conversation: User (Dogmaofnothing): "My parents recently (irrationally) bought two brand new cars and are struggling to make the payments on them. On top of that we will need another car soon as Everyone in my family will have a job or be attending school and will have different commutes. My money is going towards college and I don't really want to be in debt.  I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for us. I am just trying to go to school and be debt free. Could my parents sell a new car and then buy two used cars with the money?"
  Self: "&gt; Could my parents sell a new car and then buy two used cars with the money?\n\nNot likely, if they were bought in the last couple of years then they will not really be able to make anything on them, the best they could hope for is getting what's owed but then they'd still have nothing left to put toward anything else.\n\n&gt; My money is going towards college and I don't really want to be in debt. I was wondering if anyone had suggestions for us.\n\nDo you have any savings?  If so, go find a 10 year old base model Civic with halfway decent shape and buy it.  Depending on your area this could be just a few thousand dollars.\n"
  