<prompt> Human: My boyfriends car recently got stolen and hes been looking into buying a new one. He makes 1500-2000 a month and has no credit. Hes looking into cars that are around 8k-15k. Both me and our roommate who knows a considerable amount on cars both advise against this. I think he should just save up he has other options for cars, his family is very supportive and wait to buy a car in cash for 3k or 4k, but he insists on going into debt. Am I in the wrong for thinking he should spend his money on something like school or savings rather than just throwing money into a car before hes even started college? He currently uses his savings account to separate his rent money from his debit account. I go through his spending every month to point out why he ends his pay periods with 3. He also has pretty bad impulse buy issues which he is working on, but hes very stubborn.EDIT: one more thing, he also argues that by the time hes done with school, hell be better off having it mostly paid off before he has more bills than just rent. His monthly living expenses are about 500ish a monthEdit 2: we just went through his expenses and he barely makes 1200 a month. He refuses to listen to anything i say also.FINAL UPDATE: i got through to him but also his car got found last night, almost in better working condition, and no damage! so we dodged a bullet here. thank you all for your help and contributions.  <response>: Love how people bitch that after paying a car off, youre going to need to buy another one. Ive had my main car paid off for 3 years and dont need another. I didnt want to drive it in the winter so... 600 Cavalier it is! 4 years and Ive replaced the brakes 50 for both rotors and pads. I beat the piss out of my main car. Why doesnt it break down? See blow. Take care of your shit people. Car maintenence is not difficult. Change your oil, change your plugs, change the air filter, keep fluids topped off, and for fucks sake wash it. Buy a cheap, but nice, car and finish school. Then splurge. Look into cheap and easy to repair cars. I swear Civics can be taken completely apart by 3 different size wrenches and thats it. Parts are insanely cheap and available. YouTube how to fix whatever is broken. Boom...done. 