My wife recently bought a new car. That's her choice. When BS'ing with the sales people at the dealership (Ford) they asked when I was going to replace my 12 year old car. I told them "Well, I ride a bike mostly, but the minute you guys have a vehicle that gets over 50 MPG for < $15K, or a full-electric vehicle, call me and I'll be over with my checkbook." I don't expect to have to spend any money anytime soon.

Honestly, if I needed a car right now there are plenty of old heaps that get > 30 MPG. A friend of mine bought an old Saturn sedan for $600 4 years ago, it's still running great and gets > 40 MPG. It looks like s**t, but what do I care?