<prompt> Human: Im driving a shitty old 2001 Toyota beater that Ive had for 13yrs. I live in the city though where I can bike for a lot of things, its only at 70k miles, most of those used on driving to various national parks nearby.At its age, things are starting to break, but nothing too costly. Its only a 200-300 dollar repair usually. The interior has all sorts of cracks and junk from just old plastic. Pieces get stuck, carpets stained, its just old.The thing is, it works fine. It seems stupid to buy something else.My situation is weird. I ran a business for about 5 years and made a pretty good amount of money. My house is all 100 paid for, and I have about 70k in the bank. The business is pretty much on autopilot now, and I still take in about 2200 a month off it. I have no idea how long that will last, but it has given me a lot of free time to travel. Unfortunately, my car kinda sucks for that... It gets terrible gas mileage, and Im still worried its going to croak while I am in the middle of nowhere.Its just really hard to justify buying a new car though. I might have plenty saved up, but I dont know how long my income will continue. It feels like Im making a huge mistake in adding an expense like that. I dont want to buy another 6000 beater though. If I buy something, Id prefer a new or newish reliable car and need something that lets me travel in. At the same time, I hate feeling imprisoned by worrying that the money will stop flowing.Im just stuck. What should I do?Assistant: Even if youre paying 300 bucks a month in repairs, youre still money ahead vs. depreciation on a new car. If youre just worried about a car for trips, why not rent? Racking up mileage on a rental can be significantly cheaper than paying for depreciation on your own car. Human: This is always lost on people. Yes, 300 in unexpected repairs every other month sucks. But what about 450 a month 60 months, 0, 27k EVERY month for 5 YEARS is easier to swallow??Assistant: Id only get something under 20k to be honest. Every few months isnt really the main issue. The car is just unreliable. I feel like it could go any time and want to drive it 600 miles to Yellowstone and stuff. Rentals might work, but it still leaves me with an unreliable daily driver.  <response>: If youre driving 5,000 miles a year Id consider a quality used car over new. Let someone else pay that off the lot depreciation. 