<prompt> Human: Im 17 and taking my license test in a month, after which Ill probably be buying a car of my own. I have almost 4 thousand saved up, and I have a part time job that nets around 250 a month after taxes, but varies depending on my hours worked. What I was thinking was to spend about 3 thousand on the car itself, use my monthly income to cover insurance, and use the remaining 1 thousand or so of my savings plus whatever is leftover from my paycheck for gas money. Does this sound doable? Im hoping my insurance wont be too high, as Im an honor roll student and Ive taken the drivers ed class offered at my high school. I havent talked to an insurance agent yet just because I dont know what car Ill be buying, but can anyone offer a rough estimate of what Ill be paying for insurance? And any other advice in general would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!  <response>: 34 of your life savings will be spent on buying the car. 100 of your income will be spent on car insurance. remaining 14 of your life savings will be spent on gas for your car.That leaves quite literally zero money for you to actually... do anything. And after a year or so, you wont be able to afford gas for your car either.Whats the point of having a car to go places, if you cant afford to do anything once you arrive?Not to mention theres no money budgeted for regular maintenance stuff or in case something breaks! 