Consumer Reports puts out an April auto issue, including recommendations for used autos and price ranges, or at least they did the last time I read it carefully
. we're still driving out '96 Infinity G20 that we bought used in '99 and it has under 100,000. It's comfortable and except for out annual alternator purchase (part covered under warranty, we pay the labor), we've liked it. Getting pretty bored with it.....but trying to hold on until it dies. Can you tell we're kids of Depression kids?
Be careful not to buy a new car, ie one that it's the first year, they can tend to be troublesome. Most Credit Unions will help you with car finder services, don't know maybe banks will. With the economy the way it is, it seems auto loans are pretty reasonable. You might want to make sure any auto you buy did not get drowned by Sandy, a friend from the bayou mentioned that to us after one of their big hurricane events. And we always take the auto to our auto repair guy to have them check it out to make sure it hasn't been in a wreck or have problems if it's a used car. They charge for it, but at least once the car had been in a serious accident and the dealer didn't give us any grief about getting another car. In fact, when we bought the G20, the motor mounts were bad and we were given a choice since the car was still under warranty, so we let the dealer do it.