A thrifty man has decided that he never wants to buy a new car from scratch again after buying a used Dodge.

The savvy spender bought his second-hand ride for just $1,500 and added 25,000 miles to it.

After his clever spot, he says he’ll never go back.

But is it all really as it seems?

The motor in question is a 2014 Dodge Grand Caravan.

He says it’s the best money he’s spent

It usually starts at $23,890 and has a 6-Speed Automatic 62TE transmission and a three-year basic warranty.

@acura_mdx_2002 shared his crafty car find on TikTok and said: ‘I chose no car payment… $1,500’.

He captioned the video saying: “Best $1500 spent.”

The car is 11 years old and has had quite a wild ride during that time.

He even said: “I put 40k km [25,000 miles] on this in 6 months and I love it.”

It has other good specs too.

It has an impressive engine that consists of a 3.6 litre V6 and racks up 283-horsepower as well has having an impressive six speed automatic transmission.

He did however, have to solve one issue.

In another video, the motorist said he had to solve a ticking sound coming from inside the engine.

He said: “I got rid of the tick and it sounds like new.”

What do other Dodge owners think?

Online though, there have been mixed reviews about the car.

According to Vehicle History it lasts around 200,000 miles and has some ‘average engine and air conditioning problems.

And, despite it being cheaper than other similar builds on the market, ‘ownership costs get higher as it gets older’.

As a result of some drawbacks, the website rated it just 6/10.

But fear not, as other reviews from owners have sung the praises of the engine and storage space.

It averages a three-star reviews, mainly with owners saying it’s great for families.

One reviewer, Timothy said: “No problems. Very dependable. easy to clean and maintain.

“Always change oil on time, very comfortable sitting seven people easily, great head and leg no problems.”

But, would you take the plunge?

YouTuber buys cheapest Volkswagen T-Roc R in the country and thinks he’s been scammed

Although this British YouTuber bought a used Volkswagen T-Roc R for $10,000 less than the trade value, he still felt like he’d been scammed.

He was understandably skeptical about the cheap price of the car and although there were some problems flagged on the listing, these ended up not being as bad as he thought.

The problem ended up being far larger than he anticipated, realizing the seller had hidden a pretty large secret.

Although he did get a significant discount, the content creator felt as if he had been scammed because the seller covered up such a large problem.

What makes the cheapest Volkswagen T-Roc R in the world so cheap?

When Dean Shaw from the YouTube channel Saving Salvage bought a year old Volkswagen T-Roc R for only $25,000, he couldn’t believe the immense discount he had received.

The T-Roc only had 500 miles on the clock and seemed in good nick, but upon further inspection, worry started to creep in.

Despite only being a year old, the battery had been replaced with a different one that was slightly corroded, and when he looked at it in further detail, he realized the battery was only producing 0.6 volts so had to change it.

Once he had done that, the car appeared to run fine.

The listing stated that the car had been in no accidents and the engine ran with a ticking noise, but after Dean got the car back up and running, the ticking noise no longer occurred, which was another huge plus.

The paint was hiding a secret

Dean thought he had solved all his problems by replacing the corroded battery but then to his horror discovered very severe runs on the car’s paintwork.

He was finding more and more signs of slapdash car repairs on the vehicle with broken trims and a wheel arch on the left side of the car, the windscreen also had a crack in it and the windscreen seal was cracked as well.

The owner had clearly painted badly over a big issue and used zip ties to try and hold the other broken bits in place so it didn’t look so bad.

Dean surmises that contrary to the listing, the car had actually been part of an accident and the front left corner had been impacted, instead of taking the car to the shop and fixing it, they just painted and zip-tied the problems away.

Dean enjoyed sleuthing out the problem and working out what parts were needed to put this car back on the road, it didn’t stop his bewilderment at the listing price being $10,000 less than trade value, when all of his repairs only cost around $2500. He still felt like he’d been scammed.

Covering up that a car has been in an accident when you’re selling it isn’t the most morally ethical trading technique, but for this seller it appeared their guilt took over when selling it for cheap.