You are 100% right Joey.    No new cars for us when we turned 18.  Jim &amp; I were married with 2 kids before we got our first new car and even then Jim had to work nights and go to college during the day since the VA paid him the same amount for continuing his education as the car payments were.   lol<br /><br />In fairness to Cait, the only reason she has a brand new car is due to a car accident settlement she just received.   She gave a large % of it to her family who were in deep straits but only asked for enough for a new car for herself.