<prompt> Human: First off, I want to clarify that when I say newer, I dont mean brand new. I would buy a pre-owned car, so not as expensive as a brand new car.So, I have been having issues lately with my car just being old and needing lots of repairs lately, since early last year. Now, my mom came to town to visit, and while shes here, shes... You know, being a mom and worrying over my car. I needed my A.C. fixed, so we took it in, and of course the mechanics found all sorts of other things that were wrong with it. I would rather not spend the money on more repairs, but my mom insisted.What she has already paid on repairs, plus what I have in savings, we could have made a decent down payment on a newer car. Alternatively, if I had already purchased a newer car, the repair costs are already close to what I estimate monthly payments on a car note would be.Sure enough, after these repairs were paid for, the mechanic has gone and found MORE problems yet again. I worry about mechanics who take advantage because they see a concerned mom and figure, Women dont know anything about cars, so they try to squeeze every penny out of her.I told her dont get more repairs, but well see.I am very grateful for her generosity, but even without her help, if I were to get a new car all by myself, I now feel obligated to keep my old P.O.S. just to get the moneys worth of repairs out of it.The mechanic said that annually, paying for repairs for an old car ends up being cheaper when you compare it to monthly car notes and insurance rates. Of course, Im skeptical because why wouldnt he say that when my mom is unquestioningly throwing this money at him to repair my car.But is he right? Should I suck it up and keep paying all this money for repairs? Its hard for me to see that repairing it is really that much cheaper, with everything Ive fixed. It seems better to pay a little more annually for a car in better condition, but am I wrong? I just worry theyre taking advantage of my mom.  <response>: Hi there! It would help me recommend a course of action if we had a little more information:What kind of car do you currently have year, makemodel, mileage, condition? What kind of work has recently been done and what does the mechanic recommend still get done? How much will that cost? What car would you like to buy, or what price range? What is your annual income? How much do you have saved up for a car? Will the payment eat into your emergency fund?Do you have other debt like student loans, credit cards, personal loans, etc? 