<prompt> Human: Heres my situation: Recently graduated, started a full time job at 60kyear Just under 30k in student loans 9k 3.75, 4.5k 4.5, the rest 6.8 Living w family for a year or two, trying to pay off loans aggressively. Commute to work is 100 miles round trip, current car is a model year 2000 and gets 18-19 mpg highway this comes out to about 650 450month in gas No credit card debt, limited credit history, emergency fund in placeWhile I understand that getting a new car is usually a poor decision financially, the shear amount that Im paying for gas seems to suggest to me that I need to get something thats more fuel efficient be it an electric car, hybrid, or just a normal car thats less of a gas guzzler. My current car isnt going to last forever, so if I were to put the money that I would spent in gas into a new car, by the time the car is paid off I will have less expense and a newer car than if I continue to with my inefficient vehicle. I am also weary of adding to the pile of debt that I have.rpersonalfinance, what do you think I should do?EDIT:Thanks for all the responses! It was great to see the many different views on my situation  <response>: Hell, I would say pay off half the loans then move the fuck out. Im not saying that you need to be independent, etc, but your commute is 108 milesday 21.32day 426.32week. So thats what, 2.5 hours a day? So every month you burn 650 in gas and 50 hours of your life to get back and forth to work. Plus wear and tear on the car like oil changes, brakes, belts, filters, tires, etc that come with putting a minimum of 2160 miles a month on your car. And Im sure you could get cheaper insurance if you werent putting 26,000 miles a year on the car.Holy shit, this gets more ridiculous the more I type it out. Relocate closer to the job, stop spending 5000 a year on gas and get back the almost four weeks of your life you spend in traffic annually 2.5hrday 5 dayweek 50 wkyear 625hryear, 625hryr 24hrday 26dayyr in traffic. As someone else pointed out, thats not even considering that buying a new car and putting 26,000 miles on it per year is just beating it to death anyway. 