On Tue, 27 Jan 2009 10:42:16 +0000, Doctor Drivel wrote:
Buy a Honda or Toyota petrol car. Economical and highly reliable.

I think we've got about 162K on our '92 Toyota with no major mechanical
ailments yet, but as it's a US car "economical" is highly subjective
:-)

(actually, considering it's a 3L engine it doesn't do too badly for
itself)

Preferably buy a Prius.

Urgh.