<prompt> Human: I am a 19 year old just turned today, yay? college student, and my car is dying pretty fast. I have a 2001 Toyota Solara that my parents bought me almost a year ago on Craigslist. It has had a few problems since, but in the past month it has been nothing but problems. Right now I have a part time job, but I only make about 400 a month. 200 of that goes to insurance, 100 for gas, and the other 100 for personal use. Ive talked to a few car dealers and they said they would take the Solara off of my hands for 3k. Should I just go ahead and take that money and get another car off of Craigslist, or something of the kind, or just save up and wait until the car completely dies? EDIT: On a side note, my parents can not help me. I was in the hospital a few months ago and had quite the medical bill, so they are paying that for me.  <response>: If a car dealer is offering you 3000 for a 15 year old car ... the issues with it must not be that bad at all. 