Wasn't it P.T. Barnum who said "there is a sucker born every minute"?

well i should be careful, when i bought my car 9 years ago i didn't know anything about "hell holes" and "longs" and "jack point rust" , but i paid $2000 for a non- running car with rusted out jack point and rear longs- i got lucky as it did not have hell hole rust. but to pay more than $15k or $20 k for a rusted out car? that think looks like it could snap in half getting loaded onto transport

$2000 for a non-running 2.0 car is okay. $20K for a car that need another $20K++ is