<prompt> Human: TL;DR Bought car, feeling buyers remorse, want to invest the car payment money instead now. Should I sell immediately and downgrade to a cheaper car, pay off ASAP and then sell, or just keep it until it dies and count this among lessons learned for next time?I made the mistake of letting my lifestyle balloon basically the day I got out of college. I was sick of being poor. I saw my buddy who graduated before me in the same industry get a slick apartment, car, and all kinds of goodies almost instantly with a salary comparable to mine I think there have been some major signing bonuses that I am NOW aware he got. I graduated with a job, and needed a car.Since new Civics were around 22k you can hardly find the base models I went up in price a little and paid 24k for what is honestly a fantastic car - the Mazdaspeed 3. A sporty version of a pretty practical hatchback. I love driving, I drive a lot, so I did it. I can afford it - I am saving 1000 a month while making double payments on the car. monthly is 411 and I pay 822 because I want to own it ASAPNow I am experiencing a strong bout of buyers remorse. It sure is nice to have, but I think I could get away with a little 15k super economy hatch like a kia or something, or even get a lightly used one under 50k miles for quite a bit cheaper. If I can finance that for 200 a month and make double payments on it, I am envisioning myself contributing an additional 400 a month to some kind of investment index fund? mutual fund or money market? big contributions to an emergencylayoff fund?However, I have only had the car for 4 months; still owe about 20k on it. KBB lists the value of the 2011 version of my car I have a 2012 as 23k, and I put down 10,000 miles Im currently at 5k but if I resell it might take a while.I have seen the error of my ways and wonder what possible courses of action are. I have considered selling it and getting something cheaper. If I could actually sell it for 23k I would be ecstatic, I would say 1000 for 4 months of driving is a decent deal. Or would it make more sense to keep paying it off as fast as I can and sell it in 2 years? KBB value for the 2010 model which is the oldest of this version of the car is 21k, so it looks like it will hold its value OKI guess I could eat this mistake and have a fun car for the next 6 or 7 years by just driving it until its dead. Just looking for some advice.EDIT: Also, lets just assume for now that the double payment is the best use of my money at the moment and that my investments are not returning higher than my car loan interest.  <response>: Ehh... Easiest way to make it less painful? Drive the car to 200,000 miles.For example, I still am driving my 2001 Toyota Corolla. It has 193,600 miles on it. It cost me 13,500 15K after tax and registration. I purposely avoided power windows and locks.Now, I kind of wish I bought a fancier car.Just enjoy, but enjoy it longer. Over 10 years, the extra 9,000 is 900 a year. Thats 70 a month. Considering most people spend at least 400 a month on car payments, you can laugh your ass off. 