[fintstone]

I drive a 2004 Cayenne TT and would not have hesitated to give it to my daughter to drive to college other than poor gas mileage (she drove a lot more than 4 miles). It is built like a tank, has good safety features and the only significant repair in the last 60K miles (has about 110K total) were the coolant pipes and a new battery, and brake shoes once.

I bought my daughter a 2002 Lexus IS300 when she started college and she is still driving it with close to 200K miles. Of course she drove it for 4 years undergrad, 1 year grad, about 3 years med school and 3 years as a resident. She is getting ready to ship it overseas to use in her new job this summer. A well made vehicle is always cost effective. Pay me now or pay me later.