<prompt> Human: As title states, I gave filed bankruptcy. I just had my trustee meeting for my chapter 7 and it went smooth and now, Im home free. Situation is, my car is breaking down bad, and it doesnt have much longer. Im in a spot where I need another car. Ive gotten the little letters about deals for people in my spot financially but dont think those are good choices. I have the car picked out, but my question is, how do I go about this? I have reaffirmed the debt in my car to be able to trade it in and use that as a down payment, as Im tight on funds. I asked my attorney about this and he assured me that Im good to go, that I shouldnt have problems.  <response>: You should, first and foremost, follow the advice of your attorney. If he clearly understood that you intend to trade in your car and take on new debt in the form of another car loan, and said it was OK to do so at this stage in the process, then you can do that. Whether it makes sense to do that is another question entirely. You are setting yourself up to overpay for vehicle and take out a high interest loan for the privilege. This is the type of behavior that can lead to needing to file bankruptcy... You should probably be looking at saving cash to buy a beater, or taking the bususing a bicycle for a while until you can save that cash. 