<prompt> Human: To preface, my only understanding of car financing and purchasing is from researching rpersonalfinance including the wiki on selling a car thats underwater and some tips from my father; I apologize in advance if I am asking the wrong questions or making incorrect assumptions.My girlfriend is in a predicament where she is considering purchasing a new used car. She needs her car for work and we are moving to Seattle via driving in a couple of months for graduate school.Her current 2007 Toyota Camry w 120k mi is experiences a host of maintenance issues that appear to be occurring prematurely broken down shocks, radiator problems, serpentine belt, alternator issues, etc. The total cost of repairs were quoted to be close to 2k. My father is has rudimentary experience working on cars and suggests that the car may have many more than 120k mi logged into it based on the host of problems we are experiencing. Subsequently, we are trying to decide whether or not we should continue to invest into this car especially if it is indeed much more used than we initially thought, or if we should look into purchasing a new used car that will require less maintenance.We are also unsure how we should proceed with purchasing a new car due to her current debt on the Camry. She owes 5.5k at 8 to a credit union--she got the loan when she had little to no credit, but desperately needed a car for work. How would we go about trading inapplying for a new loantransferring the loan when we are looking into buying a new used car? We cannot afford to pay the difference of what the car is worth and what she owes out of pocket.For more information, her credit score is hovering around 660-670, her loan is with Provident Credit Union and she is making 58kyr, but that may change in a couple months when we move to Seattle.We would definitely appreciate any advice or knowledge you are willing to impart and I hope I detailed the issue and context well enough to do so.  <response>: A serpentine belt can be done in 5 minutes on your own. Shocks are a wear item, 120k is definitely not a short amount of time for shocks.Alternator and radiator are different but still not bad. Sounds like the car has been neglected. If someone cant even manage to keep a Camry running, theyre going to have a hell of a time with a different car 