<prompt> Human: Hi Reddit,Heres my situation: Im extremely young 17 years old, and sitting on 85k in savings. I dream of being independently wealthy or financially independent and starting my own major business down the road. I made the money myself as a result of a lucky venture with a website. More info at the bottom. I really REALLY enjoy cars and driving, and I would absolutely LOVE to buy a pair of cars right now. Im thinking of getting a 15-year old Porsche to work on for 12-15k, and preowned BMW 3-series for 24k or so to use as a daily driver. Ive been fascinated with cars ever since I could walk, and I always enjoyed riding in the front seat of my dads old chrysler. I smile like an idiot when a recently detailed A8 or E350 drives by.The one thing that stops me is the thought of spending half of my savings on depreciating cars. Im scared that one day Ill look back and remember how I couldve saved that 40k and invested it or used it as business startup capital. Ive also been subjected to the rfrugal and rpersonalfinance mentality regarding cars and how spending more than needed is a huge waste. Im aware that a 6000 Toyota is a very good option, but because I care greatly about what I drive, it would be like a chef having to eat McDonalds and chinese takeout for the next 10 years to save money. Whats your take my situation, and should I forgo my desire for cars in order to save more money?Ive spent about 4000 on a very capable workstation for work and another 2000 on a laptop and iphone. Ive also spent about 2000 on sports equipment and furniture since January. Ive also spent about 100 a month on food, clothes, entertainment, restaurants and miscellaneous spending. My parents provide me with shelter and groceries, but I pay for about all other living expenses. ---A little backstory about the site; ---My website came into existence when I had been running a forum-based shop, selling odds and ends and making 12 to 18 an hour on my own. A web developer friend of mine said, Hey, why dont you build a website for listing stuff? He then kindly took 40 hours of his time for free and handed me an absolute barebones version of the site. This happened in last November, and in the past 7 months Ive built and expanded and recruited programmers and workers and everything in between to get to the level that I am at now. The most pivotal moment was when I automated the entire process with code, so that restockinglistingpricingcheckoutdelivery was 100 automated. Right now, Im visiting family out of the country, and I have not done any work for 2 weeks. The site is still fully operational due to the work of a full time employee and 3 high school students I had hired earlier.  <response>: This kills me to say - I just turned 25, but I dont feel 8 years older than you! - but no, its not a good financial idea.First, I want to say that youre in an AMAZING situation right now, so much so that you probably dont even realize how amazing it is. You have no debt, minimal living expenses which could be 0.00, if you stuck to essentials like food and board, which your parents provide you. If youre going to college, maybe for a computer science degree, youll be able to pay it up front or with only a few loans, assuming your parents wont pay for it. You have a freakin BUSINESS, man! Youre living the good life.What you dont have is life experience. And thats not coming from your parents, thats coming from someone just a few years older than you. Youve bought some of the nicest tech gadgets on the market, probably at face value. You dont have the experience of paying bills month to month, having a budget, having to STICK TO that budget, and denying yourself things you really want. Thats not your fault, and dont think Im chiding you; no one is born with that instinct, to deny wants. Its a skill, a muscle thats learned over time, usually through some bone-headed mistakes that you can read about on this subreddit or financial forums. Dave Ramsey, a national talk radio host who lives in my hometown, talks for three hours EVERY WEEKDAY to people who have made these mistakes and are trying to crawl out of that hole. Listen to a couple of his shows - I think theyre free online, and if not you can listen live here 1-4 Central time M-F - or, if thats not your cup of tea, there are plenty of other podcasts and blogs Mr. Money Mustache is an amazing blog I just found this month, and the guys at rfinancialindependence swear by him.What you need to do, BEFORE you make any more big purchases, is try to build up that muscle. Go to the financial gym and pump some fucking iron. Youre fortunate situation is also a curse, because right now youre insulated from any real need or suffering. Youre living in a padded room, and you havent had the chance to live in the real world.Again, Im NOT scolding you. If I were in your situation when I was 17, Id be considering the same kind of stupid impulse buys. And it is stupid - YOU arent stupid, but dropping 40k on two cars before youre 20 is insane. But you dont know that yet, and I wouldnt expect you to. Thats taking on at least one car insurance payment, which will be through the roof because of your age fair or not, and youll have to pay somewhere in the 1,000-2,000 a year for the privilege of owning that car AS LONG AS YOU OWN IT. Thats not including gas, or any out of pocket expenses that insurance doesnt cover. And this is assuming that, even if youre a safe driver, you wont get blindsided by a drunk driver one night while youre out being totally responsible. Thats why cars, in addition to depreciation, are so risky - theyre an investment that you cant control. Youre insulated enough that its not scary to you yet, and youve only got maybe 1-2 years of driving under your belt so you havent seen enough stupid people do stupid things to terrify you there should be an rcarcrashporn for this reason.So, all that said, as a take on your situation - I think you need to plan more for the next 5-10 years of your life. Figure out what you want to do, because man, you are BLESSED to have this much money to work with. Im not kidding, you can do just about fucking anything you want to. Sit down, make a plan, try to figure out what you need to live. If youre staying with your parents, thats fine, but if you arent going to college Id say get your ass out of that house and into an apartment so you can start pumping up that finance muscle. Is your income stable through the website, or do you need another job? If so, start looking for one. Plan on living off of that paycheck and NOTHING more month to month. Consider it a challenge to live as cheaply as possible, just for one month or two or three or six. Set your own limit, but whatever it is, stick to it. Once you can do that, youve got the muscle you need to set aside some savings, so in case your website goes belly up you dont have to move back in. Seriously, dude, youre in such a good place and this can all happen before youre even 18.THEN, once youve made a budget and FOLLOWED it, and set aside enough money to live off of in case every income collapses, and you have the mindset of living frugally and awesomely - after youve done all of that, buy the fucking Porsche. Because life is awesome and meant to be lived and cars that go fast are fucking fun. But dont be stupid about it.TL;DR - Grow your financial muscle, make a zero-based budget and STICK TO IT, and only THEN should you buy the vroom vroom. 