[cm42]

In my early 20's, I briefly considered getting a new car, or maybe leasing.

Insurance would have been more than the monthly car payment, and when I expressed that $400/mo wasn't awful, but $1,000/mo for a car was a non-starter, the guy was seriously like "Well, do you want to eat food, or have a car (with lighted cup holders) to get to work?" and "If you can't afford rent, you can sleep in the car!"

That's still one of the dumbest conversations I've ever had.