A Hunting We Will Go

Right now, courtesy of my financial aid check, I've been pushed and prodded by my parents to look for a new car because my 1984 Honda Porshce [Prelude] is running on it's last wheels right now. The main problem is that we bought it as a lemon and ended up paying almost double the amount in repairs as we did for the car.

The deal is that whatever I use from my aid my parents will match, meaning, if I can budget right I'll potentially have $4000 for a down payment. The thing is that they're planning on a getting a new car too, so if I don't get a 4WD [specifically for Tahoe!] then I could possibly borrow theirs to go to the snow. But if they don't and I don't, then I'll probably be forced to rent one or ask someone else to drive. The other alternative would be for me to just use their old car ['95 Civic] which is already paid off, and right now I'm leaning that way.

Even with $4000, a lot of the used SUVs start around $15,000 which is a little out of the ballpark for me. But I'm sitting online, checking out different websites about buying cars and what not, and now I'm getting a little lightheaded from all the prices. I like the Matrix and those wagon type cars [Outback, Protege, etc.] but I think the last thing I need right now are car payments.

On top of that, I'm FUNGRY and I don't know what I want to eat...

Decisions, decisions...