<prompt> Human: My grandmother recently won a car at a local casino and shes looking for some advise with what to do with it. Currently she is leasing a 2013 Ford Escape for 423 a month with about 3 years left on the lease, she believes that she should sell the car she won and in exchange use the cash to pay off her bills and credit cards with the money as shes about 30,000 in debt. The car in mind is a 2017 Mercedes GLA 250 which I think she should keep and instead have a car of her own as shes currently leasing. Not only will this save her the 423 a month for the lease but it will also have warranty and and free services for a certain amount of kms not to mention she could always sell the car in a year or so.Anyway Ive been silent here for a bit and believe your advise is the best : BTW Im Canadian  <response>: When she went to the casino she didnt need a new car, but she did need to clear out 30k in debt. I would sell the car.Can she afford to pay the taxes on the car? Its car week on the Price is Right and today they tried to give away a 206k car. Federal income taxes are 25 and Cali taxes are 13. That means if the guy had won the car he would need to come up with nearly 80k to pay the taxes. Who goes to a game show with the intent of spending 80k to buy a car? EDIT: Its the next morning. I googled it and casino winnings and prizes arent taxable, so she gets the entire 34k USD value. I would take it and sell the car and pay off debts. 