Should I downgrade?
Hello Everyone,
I’m a 24M, I came to Canada as an International student and bought a Hyundai Elantra N line 2022. I pay 400 monthly and currently it has about 10,1000 km’s on it.
As of now I owe $15,000 on it. I was thinking about
downgrading to a Honda Civic older models. I can still afford this car or I can pay it off in full.
Reasons :
*My car insurance is about $450 per month
(which is Insane)
* Secondly I have grown tired of having a cool car among my peers as it’s a sports model.
*Although I have enough fun in it, I’m tired of the car even though it has fancy feature.
*I could save up money. And focus on my new career and in order for that my expenses should be low. I’m going to WFH.
*I Could move to a better apartment.
Overall, buying a new car at my age, I feel like was kinda dumb.
Even though it is my first car I feel bad
Posted Feb 26, 2026, 3:30 AM UTC