conversation: User (IEnjoyCats): "As the title says my car's a/c just went out. It will cost $785 to repair. My car is a 2009 honda civic with 107,000 miles on it. I thought I could get another 100,000- 150,000 miles with it which would have been great because my car is completely paid off.\n\nI make $1000 a month; I am a 20 year old female and still live with my dad. The only thing I pay for is my food/gas/ and my dad's and I $150 cable bill a month. My college is paid for in scholarships. My dad still pays for my car insurance, health insurance, and phone bill as long as I stay college and make above a 3.0. He is pretty well off, and can afford this. However, he is not willing to pay for my car repair- he is the one that bought it for me and it is my responsibility to take care of repairs. \n\nWould it be a smarter financial decision for mye to trade my car in (no one is gonna buy it in this heat with a broken a/c) at a dealership and get a used car, maybe a 2012 or 2013 or should I bight the bullet and pay the $785 in repairs so that I can keep not having a car payment. \n\nI have $3,000 dollars in my savings account that I have been saving over the past year. I've been planning to use this for a rainy day, to help me out after I graduate until I find a job, or for supplies needed for nursing school next spring. I am worried if I now have a car payment plus my cable bill and only making $1000 each month I won't have enough money to keep saving, which is important to me. Any advice is appreciated. Also I should put this in here some where but I have a good credit score, it's 759 (I got my first credit card last August). \n\nLastly, the car I drive right now is not in my name so I am assuming there will be extra fees associated with that if I buy a different car. \n\nThank you for your advice. \n\n\n\n**Edit:**\nThank you everyone for your advice I have read all the comments. Honestly I think I was just thinking short term instead of long term because the idea of spending 1/3 of the money I have saved this year freaked me out. Tomorrow after work I am going to get a couple quotes on it and talk to my moms boyfriend, his best friend owns a repair shop. Thanks again guys, this subreddit was awesome; I'll definitely be back for more advice at some point.  You people are great. :D \n\n**Edit 2:** \nSo I was telling my mom about my problems on the phone last night and she says her boyfriend's best friend owns his own mechanic shop and I'm here right now having them look at it to get an opinion from someone I can trust. Thanks for the continued comments and messages from people trying to make sure I don't get ripped off.\n\n\n**Edit 3:** \nSo it turns out it wasn't my whole compressor that was broken. The only part of my compressor that was broken was a part called an AC relay. My mechanic took out my old one and replaced it with a Toyota Corolla AC relay which is thicker snd supposed to last much longer. \n\nSecondly I definitely have a freon leak because I only had a third of a pound of freon in my car and I'm supposed to have a full pound in it. So he put more freon in it and put dye in it so that when it runs out again in a couple weeks he can go back and see where the leak is and repair it. He charged me $200 which is much better than I thought it would be so I am relieved. I guess I'll see the total though when I figure out how much my mechanic is going to charge based on where the leak in my AC is. "
  Self: "Repair that car!  I have an 03 celica with 160k on it and she still runs great. Not having a car payment is awesome. "
  