<prompt> Human: Throwaway because some people IRL know my main accounts username. My income comes out to roughly 4000 net a month.Long story short, my expenses are 1000 for housing paid towards my dad, whose house I currently live under. Another 1000-1500 goes towards my student loans, which are 35,000 combined minimum payment is just short of 340. Another 500 is towards miscellenous expenses like credit card debt and usually less than 500 but I say 500 just to be safe. Any remaining expenses are put towards my savings account, which I have finally started to beef up after being broke. 1000-1500 netmonth to play with My question is would it be unreasonable to lease a roughly 33,000 retail value, 330 a month Subaru WRX? Cars and video games are my two main hobbies. I already have a gaming computer, and my 1996 Nissan Pathfinder is showing its age. I havent owned any fancy new cars, and considering Ive been at my job for over 3 months: a permanent, full time position likely to lead to a promotion to 6 figures in the near future, my reasoning is that finally treating myself wouldnt be such a bad idea. Am I wrong?  <response>: What do you mean when you say cars are your hobby? Most people I know who say that either race or buildrebuild cars.Anyway, the plan you mentioned, to drop 5k on a used Civic is a good one. Leasing for 330month for 3 years would be a 12000 commitment not counting the possibility of having to pay for extra miles. Counting on that full time100k position to come through in 6 months isnt a great idea. If anything, you should be saving a bit to insure against the possibility that it doesnt happen.And if youve got credit card debt in the sense of having a balance you dont pay off every month, that 330month can go toward that.All in all, I would say this lease does not make financial sense right now. 