Help with Budget and buying used Yaris

[klemmaniac]

Hello everyone, I'm in the market for a hatchback and I think I've narrowed my choice of car to a Yaris. I've been budgeting (and saving) my butt off and know exactly what I can afford, so now that I have that number I'm hoping to find out, with this communities' help, what I can get with it and, if what I want is realistic and possible to begin with. Here are the details:

Budget: $11,000 for asking price, Final out the door price limit after fees and tax: $13,000
Time frame: no rush, looking to buy within 8 months.
State: Ohio (8% cap on sales tax, $250 cap on doc fee)

My aim is to get a vehicle that will last 20 years or longer with minimum and low cost maintenance. I need a hatchback for transportation of equipment. I'm not a car guy and not handy with them and would prefer not to have to do any work on it myself outside of the most basic upkeep. The "personality" or style of a car, or any bells and whistles or tech related accessories, color, 2 doors or 4 doors etc. is not important to me - I just want it to work, be reliable, be relatively safe and last a very long time without major issues. Use would be mostly city driving and rare long road trips of 3,000 miles or so. I imagine my mileage would wind up being avg in the long run at 12-15k/year.

I need help deciding on what models and mileage limit would be adequate and suitable given my needs above. Based on some research, I would ideally like to find an Automatic transmission '09, '10, '11, or '15 model with as low miles as possible (I'm thinking under 50,000). I would also be open to '02 through '05 models though I'm not sure if that is a good idea with my idea of longevity in mind (i.e. 20+ years of use). I've read about too many complaints with some of the other model years (I know they're still relatively reliable, but I've never bought used before, I can't afford to make a financial mistake and I need the peace of mind so I'm avoiding them).

Given this information, is it possible for me to find what I am looking for with my budget? It would be perfect if I could find a certified pre-owned Yaris, but I'm not sure if that's possible with my budget. I did find this listing and wanted to ask about it as it looks perfect for what I'm looking for even if it is outside of my budget. Just in case I wanted to post a link to it just as an example of my ideal listing and ask if it might be too good a deal to pass up given my goals or should I keep waiting and find something within my budget that would fulfill my requirements? Also, out of curiosity after, negotiating what do you all estimate an out the door price would look like for this if the price was negotiated down as much as possible?

https://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/d...7599/overview/

here is one closer to my budget with a good maintenance record but 78,000 miles - not sure if that's too high for my purposes.
http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...31539708&Log=0

The final question is, can I expect to find a used Yaris that will last 20 years with low maintenance costs with my budget and if so, which model year and mileage limit should I aim for assuming that the history reports and maintenance records are good?

Thanks for any help and advice.