Looking for a used car

I spent two days to create a list of cars that I would like to see before buying them. There were several 2007-2008 Camry, and one Corolla. I asked one of my friends to give me a ride to those dealers. I was waiting for him since the morning, but he came 5 pm. As most dealers work to 6 pm, we could just go to one of them.

I picked the nearest one. We reached there around 5:30 pm. The dealer was from Pakistan. Once we get there, the dealer told us that he had sold that Camry a few hours ago. He had a Corolla 2009 XLE, and I decided to test drive it. He got my friend's insurance, and driver's licence, and gave us the key. The car was like a new car. It had only 51000 miles, and costed 11450$. Since it was the first time that I wanted to drive an automated car, I couldn't even start the engine. I completely forget how to drive. I drove that car for less than ten minutes, and I had this feeling that I would trash it by a nice accident! I didn't feel confident at all. Therefore, I decided not to buy that car.

That experience caused me to change my mind completely about the newer cars. I had chosen several expensive cars, but I decided to buy a cheaper car. It is true that I will have fewer issues with those expensive cars, but I need to spend more money on them and get a loan to buy. This will increase the cost of insurance.

Unfortunately, there are many cheaper cars with problems. I found many of them that had severe accidents in their records. I found a 2003 Camry that I decided to buy, but it had a structural damage a few years ago.

I found a 2006 Corolla S, but it had two accidents in the front and the rear. Many creepy cars priced higher than their value.

I spent lots of time again to find cheaper cars. Since they didn't have their Carfax with them, I registered to the carfax website for 55$. I ignored all my criteria to find a good mechanically correct car. No more white color, no more Camry, no more 2007,... I even was ready to buy a Kia one. I didn't know that buying a used car could be such a time-consuming task. I decided to find cars that I can go there by bus to not to ask anyone else to give me a ride. I am still searching to find a decent car.

I saw a blue Corolla last night that sounded good to me for its price and condition. However, I really wanted to buy a white car. I don't feel happy for it, but I may buy it. The seller is also from my country, and if it was white, I had no doubt to buy it. By the way, I decided to see it first.