This is what I recommend to all my friends. Go cheap ("bangernomics" is what we used to call it in the UK, from "an old banger" car), or go newer (<5 years & <6

This is what I recommend to all my friends. Go cheap ("bangernomics" is what we used to call it in the UK, from "an old banger" car), or go newer (<5 years & <60k miles & full history, or leased from new) because the middle ground is too risky. It's incredibly hard to convince them though.