That's if you save up ALL your money. Entirely under the assumption that you have absolutely no bills whatsoever. And not including any additional costs such as inspection, emissions, etc. Definitely not the best metric, but easily shown that none of these cars are budget friendly. Maybe if you save your trimmings for…

You might be able to find a Volvo that'd be ready for the scrap heap at $1k. Same with the BMW. A $1k BMW is just a money pit on wheels in 99.9999999% of cases.

Not sure what minimum wage you guys are getting paid. Here it's $7.25. Good luck buying ANY of those on a budget. This is like when we had a "best car under $5k" QOTD and the winners were all $4,999 and clapped out needing at least $1500 worth of work to make them roadworthy.