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Originally Posted by MRM
Would he consider a car? I find them much more comfortable and easy to drive than SUVs. A used Mercedes E-350 would be in his range and would make a comfortable, reliable daily driver. My wife has had two, a 2008 and a 2012. The 08 is now my son's car with well over 100,000 trouble free miles. The 2012 is closing in on 100,000 and has never had a hiccup. The internals of the E-350 are more than a decade old, so they have all the bugs worked out long ago and they are really reliable cars and surprisingly spirited.
Any Subaru would be the obvious suggestion if he's scared by the German brand but for $12,000 he'll get an older car with a much smaller engine. They will be reliable and capable, but he really should look into a Mercedes that has fallen off the depreciation curve.
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The sub SUV’s like the Escape, Rav 4, Mazda are all built on a car platform so they drive like cars.
The Escape is essentially a rebodied Ford Focus