Well I'll tell you this. The Lexus is the only one that I would buy. If it's in good shape. I wouldn't buy any of those other cars. They aren't very good

Posted by: @arodan3

2014 Hyundai Veloster turbo 91k miles

This is the worst, T-GDi Hyundai engines do not hold up - and a lot of these came with an absolutely horrid DCT.

2012 VW Jetta GLI W/ 4 cylinder turbo 103k miles

Absolutely horrible - one of the worst engines ever made by VW.

Scotty recently revied one that failed at around 90k miles in an Audi A4 - and it's quite typical.

2013 Volvo S60 T5 W/ 5 Cylinder turbo 105k miles

This is a pretty lovely car, they're not bad mechanically and have 250 horsepower and best in class safety.

But note the poor fuel millage (24 mpg) and that if the gearbox wasn't maintained, with how much torque these make - it's likely to go out in the near future.

I’ve owned Volvos in the past, and neither one was cheap to own. Some more reliable than others but never cheap - anything that I’ve needed to do with the car was unreasonably expensive (even stuff like the washer fluid tank cracking)

2011 Lexus IS 250 W/ V6 131k miles

This is also not a car I'd recommend, they're famous for loosing compression on cylinder number 5 - it's definitely better than the VW and the Hyundai.

I’m gonna be a poor college student paying rent

So maybe buy a reasonable car, like a 3rd gen Mazda3 with the SkyActive G, or a Toyota Corolla with a 4 speed .

Maybe even a 3rd gen Mazda6 although they have somewhat weak transmissions.