I will concede that implicit in the thumbnail character sketch was the issue that this person has to commute for work by car (and given their profession may have to drive a lot to remote work sites). So it's quite likely she needs a car and, sitting in the thing for 10+ hours a week, it's not unreasonable to want a nice one.
But the car pictured was a rather newish compact hatchback.
That's basically pissing away money on a nasty-but-fashionable tin box that will be dying after 80,000 miles/five years.
She could spend the same amount of money instead on a 5-6 year old BMW 3 series or similar, rather than a 1-2 year old tin box. A much nicer car, somewhat more expensive to maintain but more reliable and built to last a lot longer. Then she'd get 4-5 years' use out of it instead of 1-2 years. Which works out cheaper in both the short and long run.
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But the car pictured was a rather newish compact hatchback.
That's basically pissing away money on a nasty-but-fashionable tin box that will be dying after 80,000 miles/five years.
She could spend the same amount of money instead on a 5-6 year old BMW 3 series or similar, rather than a 1-2 year old tin box. A much nicer car, somewhat more expensive to maintain but more reliable and built to last a lot longer. Then she'd get 4-5 years' use out of it instead of 1-2 years. Which works out cheaper in both the short and long run.