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Brake jobs, waterpumps, cv joints and many other regular, non-catastrophic types of repairs all cost less than the typical car payment and occur much less than once a month if you buy a car that is in good shape.

Sure, its a crapshoot but taking a bath on the cost of a used car that suffers a catastrophic failure will still be less than the loss one takes due to depreciation on a new or slightly used car.