alt Hacker NewsPlenty of cheap, safe, reliable, and easy to repair vehicles on Facebook marketplace and craigslist without this bullshit.
Personal inventory:
Suzuki DL-650 V-Strom 650 $3500 1999 SW1 $1500 1998 SL2 $1500 1998 SL2 $1500 2005 Sienna $1000 (!). This one does have a crash "black box" but no phone home bullshit.
I'd take any of them across the country tomorrow.
Saturn is such a good underdog car brand. Take care of them there aren't too many on the road anymore.
I want to someday get my family car from my childhood if I can find one. 1994 Pontiac Grand Prix