Friend’s car totaled, advice on replacement?

She’s in SoCal, and I’m trying to help her figure out what cars to look at. She’s open to buying used or leasing, and is open to any car at this point. She just wants something super affordable. Given that interest rates are high, is it worth considering leasing? If she bought, she’d finance. Her payment was $350/mo before but if she could figure out something lower that would be great. I was looking for used plug-in hybrids since she’d qualify for the federal used EV credit, but it required cars under $25k and there wasn’t much available in that range. What would you guys do?

I have Base Elantra SEs in stock that have good APR specials if financed and pretty low leases

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I definitely would not jump on a hamster wheel of perpetual payments.