I bought a 2009 Mazda 2 with 80k miles recently for 1850. It had some minor issues that I knew about that I needed to fix, but I'd say the car still only owes me a shade over 2 grand. It does look like used car prices are getting slightly more reasonable.
£550 for my shitty 2001 punto to pass it’s MOT… I’m not going to get anything worth having for <£2k though am I?