargain. Hyundai’s impressive styling and quality interior design are matched with unexpected performance, which all combines to give you a great package at a very reasonable price.

Subaru

When it comes to great safety features, good build quality and exciting performance, it’s impossible to go past Subaru. Across the entire range, there are cars that will suit almost every need and budget. However, when looking at buying a second-hand Subaru, steer clear of any which do not have a fully documented service history. The boxer engines require regular and quality maintenance, and if this has been neglected you could find yourself spending far more money on repairs than you did on purchasing the car. With a little caution, buying a used Subaru can be the best value for money second-hand car you can get.

Mitsubishi

With many popular models such as the comfortable family sedan Magna, the nippy small Mirage hatch, and the tough Triton ute, Mitsubishi has a lot to offer in the used car market. Older models will be the most affordable, with most of the newer cars holding their value for many years after first purchase. As with Toyota, if you don’t mind picking up an older model, you will easily find a Mitsubishi to suit your needs.

These manufacturers constantly release new models, and in turn, the used car market benefits from an influx of quality second-hand cars that are affordable and reliable. It’s always a case of ‘Buyer Beware’ when getting a used car, however if you purchase from a reputable source and always have your mechanic check the vehicle over, you can end up with a real bargain.

Written by Kobe Brooke

Kobe is a motor enthusiast who also works in a car dealer in Melbourne. He specializes in selling used cars in Sydney. He also organizes regular driver meet-up in his local area.

My side of bed is a mess, my things are every where. Bags, books, shoes and etc. I am planning to buy a new backpack like deuter backpack but with the current situation of my things I am sure my husband will not like it anymore. He will probably says I should stop collecting junks and being a packrat.

I have to clean this mess soon before my husband started throwing all of my belongings especially right now we are in good terms eh.  Hopefully I can do the cleaning and organizing of my personal stuff tomorrow.

The taste of the water in our apartment yesterday is weird and my husband cannot stop complaining about it. Last night when I took a shower I smelled the strong scent of water chlorine so I’ve told him what I found out so we both agreed that is maybe the reason why the water taste weird, at first he thought our water filter was not in good condition anymore.

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It was believed for  a very long time that chlorine in drinking water  is safe as it  disinfects and prevent harmful diseases that could be passed through water such as dysentery.  This is popular because they are lower in cost and easy to operate for home owners.

Just tonight my sister message me in Facebook telling me that they bought a new printer for business. They are going to accept print jobs, scanned, photocopy, encoding and even making invitations. They already  attached signage in front of our house for the said business I think it would be better if they  can get cheap yard sign printing.

Most of the time when my mother has items for sale,  she wrote it on a white paper and stapled it in front of house or in tree in front of our house, like what you can see in the photo below.

Cheap yard signs that made from coroplast are very popular in  media advertising as  low cost advertising methods. So I think if they can get made a large sign in our yard they can attract more customer, they already have first customer just by mouth advertising so how much more if they have the proper sign, right?

If we started building our house we have to torn down our old house so we can use the other building materials like the galvanized iron or even lumber. It is going to be a lot of work that’s why we need to pay few labors so they can help in the construction. I have already told my mother just to throw the things we don’t need anymore like the broken dvd player, clock though I am not sure if she is going to throw the cheap trophies displayed in top of a cabinet in our living room.

I have one trophy on displayed, it was the trophy I won when I joined the Ms. Camp,  my sister’s trophy are from sports and winning Ms. Camp too.  My father’s trophy was from sports too. There’s only few trophies at home because we really don’t joined too much in competition and most of the price in the competition in our barangay is cash money because that’s what people needed the most.

Long time ago there was a large mango tree on our backyard but because of the danger it may cause during storm or typhoon they decided to cut it down. And because it was too big the wood were made as chairs for church. The men members of our church took time to made those chairs on their vacant hours or off days from work.

They made long chairs from it which is very helpful in the expansion of our church as more chairs are need for growing congregation. Until now those chairs are still in used.

Most of us want a quality sound system in our home with the Christmas day fast approaching,  most families want to celebrate the season with a bang, there are some families who will  probably throw a Christmas dinner party with disco and karaoke competition. Our Barangay hold a friendly  basketball  competition this Christmas season, my cousins join the league and guess what they took my mother as their manager. I was surprised when my sister told me this news because it was the last thing I expected.

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With regards with this competition, I am sure that on the eve before Christmas day there’s awarding ceremony to be held in our small plaza, the officials will surely rent big and loud speakers to cater the event,  for sure there will be disco afterwards I just hope that the sound  system  has a quality sound like the one provided by rme babyface at Musician’s Friend because there are times that the sound system is a failure.

Disaster has a tendency to strike when we least expect it. Take a look at the info graphic below for detailed information on how to survive a disaster by making your own survival tool at home.

I was just in elementary grades when my aunt family build a storage shed on this piece of land, it was made of heath, coconut leaves and bamboo.  They made it so they have shed for newly harvested rice from their rice field.   This shed was a big help because they will not carry the sacks of rice to their home anymore which is a little far from the street.

Today the shed already uses galvanized iron which I think very economical rather than using heath which needed to be changed as years passed by. Shed like this is typical among Filipinos, this is where they hide and keep their grains,  like the used of a barn among farmers.

If there’s one thing a person should be careful with that is stepping to a manhole cover or ditch.   The covers are made to prevent anyone from falling, though in my case I was too careful. The ditch in front of my aunt’s store was not covered it was opened and because my older cousin made a bamboo bench in front of the store he also made some bamboo fence to cover and support the person sitting near the ditch or canal.

One day we are planning to go to town but as my mother forget something she returned to our house so I sit on the bench together with my relatives, and while having a chat one of niece from a cousin extend her arms for me to carry her, so I took her from my aunt. I stand and when I did it I fall into the ditch together with my little niece that surprised everybody. I asked them to get the kid from me but nobody did they are all shocked and when someone did I went up quickly my niece was not hurt because I am supporting her with my body though she cried when she saw me stuck inside.

I didn’t know what I got until I went inside our house and saw my small toe nails bleeding, I also got bruises on my arm, thigh and legs. I didn’t feel pain but after few minutes I did, I was asked to took some medicines to kill the pain after they put ointment to my bruise and bleeding toe.  We still went to town afterwards even though I can’t walk straightly,  days had passed and it became more painful that I want to used a roll-a-bout in order to walk. It turns out my toenails cut opened.

So it is really important to use a cover that can support any size of people rather than using wood or bamboo sticks that can be easily out grown.