<prompt> Human: Recently I 18m started up college at a local community campus. Thankfully most of my tuition was covered by grants and financial aid. Now, I commute to and from every day in my current car from 1993. This car has a lot of problems. Im only going to be working 3 days a week but in those 3 days I can make anywhere from 250-370. Would it make sense for me to get a new car? I have about 1000 saved up at the moment and am in dire need of a way to get to campus efficiently. Please help Assistant: A new-to-you car? Yes, eventually you will need to do that. Just keep saving, and when your current car hits the proverbial wall then buy a good used car.An actually new car? No. No you shouldnt.Human: Its for 9800 so its not anything too expensive, I just want to see if I should actually get it  <response>: NO. As EVERYONE else in this thread has said, its too early for you to be considering a new car, if your current one still works and you also dont have the up-front money to buy anything anyway on top of that. Keep driving it, and you need to SAVE your income. Dont go buy new things like people often do once they see money in their bank account. Once your car dies, you need to be buying whatever you can afford in cash, without fully depleting your savingsemergency fund.I shudder to even think what 9,800 car youre considering. Plus, at 18, the interest alone will pay for another car over again if you tried to finance. Once this car breaks, you need to be considering a reasonable, reliable 4-cylinder. 