Helping Mom get a new car [Kinda OT]

[Douglas Frank]

Motor Sport Visions Photography wrote:
>
> Anyway, she's leaning in the direction of either a new Jetta wagon
> or used something--perhaps Passat wagon, A4 wagon (mandatory Audi
> content),ovloV 850 wagon, or????

I don't have advice about makes or models, but as far as "new vs. used," a
friend relayed this to me a couple of days ago:

According to my friend, Consumers' Union, or some other outfit that does the
same thing (memory fails), has decided that you get the best bang for the buck
with a four year-old car.  Of course I haven't seen the article, so I don't
know if this assumes you'll keep the car forever.

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