<prompt> Human: My car is a Nissan Sentra from 97, 160,000 miles, broken windshield wipers, probably a power steering fluid leak, and something weird going on in the back involving smoke. Ive recently started making about 500 a week 2,000 a monthish so Im considering looking into getting a fairly new used car from the late 2000s or early 2010s for 15,000 max, probably going to stick close to 10,000 though. Does this seem reasonable? I am terrible with saving and planning and finances as a whole. But I figure, if I get a car from say 2012 with less than 50,000 miles on it, itll probably last me quite a while.Assistant: Honestly, if its only 1k and you keep up with maintenance, you can get a lot of life out of it. Human: The 1000 was just an estimate I personally made, I plan on actually taking it into a shop next week. It could be way less. Or way more. But youre right I should just try to keep it maintained.Assistant: My grandmother had a Chevy Impala that she ran up to 300k miles and then passed to me for another few thousand as well. All because every few months, a very WELL trusted family friendmechanic would take a look at it.Human: Thats great! Im new to the area so will be starting completely fresh in terms of mechanics. Any advice for finding a good one?  <response>: If you want the classic good mechanic relationship youre gonna have to look around and find a small shop probably. Avoid the big chains where the employees rotate often and probably dont care about anything than a sale. 