<prompt> Human: I am at a crossroads with a 10 year old Nissan Pathfinder. I absolutely need a car as I have a lot of things going on and I have been quoted 5300 to get a new radiator, transmission, 4 pistons replace, and other repairs to get my car up and running again. The repair man seems honest and thorough. My other option is to take that same money and finance a new SUV for my family. Im totally aware that this is doable with certain SUVs but I want to finance a car that I actually like, so the payments would be between 500-700 for 6 years. So my fork in the road is 5300 to fix my old SUV now, or finance a new one? Thanks for the advice and responses. EDIT: Thank you for the advice and concerns. No I dont need a top of the line car and I will definitely consider the grey area and look at used options. The payment I mentioned is too high for no reasonEDIT: I can fully afford either option and happy to look into the used car option. Just wondering if its even worth entertaining spending 5k on getting the 2006 running again...or buying a different car with that 5k.  <response>: 5300 Car Repair or Finance New for 6 years?You seem to be skipping over an entire range of smarter options between these two things.I have been quoted 5300 to get a new radiator, transmission, 4 pistons replace, and other repairs to get my car up and running again.Its a 4k truck on a good day. Do not put 5300 of mostly repairs into it.Since youve already been driving a 4k SUV around, why do you think you now need to drive a 30k one that you cant really afford?Go find something used in the 10k range. 