He buy or He buys (present subjunctive)

I've seen posts about past tense verbs (like suggested) with a subjunctive form of a verb following it (Ex. I suggested he buy a car)
but what about following a present tense verb (suggest)?

PRESENT TENSE:
I suggest he buy a car. OR is it better to say:
I suggest he buys a car.

vs.
PAST TENSE (I saw another post about this):
I suggested he buy a car
(NOT I suggested he buys a car.)

Thank you so much!
P

newyorkpatee said:

I suggest he buy a car.
I suggest he buys a car.

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Both work for me. According to my grammar books"I suggest (that) he (should) buy a car" is a better way of saying this. But this forum prefers the other versionas far as I know.

In American English "I suggest he buy a car." should be OK. My understanding is that AE uses the subjunctive more often than BE.

A: "John says it takes him two hours on the bus to get to work."
B: "Really? I suggest he buy/buys a car."

A: "Yesterday John was complaining that it takes him two hours on the bus to get to work."
B: "What did you say?"
A: "I suggested he buy/bought a car."

Thanks for the examples. It sounds like either would work.