<prompt> Human: Ok, I have no debt and 6 months savings. I also have a respectable 401k built up.I own my house and own two cars outright, one for me and one for my wife.Problem is that my car, an SUV actually, has 180k miles on it and Ive been driving it for 12 years. I just recently got it out of the shop where it had sat for two months, and the mechanic was unable to fix the problem which was a rear window malfunction. With the outstanding cost of that repair, it takes the SUVs value down to somewhere around 1k-2.5k. Its close to being a junker, and with the window broken its hard to use for long trips. I budget around 1000year for repairs for that car.Now, my SUV is also pretty gas inefficient, it only gets 15-16 mpg. This means I pay high gas bills to drive it.So now Im thinking it might be time to retire it. Im looking closely at gas efficient vehicles, my front runner right now is the Honda Fit. Its reasonably priced at 18k for new or barely used. The Fit gets 30 mpg, too, almost double what my SUV gets. That adds up to around 1500 per year in gas savings for the Fit.So heres the question. I think I have 3 options: I eat into my savings to purchase a car, knowing that it will save me 2500 per year, but would eat 23 of my 6 month cushion. It would take about 1 year to save back up. I take out maybe a 2-3 year car loan on the Fit, maintaining my safety net but costing me interest on the loan. I could pay the loan off within 12-18 months. I keep driving my junker until I can better afford a new car even though it costs me 2500 extra per year, 200mo, to driveAny advice on which to pick? Any other ideas that I havent thought of?  <response>: Would you consider a ford focus? I own two of them myself. Just bought a 09 with 32k for 10k. I get 36 MPG. I also bought an 08 with 43k a few years back. It now has 124k. All I have had to do is change the oil runs like a champ. If it did need to be fixed it would be cheaper too since it is a ford. Just something to consider. 