The market has changed for sure. My first car was $350 and I drove it homeBack when I stayed in ky a couple years ago, good little running cars could be found for $1500 or so quite often, sometimes less. Here in oklahoma people are selling cars that don't even run for more than that, and for 3500 I couldn't even find a runner on marketplace last year, doesn't help that it's full of scammers and people who don't reply or ghost ya either. I'd still like to find a running car, even if it's ugly as can be for 2k-2500. I don't know what it is about oklahoma but even with this big family of my wifes and their friends, no one has knew anyone selling anything for the past year.