Here’s the deal:

My 1992 Mercury Sable Wagon is finally on the brink. It was grandmother owned and operated until August, 2003, when she graciously gave it up to her favorite grandson… me (sorry Paul J).

When she handed it over it had a little over 20,000 miles on it…now it has 95,000. Its age is finally showing, and it might be time to move on to something a little more… modern.

So I need suggestions on a new (actually, used) car. I can’t get a new new car because Connecticut charges property tax on cars. The newer the car, the higher the tax. And I don’t want to pay the insurance rates on a new car, either.

Here are the guidelines:

- 2003- or 2004-ish

- good gas mileage (fueleconomy.gov is good for this) (I consider 30 good)

- 4-door

Whaddya got?