I was asked this question by the wife only last week, my answer was to find the low mileage version of what I have even if it was top dollar.
As has been said a lot of modern stuff is a nightmare, I could write a couple of sheets of A4 with the crazy problems that modern stuff has. A typical example is a friend has a 4 year old Peugeot with a rattly cam, the system advances and retards the cam timing. This a common problem and the dealer wants £1800 to fix it with the updated part, the parts are about £400 and the special tools to do the job are about £500. I am unlikely to ever do the job again so I wont be buying the tool and he is reluctant obviously. If he leaves it the problem will get to the point where it brings on the engine management light and then it will fail the MOT.
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