Having just bought and sold a few vehicles in this past month I made some "irrational" decisions on what we bought.
Generally I make a decision on what I want more than what is sensible. Heck, we own a boat.
If you can find one reasonably priced a used Mercedes with the Bluetec engine wouldnt steer you wrong. The mercedes diesels are very very quiet, you wouldnt know they are diesel and they are almost the cleanest running vehicle on the road right now. Diesel is a bit more money at the pump but those cars such as the e350 and ml350 diesels are churning out over 600 miles out of a tank.
On the other hand, my father has been running a toyota yaris as a commuter car for the last few years and loves it. Far less maintenance than the ford focus that he had. Actually, went through 2 fords, a wagon and a hatchback.
The geo metro got better milage than pretty much anything on the road today and those cars were just about maintenance free. Nothing but brake changes and oil changes up to about 250K miles.
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