Why do you always seem to have the worst luck when trying to buy a car?

Ok so I have been trying to buy a used car for over a year now, and I am amazed at the luck I am having. I am a bit of a statistician, so I am aware of the normally distributed curve, and the fact that you have to expect a few bad things to happen, but I am quickly reaching the point where the odds of random chance, and the assumption that the universe is random and not designed with intent.<br><br>At first, I was looking for a used Corolla. I found one that looked pretty good, for a price that was about 4 grand below value. It was a 2018, with 20,000 miles and a bunch of options, including the ones I wanted, for about 15 grand. Well, it turns out this car had a salvage title. Why did it have a salvage title? Well, it turns out that the previous owner had bought it new, and then 6 months later, while driving on the freeway, a wheel just broke off! So they paid for a rental for a week, then asked for a full buyback, and the dealership was like “shit, we’ll give you a full buyback”, and then they sold it to a used car lot. So I found a second one similar, again going for about 4 grand below value, and it also has a salvage title! Why? Well this one was involved in a car accident 2 months after it was purchased. So I looked at the next one which did not have a salvage title, and it looked good, until I noticed the price had been cut by $2,500, so I called them up and asked what was going on. Well it turns out the previous owner died in the car of a heart attack, and the dealer was forced to disclose that. Then the next one had been smoked in!<br><br>After I looked at 4 different Corollas that were all ruined by “random” events, I decided to switch my focus to a Honda Fit. The first one I found looked great, the price was 4 grand below book for a car in great shape, and it had all the options I wanted. Well, it turns out the owner had died of a heart attack in the car, and the grandkids inherited it and were selling it. I decided to go and look at it, and it was in perfect shape. Well, I get there and I notice the car is not there. So I go inside and ask about it, and they tell me that someone had tried to steal the car the previous night, and they damaged the front end in the process.<br><br>So now I am looking at a Hyundai Elantra Touring. There are only a couple of used ones for sale in my area, and the first one I found is for sale for 4 grand below value! It has all the options I wanted, and the body is perfect. So I go and look at it, and I notice the tires are all flat. So I go inside and ask about it, and they tell me the car had been購ased new in Mississippi, and then driven out to California, where it was purchased as a used car after about a year. Well, the person who bought it only had it for a couple of months, and then it was seized because this guy was arrested for murder!<br><br>Tldr; Why does every good car I look at seem to have been involved in some kind of tragic incident?