<prompt> Human: My beloved old POS car has a broken air conditioner and will supposedly cost 800 to repair. The car is not worth that much.But my daily drive is only about 7 miles, roundtrip. My commute is earlylate enough that the air isnt needed even during the hottest parts of the year. The only time its a problem is on the weekends if I drive for longer than 15 minutes to somewhere without covered parking.I can afford a nice, shiny new car. Every month I have about 1400 leftover after bills are paid, but Ive been throwing that at my 95k in student loans seriously kids, dont take out student loans. Ive got an emergency fund and retirement savings covered. I WANT a shiny new car. But it also seems stupid to incur such a large expense for a 7 mile daily commute, right?  <response>: 50 years ago only 50 of cars had air conditioning 20 years from now, the memory of having a car with no AC so you could knock out your student loans is going to actually be a fond one. Realizing that you still have money left on your loans because you got a shiny new car is not. 