<prompt> Human: Im currently driving a little 4 door econobox and am interested in getting a used truck 10-14k. I am a project guy who runs across good reasons to have a truck about every other week. I could tap my emergency fund, I could get a used auto loan, or I could dip into this home equity line of credit that I set up a while ago. My main driver for considering this is because the interest paid would be tax deductible as it is considered as a 2nd mortgage. For reference my AGI for 2015 puts me in the 25 income tax rate.Is this a crazy idea?Assistant: Debt sucks, car debt especially so. Id pay cash, and stay ahead of the spending curve. Human: In this crazy world we live in its all about managing debt and leveraging assets. Its weird, but its true.  <response>: Ive seen thousands of posts here from folks who played the manage the vehicle debt game and didnt beat the high score. Weird but true. 