You can get some deals if you buy used cars with some problems to to fix. I see a bunch of cars on facebook marketplace (i miss old school Craigslist) that are about 1k that need repairs of various sorts.

Now is a really good time as winter is here and people need their driveway space back.

Cash for clunkers and covid, what a one two punch for the used car market. Might be a decade before things stabilize.