He's a troll.

I suspect he is young and inexperienced and has bought a rather tatty twenty
year old car expecting everything to work like the day it was new.

I remember driving a brand new BMW320i with <1,000km on the clock in 1987.
It was a gorgeous drive, even though I was on my second 735i and I only got
to go ~50km in Denmark (with a 100kmph limit).

OTOH I doubt the same car would drive anything like as well now, and we have
had several much better BMW's since, indeed a 1987 320i is probably
equivalent to a current top end Vauxhall Astra in terms of performance and
handling (while a 1987 Astra really was a shed - although not quite as bad
as the awful 1980 to 1984 model)

Well, I've owned lots of old cars, mostly MGs. At 144k miles I think
this one has less issues than most of them, although I wish it didn't
knock when you first start it. In fact after replacing the $135 wheel
bearing it drives smoother than most of the brand new cars I've been
in. It must have been glorious when it was new.
Replacing the dashboard battery fixed some of the spurious warning
lights, the oil change reminder and the goofy gas mileage guesser.
If anyone knows where the wiper wash relay (assuming there is one) is
located I'd appreciate you telling me. That would be helpful as it
rains and snows and people blast slush on your windshield all day
here.
So far I think I did ok for $1500 usd.

On the factory cassette/radio of the day, pushing starts the Signal
Scan function, posts SC on the display and scans for medium to strong
stations pausing seven seconds for each one. Pulling the volume knob
removes it. I'm proud and grateful to finally be able to contribute a
published fact.