<prompt> Human: Hello Friends, nbsp;I am 22 years old and graduating this coming May with a B.S in Chemistry. I will be immediately starting a full time position as process chemist at a pharma company for 62,000 dollars a year. However, in order to commute from my home I need to buy a car. At the moment and for the next year my commute is about 90 miles round trip. Aside from about 75K in student loans I have no other form of debt and about 1,500 saved in my savings account. Is it worth the investment to finance a new car or a used car. Would buying a CPO car be in my benefit? Im worried about reliability due too the a significant amount of miles I will be putting on the car. What kinds of cars would you recommend?  <response>: I know some posters here ascribe to not going into debt, but 90 miles per day is quite a lot of miles for a car. The best thing I think would be to get a 3 year old compact Civic or similar car and drive it until it gives out. Buying it new leaves you paying more, a vehicle several years old is going to be past the worst of its depreciation. 