brought to you by the every dollar app start budgeting for free today i was in a core accident

not too long ago and because of that i do have a backup car that i'm currently in and it's a

1996 uh Chevy blazer and it's it runs good it has a, it has a heater. It's perfect as is.

But I do commute a lot.

So I'm looking to buy a car.

I do have money cash to buy one, but my dad used to be a car salesman.

And he was saying that I shouldn't use this money to buy the car out cash, that I should

get comfortable with paying a little bit of down payment and then make it adjust so that

way I'm comfortable with the monthly payment that I receive.

But I don't like the idea of debt.

I don't like the idea of paying interest because you're paying money for essentially money that you don't have.

So I don't really understand that part, but I just, I want a second opinion.

Well, I'm going to caveat this by saying, I'm sure your dad is a lovely, wonderful, intelligent man, but he has been brainwashed by the car industry.

And can I tell you, car salesmen have some of the worst money habits.

If I had to generalize that I've ever seen in my life,

have you seen these TikTok videos that have been going viral?

Tell me about this.

They go to car dealerships and they go to the staff at the car dealership and they say,

what is your payment, what car?

These people have like $900 a month payments on these cars. They are so all about their ego. They want to look good. And they say, well, you got to get a new car. It's like asking a dentist if you should get your cavity filled. And so I would strongly encourage you to not take your dad's advice when it comes to buying this car.

I mean, I think it's kind of like somebody who packages drugs telling you that a little bit of

drugs are okay. Yeah. You know what I mean? It's a little bit too biased. He's a little too close to it.

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