<prompt> Human: So heres my situation. I live in the bay area, my wife is a stay at home mom, and I generally drive about six miles then take a company shuttle to the office.She has a 2015 Subaru Legacy that we own outright, and I have a 2008 Honda Accord with 104,000 miles on it.Over the past two weeks Ive been agonizing about purchasing a new car, rather than spending 1500 in maintenance on the Honda. I went so far as to negotiating the price on a new car, around 30,000.The dealer ended up selling the one I wanted, and couldnt find an equivalent model.That gave me some time to think about the fact that my car runs great, and that purchasing a new car would set back my goal to financial freedom quite a bit. And for what? Just luxury really... I suppose the moral here is, dont get sucked in by shiny things. Unless your car is costing you as much as a new car to maintain, or is seriously unsafe, put your money into index funds and wait!  <response>: Whats the point of living if youre not enjoying every minute life has to offer, just bought a Ford Focus RS and my quality of life and self worth has skyrocketed 