<prompt> Human: Hello! Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. Im newly financially independent and ive never bought my own car before.Some facts;- I make k a year- I have k in student loan debt already- my expenses each month are about k - .k. I have about in disposable income each month depending on how much I pay towards my student loans- I have only been making money for about 6 months and DO NOT have 6 months of expenses saved up yet. The advice I was given was to have at least 6 months living expenses saved up. Im only about 13 the way there. I just did .k x 6 so I figure my 6 months living expenses are about k- I only recently started building my credit but I have a good credit scorerecord so I should be able to get a loanSince this is about buying a car, yall might want to know how much I actually drive. I dont actually drive very much. I walk to work so I drive maybe 50 miles a week. And thats all done on the weekend. If I biked to the grocery store it would be much less. But the point is, I dont drive very much at all. I cant tell you how much I drive in a year because I only recently started walking to work. But I expect to be at this job and be able to walk to work for the next 3-5 years.The question:- Should I buy something like a 2k car that just gets me from A to B or should I get something like a 2008 Honda civic for around 8k or can I afford to get like a 2017 Honda civic for 19k? Since I figure I wont spend very much on maintenancegasinsurance at all. What would you guys do?EDIT: Thanks everyone for the advice! I think im going to spend 2-3k on a used Toyota Camry. Im going to delete the post soon because it has personal info about my finances. But the help is very much appreciated!EDIT 2: I decided to keep the post up and just delete my financial information. Thanks again everybody!Assistant: 50 miles a week?Buy something super-cheap. If you get a 19k car that you put 3,000 miles on a year, its going to depreciate like a rock because of age, not mileage, itll cost you 2-3 per mile driven after insurance and operating costs are figured in, and it will hold you back from placing your money where it can work for you.Get something cheap and consider upgrading when your student loans are paid for. No sense at all going into debt.Human: Okay! What would you consider super cheap??Assistant: Toyota Yaris, Echo, Corolla, Camry, or Avalon. Or a RAV4 or pickup if theyre available cheaply.Honda Civic or Accord.Theres some relatively inexpensive Saturn products as well.Find something driven by a cautious senior citizen that had dealership maintenance done, if you can.Human: Okay. My last car was a civic so Ill probably just buy one of those.But I was more talking about price range. Could I afford a 2k car at least or were you thinking more like 500?  <response>: 500 wont be a drivable car. At least for as long as you need it. 