I hear that comment everyday when I tell people that I just dropped 5k on my 90 civic. Because I make really good money for my age, everyone figures that I should go get a new car. I had always planned on doing that too, but I changed my mind. It's worth it to me to dump some cash into it. If I get the stupid superficial things taken care of, I will have nothing to complain about (as long as my b16 swap is doing well). If I did get a new car, I would definitely keep my civic (and not for a beater). Personally, I like my car alot. I like the inside so much, it's just grown to a comfort zone, making me not like driving other cars. If someday I want to sell it, the money wont obviously be paid back, but at least I would have had some fun in it.