<prompt> Human: My husband came to me a couple days ago with the idea that he wanted to sell his car. He bought the car only about a year ago for 17,300 new. He can sell it to a dealer today for 13,500 he just had it appraised or try to get more from a private party.Since purchasing it, he definitely got some use out of it in the first couple months, but since we moved to the same city and started jobs at the same company, it hasnt gotten a whole lot of use. I also have a car, and so weve been trading off weeks driving one or the others car to work and school we carpool. In the year since weve moved, we havent once needed a second car at any point in time.However when he proposed selling it, it made me really stressed out: Were perfectly well-off and dont NEED to sell the car but perhaps the money could be put to better use? What if we did need a second car? E.g. one of us changed jobs or something... I dont anticipate this happening anytime soon but its possible in the future, and very likely that wed need a second car around, say, 5 years from now. Once we sell the car, the money gained from the sale will probably get tied up in other assets e.g. put toward the house or something so we cant just change our minds in a couple months. Then again, I guess we have an emergency fund we could use if the need very suddenly came up... I feel like its kind of a mark of adulthood to have your own car... is that really dumb? Well have lost 4,000 from what we bought it for to what we can sell it for, and that just feels like kind of a kick in the gut.Thats most of my thoughts on the matter... help me think about it?  <response>: You could sell it, put the proceeds away and keep them separate from everything else, then if in five years you need another car you can get one.Cash wont depreciate as fast as a car will. 