Because every time I check on articles apparently “poor” people according to them are guys with 10000 euro ready to spend like that.
Also the apps for car buying seem broken, they only offer you totaled cars or cars that need serious work at low budgets.
Here in the US below 10k USD and you really don’t want to be buying from a dealer. A dealer typically targets around 3k in profit on a car. The go to place to find cars is on Facebook marketplace, or if you want a particular car, groups for that car. If you have a large friend group (ie church or something) make sure you let everyone know you’re looking for a car. Some grandma out there might want to upgrade (or just get rid of) and would be willing to sell you a car for stupid cheap. That’s how my co workers son got his $500 Civic the other day.
I’m not sure what the FB marketplace alternative is in Europe but I’d start there. Also learn to fix a car yourself. Anything below 3k will need something done sooner or later.
I bought an old truck that runs. I got it from a coworker that for tired of it taking up space in his driveway. He sold it to me for $1000 which was probably a fair price. None of the gauges work so I need to keep an eye on fuel manually.