<prompt> Human: I drive an older car--a 1999 Honda Accord. The cars been great--no big trouble and Ive only ever had to pay for routine maintenance brake jobs etc.. When I got it, I heard itd last at least 300k miles.Thats where Im at now. Now, just this month, Im noticing transmission trouble. The guy tells me itll be 2k to fix this. Now, 2k is also the down payment on a much newer Honda at Carmax. I can afford the payment 174 per month but will that be the smarter option? This is my first adult car and Ive never replaced one. I dont really care about being cool or having the hottest car to be honest, the old one looks fine; Ive never been in an accident, the paint jobs good etc. so the only reason to upgrade for me would be to save money on big repair costs that could be coming. Whats the best strategy for saving money? Thanks!Assistant: Details on the much newer Honda? Human: 2008. Its an Accord. Assistant: how many miles and what model accord? ex, lx Human: LX and roughly 300,000 like 10k less than that. Assistant: the 2008 has 300k? if so do not even bother trying to get the 2008 Human: Oh! Sorry. I misread your question. 101k miles. My bad. I blame multitasking!Assistant: thats fine. so i am assuming you will not be spending more 5,000 in total for this car. my word-honda accords are great, what price did you get for this car? Human: The newer car would be basically 11K with a 2k down payment. My fear is, Id spend 2k for the fixed transmission and then, within a year or so, spend 9k more on repairs I dont know what those repairs would be; Im not a mechanic. Anyway, so Id RATHER just take the 174 per month in car payments and set that aside in savings unless, again, my existing car is about to implode or something. God, I am SUCH not a car guy.  <response>: dude fuck carmax. that 2008 accord is not worth 11k. it is worth 7k max if its in excellent condition. go on craigslist or cars.com and look for honda accords on there. however-getting a new USED car here is the correct answer 