We are going to buy a new (to us) car very soon. One of our cars needs between $2,000 and $2,600 of work but I think it's only worth about $700. It will probably be a Toyota Corolla because of the Toyota reliability and they get about 40 mpg. But I might also want to look at a Toyota Yaris. I prefer to drive a car into the ground. We have had this one for about eight years.

I am not a "car guy". A car is purely an expense to me and I do not get any pleasure or ego boost from cars. The more reliable and the less gas a car uses the better.