Paul wrote:  "What about a clean, low mileage Jetta that is 1-2 years old?
 Why not consider a new used car?  "

If we want to include a "green" perspective in the decision, buying a used
car is absolutely the greenest, low energy use, lowest carbon emissions path
available to all of us.  Buying a used car completely eliminates all the
energy use, pollution, and resource use of manufacturing a new car.

Roland