re: Best car for ~25k. What would you get?

With buying a new/used vehicle, it just becomes your take to you work machine. Don't worry about stereotypes, nobody cares what you drive. They are thinking about the least they can do to get by and get home faster from work.

The newness goes away after a week. At least that's the why I am. I think cars have come a long way in the last 6 to 7 years.