A car being unreliable makes it more charming.

I don't know, it's just, when I owned a Civic it was always there for me, never broke down, only needed routine maintence, whereas I would get sick a lot, or slip a disc in my back or something. I felt like I was holding back the relationship. Afterwards we seperated and I bought a PT Cruiser. It always has issues, mainly with the electricals, but now I at least feel like I'm "wearing the pants" so to say, though around the PT, I'm usually not wearing any pants, or underwear. Now that I own an unreliable car my depression and feelings of physical and sexual inadequacy have completely disappeared.

TL;DR: buy a terrible car, it is a huge step towards enlightenment