You can’t help but notice the man in the red Lamborghini, engine roaring and hissing as he races up and down Federal Highway at speeds way faster than the requisite 45 mph. Some people look at him enviously and drool over the prized piece of engineering behind whose wheel he gets to sit, grip, up and downshift. With so many horsepower at his fingertips, he seems unstoppable.

A few decades ago, there was a time in which people rightly assumed that buying used cars would be the worst investment possible, since you would often end up with an unstable vehicle purchased at an unfair price. These days, things are much different since manufacturing standards have ensured long-lasting reliability that extends way beyond a first owner's use.