The Honda Civic is the only vehicle I have ever MADE money on.
I bought a four year old one for my wife. She drove for another four years. We sold it for $400 MORE than we paid for it. I don’t think we had to put any repairs into it either.
Similar story with the 1999 Lexus SC400 I owned. I paid $13400. Sold it a year later for $13,400. However, I had to repair a fender bender on it when someone hit it in a parking lot.
Parking lots are poorly designed in that they literally encourage cars to back into each other.
Geometric parking is the way to go.