How used? 2010 Corolla is about $10k, while 2024 will be $20-30k.

America is plenty dense for transit, but you need to build it first and that is expensive.

It was basically a year old, but with financing incentives a new car was the same price.

A 15 year old car will have 15 years of issues. I might be willing to risk it at 3 to 5k. 10k is a lot to gamble.