For instance, there was a high level of desire to be guided through the process of entering one's billing or credit card info into an in-car payment app. Seven in 10 participants said that they'd ...

“We’re lucky we’re not in debt,” Cauley said. “I’d prefer not to go in debt over a car. A new car payment could be $1,000 a month and we’re both retired and so we gotta look at that ...

Neither, she said, recommending I keep no car payment. So I called my financial adviser. He assured me I could afford a new car even if we hit a recession, given that I have few other bills.