How high's the water, Papa? Well, it's 3 feet high and risin'...
I spent the better part of last week in la Capital, amongst other things, looking at cars... The ol' Johnny Cash song came to mind. "How high's the water Papa? Well, it's 3 feet high and risin'... ". Just as mentioned by some routined posters on here, much of these 3 to 5 year old freshly imported "opportunities" must have been knee deep into it in Louisiana or Texas a little less than 2 years ago. Most look jest fine and then you look underneath and it's all coroded... Jeepetas with chassis made next to useless... breaking systems and lines flaking rust, exhaust systems slowly disappearing. Strangely enough, bodies seem to hold up pretty well (yet).
So, if you go shop for cars, dress accordingly and if you don't have the flexibility anymore, bring somebody along who has, as well as a flashlight and a big screw driver, rust wears your fingernails down quickly.
There are nice cars to be found, but just as above poster wrote... most is junk and you can safe CarFax on most once you've looked underneath.
... J-D.