Bills are a fact of life, car payment being one.
I have a newer car with a warranty on it. Something goes wrong I just bring it to them to get it fixed. Even though I'm a mechanic myself, I'm not going to spend my time fixing my car if its under warranty.
So far I've owned my car from 8k to 23k and have less than $125 invested in it. Thats just doing oil changes which I did them all myself.
Its much cheaper to dump a problem car and get a new one that you wont have to fix it everytime you turn the key on.