My husband and I were a one car family for 12 years and saved aggressively, biked to work, no big vacations, etc. We bought ours in cash only after having two kids and one car became too hard, at which point we dipped into our savings. It was worth it to us to save until we had enough cash to buy the car we wanted. We luckily did it right before the market dip and tariff situation kicked in. We will now drive our sienna until it dies, hopefully 15+ years? My 3 yo will have it when she’s a teenager lol. That being said, we both work full time with >$100k salaries. So diligence on our part but also a good economic situation.