13 Great Cars for UNDER $3k

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Who else watches these with no intention to buy any of these but the videos are so good you watch them anyway

Prediction before I watch; No car on this list is actually obtainable for 3K unless it has 200000 or more miles on it.

just a short disclaimer so you don't get your hopes up: if you're on a budget of only $3000 u probably don't want to be spending a lot on gas or maintanence which will be a major issue because it is extremely rare to find a car under $3000 that doesn't have insane miles on it already

Good list but in this market u will be very hard pressed to find those cars under $3k unless they have over 200k miles or need a lot of work

Celica is so much more that I thought I was getting. I just bought one about 3 months ago when my 96 cougar died 🤧 but it gets up, I get great mpg, and the parts are ridiculously cheap. Definitely a great starter car for sure. I also picked mine up for 2k

I needed a daily and bought a 2000 camry for $800, best buy I've ever made!

You used to be able to find a rare V6 manual 4th gen Eclipse for that price- I got mine for 3. They're absolute slept on steals and rip just as hard as a 350z and can compete, not necessarily beat, cars that are more expensive. The 4 cylinder automatics are weak especially paired with their heavy weight but the 6 cylinder manuals are no joke. They didn't make many though so finding one is hard enough, let alone still in good shape.

The reason you can find Xterras that are both low mileage and dirt cheap is cause their transmissions grenade themselves all the time, despite not being Jatco CVTs.

Love watching and doing nationwide searches as each car comes up and seeing how often the cheapest car for sale is three times the price listed. Happens more often than not.

+1 for an e46 coupe. Low km, clean, for $2200! Now it’s been manual swapped, modded… and has been my reliable daily for 5 years!

Maintenance is key for every car, but don't forget the car guy triangle Fast, Cheap and Reliable... you can only have two of those, with varying percentages. I agree with Brad on choosing almost every car on the list, and choosing the E46 as the best choice, I have a E46. If you find an example without rust, everything else is cheap to maintain and parts are not that hard on the budget as some people think. I had a 325i which I crashed while drifting when I was a "noob", now I own a 328i, the only thing that broke was the fan controller, but it didn't overheat (because I caught it in time). I got a new fan with fan controller for $50, a coolant expansion tank for $40 and I did change the sparkplugs because they were old.... that's all for a 3 year ownership of the car. (Not counting the tuning I did to it). P.S.- It has 300k miles, original motor... so if someone told you that they are not reliable, he is not a reliable.

The INFINITI G35 and Acura TL is my top 2 cars luxurious both V6 and fun to drive for about 3k dollars

Glad to see the E39 get some love, I bought a non-running example for 800, now I'm working on getting it up and running

I bought an 07 TL type S last year. I have absolutely no regrets, the J35 is peppy and puts a smile on my face.

The actual version of the title is: "Cars that you can buy for under 3k dollars but need to spend twice as much money and time to make it drivable" (Not all but most of it)

Had an e46 coupe and it led me into truly getting into cars. Such a fun car to drive and pretty simple to work on. Years later, I know have a 435i coupe which I love even more.

The way he transitions between the cars is soo good😅

Love this video especially owning a e39 years ago but disclaimer a lot of these cars that are listed have been abused over the years and it’s hard to find any without major problems

Just at the right time needed this right now