<prompt> Human: EDIT: Not sure why spacing is all messed up. Im new to reddit...Hi all!I have a serious question to ask and want some opinions and advice but first, just give everyone a little bio about myself: I am 23 years old, just graduated college in May, and started my first real full-time job.Below I am going to give a pretty detailed look at my financial situation and I want to know if I am stupid for even thinking about buying the Challenger Scat Pack my dream car.I currently have zero debt college, credit cards, etc. Luckily for me I was able to work during most of my college career and I also had some help from my wonderful parents!My current salary is 52k and I am working in IT. I live in an apartment right now but my lease ends in about 2 months, so I am currently looking for either a different apartment closer to work or POSSIBLY a house not so sure on this one. I will detail exactly what I pay right now:My take home paycheck per MONTH is about 2700Rent: 600Elecincludes heat: Avg. 100Utils: 100Food: 250Car insurance: 50Gas: 150-175Cell: 70401k: 250Misc: 100---TOTAL: 1700 in bills and 1000 is savingsIF I were to buy the Challenger Scat Pack, plus trying to cut a little bit of extra spending:Rent: 650 Going near the middle to be safeElec: 100Utils: 50 Just need Internet, no TVFood: 200 Need to stop going out for food :P Car Insurance: 200 Im not sure exactly how much this may be, hopefully this is on the high sideCar Payment: 550-600Gas: 250Cell: 70401k: 250Misc: 100---TOTAL: 2400 in bills and 300 in savingsObviously these totals could change a little depending on how much I would end up paying in car insurance, how close I live to work gas since I currently drive about 35 min, and some other factors. My current Savings account has: 9100My current Checking account has: 5700Am I going way over myself and stupid for thinking about buying this car??  <response>: 52K salary and you want to buy a 40K car? Not going to find too many people here that are going to say yes in this forum. 