I have never owned a modern car, however no, not even once in my 49 years of life, however I have typically bought used cars… Buying used cars just makes more financial sense, after all, modern cars lose half of their value within 2 years of purchasing them.
No, not all of my used cars have been super old.
I recognize the newest car I bought was only 3 years old, and that was just one of my more recent purchases. But years ago I had a 15 year old car. It was all I could afford. I fixed it up every time something broke down. That happened a lot. The single thing I couldn’t fix, however, was the air conditioning. It needed a modern air conditioning compressor plus I couldn’t afford it. It cost something like $3000 just for the part. That was more than the whole car had cost myself and others to begin with! So, of course, I just drove about without any air conditioning. That old car lasted myself and others almost 10 years before I finally junked it plus bought a newer car. Thankfully, at that time, I was a bit more financially established plus I could afford a car with particularly working air conditioning. It felt so nice to not arrive at work hot in the summer; with the old car, I remember just being ecstatic when I finally arrived at the office because I knew that meant cool air conditioning. With the newer car I started to realize how poor my old work was. The only nice thing about the work was the cold air conditioning. Now that I had an air conditioned car, I no longer looked forward to arriving at work. It opened my eyes to this fact plus I ended up getting better work elsewhere.