Man buys three of the cheapest cars he can find for $400 each to find out how bad they actually are

A YouTuber has bought three of the cheapest cars he could find for just $400 each and has taken a look to see how bad they really are.

The YouTuber is Matt from High Peak Autos, who posted the video on his second channel, More High Peak.

Matt had bought a Ford Mondeo, a Land Rover Discovery, and a Mini Cooper, all for just £300 each, which is around $400.

The YouTuber loves to buy older and cheaper cars to see what they are like, and all of them showed why cheap cars can be tempting, but also why they can be risky purchases.

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The Ford Mondeo is the best of the cheapest cars

Matt takes a look at the 19-year-old Ford Mondeo station wagon first in the video.

While perhaps a ‘boring’ car, it’s a spacious and comfortable wagon and offers a lot of practicality.

This is perhaps the best of the three cars.

It has just 82,000 miles on the clock, and mechanically, it’s incredibly solid.

Outside and inside, it’s clean and tidy, and the only major issues were some rust and minor cosmetic flaws.

There are even features such as cruise control and a heated windshield.

Matt has little trouble with the Ford, giving it a service and a clean, with the total cost of the car around $644.

But with the work done, it should sell for $2,000-$2,500 with a tidy profit.

The 2009 Land Rover Freelander 2 is the worst of the bunch

It is the 2009 Land Rover Freelander, however, that’s the troublesome one.

The 2.2-liter diesel engine under the hood is usually reliable, but this Freelander has a blown head gasket.

That makes it a gamble, and a history check shows it has failed some MOTs during its lifetime.

Out on the road, the heater didn’t warm up, confirming there was a head gasket issue.

This SUV needs some repairs, but it could be put back onto the road with the gasket fixed.

The Mini Cooper is a much more promising purchase

But Matt’s endeavours end well, thanks to the final of the cheapest cars, a Mini Cooper.

This 2004 example did have a checkered history, with a CAT D write-off in the UK.

Yet despite that, the small coupe was in very good condition.

In fact, such was its condition that after minor servicing and a clean, it was ready to go back on the road again!

Matt showed that buying such cheap cars can be tempting, and sometimes it works out.

But as the Land Rover showed, there are inherent risks to buying cars with such a low price.

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