washing machine advise please

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ok my parents 40+ yo washer has died. my mother is in mourning, well kind of.

She does not want to get ride of it as it is a suds saver and you can not buy

suds saver machines anymore. which to me is super silly as we are trying to save

the planet and saving water by using a suds saver on the washers would help.

I know people were complaining about their machines a while back. does anyone

have one they like and is holding up? the repair man said there is nothing we

can do to fix it. it's terminal and unoperable. if he goes in to fix one thing

the whole thing can crumble.

she would prefer a top loader but he says those are crummy. He also says to get

a cheep one as they wont last long no matter how expensive. any thoughts??