<prompt> Human: Currently I have a 2005 Ford Focus paid for with 145k miles. I have had this car for 3 years and am thinking that it might be time to upgrade. Recently had the clutch, slave and master cylinders replaced manual transmission cost about 1k. I think I can get between 2500-3000 for the car I live in San Diego. I have also been putting money aside every month towards the future purchase of a better car. For awhile it was 100 a month, but more recently I started being able to put aside 300 a month.I now have around 4400 set aside in an Ally savings account. Taking that plus the money from sale of car I am thinking about getting a little nicernewer one. Should I do that or just keep driving my current car and saving the money each month? Im worried about future repairs that may come up with my current car that will eat into the value of selling it. Or is it better with the devil you know.Thanks!!!Assistant: Keep saving, keep driving the current car, keep doing regular maintenance. When something major breaks on the car, sell it for what you can and go buy another car private party.If your current car is worth 3k and you are saving 300 per month then the car only needs to last another 10 months for the above plan to be positive financially.Assume, for example, you drive the car 20 more months with only needing to do regular maintenance note you have do this is maintenance regardless if its on this car or another one. Assume at the end of the 20 months it breaks and you get zero for it.in that case you saved 20x300 6,000 zero for the broken car. Compare this to selling the car today for 3k and then not saving the money for the next 20 months. In that case you got 3,000 0 3k at the end of 20 months.Every single month your current car lasts beyond month 10 is another 300 dollars you are ahead financially.Human: I hope to be able to keep putting aside the 300month whichever path i choose. Indent really care for loans and for that reason would rather buy cars outright.I guess the main question is would a 7000 car require less repairs than my current one.  <response>: Personally, Id rather have the Focus with a known maintenance history and a new clutch than a 7000 mystery mobile. One less thing to break. 