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I need to buy my son a used car for going back and forth between NOVA and Morgantown, WV where he attends school. What kind of car would you recommend that is not terribly expensive but I guess should have 4 wheel drive (. ) but not be too large to get sideswiped while parked on narrow streets. Apparently, some states have a cap on doc fees and some don't. New York has a doc fee cap of $75 according to this article by cars. com/articles/2014/06/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-about-a-dealer-doc-fee/. Winter tires and getting him home in mid March to change them out for all seasons might be difficult. Most used cars come with gawd awful tires. With his commute home and being in WVU, take a look at all seasons from Nokian. Nokians can be expensive, so see my friends at Radial Tire in Silver Spring. Good tires are more important than the car. 4wd and AWD have a transfer case, another driveshaft and another differential with gears and either U joints or CV joints. All these gears and joints result in friction losses which effect fuel mileage. Synthetic gear oils and fluids can help reduce the losses but they still happen. Remember despite what the manufacture calls it AWD and 4wd really only help with acceleration. They don't help with braking to any real degree and even with torque vectoring and other advertising jargon don't do a lot for handling. Source: live.washingtonpost.com
