what year is your car, and how many owners has it had, the last few people who seem to own a car just dump it because its starting to need new parts, after 100,000 miles accessory drive parts start to all fail. (water pump, powers steering pumps, idlers, and so on)

they all get old and need parts replaced, nothing last forever anymore.

the only good part is if you can do the work yourself and save money, most have to take the car to a shop, and they charge a lot so the car gets dumped.