Again, while starting a fire in the woodstove I found a great article in the Christian Science Monitor. This had a lot of good info in it.
http://www.fultoncountynews.com/news...amily/067.html
And let's not attack BellaBoo for her decision to get her niece a car. She did not ask anyone's opinion of her decision, she asked about cars. While some people would not do what she is doing, it is her right to do it, and I think she sounds like a good parent/aunt.
I remember my first car, a 1971 Plymouth Fury III - it even had retractable headlights with washers/wipers for the headlights!! $800 and I bought it sight unseen from a contact in NC because it was a "southern" car - no rust or salt corrosion like in the northeast. It lasted many years and ran well, only problem was a slight deceleration when it passed a gas station. It was a tank!!