<prompt> Human: I have about 3.5k in savings I work 40 hours a week and make about 12 dollars per hour. All I pay right now is rentphone billpersonal expenses it comes to about 1k a month. Whats the best path for me? I dont have to drive too far for work or anything. I know the popular 3 paths would be Leasing, buying a used car off someone or getting financed for a loan to pay off a car per month. If I left out any info to help you guys give me better advice just let me know.Edit: Im back and I see a lot of you are saying not car payments which I was thinking anyway. I appreciate all the feedback it helped a lot. Will update what kind of car I decide on. Probably going to be a Honda or something along that line.Edit2: I found a 2004 Nissan Altima pretty good condition for 2300 cash. Gonna pounce on it thanks for the advice everyone!  <response>: Buy a cheap used car for cash. Then start saving the money you would have spent on a car payment say 300 a month into a special car replacement savings account. 