VIDEOCASSETTES : Excellent Good Fair Poor

“How to Buy a New or Used Car and Keep It Almost Forever.” Karl-Lorimar. $19.95. The 50-minute program, part of a Consumer Reports how-to series, is a niftily organized guide to buying and maintaining a car. It’s loaded with cogent details that probably wouldn’t occur to the average person. The chapters on buying a used car and basic car maintenance are especially informative. The final chapter lists Consumer Reports’ used car recommendations. It’s all presented in a serious, low-key manner by a young couple who are like animated Ken and Barbie dolls. 1/2