Is NOBODY wrong in the post ? POST : Let me start by saying I realize how ridiculous this is and I know I am going to catch a lot of flak about it. I feel trapped though.  

I need a different car. My old one is falling apart. I likely need my father to cosign with me. I am okay with this because it gives me the chance to prove myself to both creditors and my parents. 

My father is dead-set on a new car. I am uncomfortable with a new car for many reasons and my attempts to explain to him why have gone the opposite direction I intended. By opposite, I mean that this has slowly gone from helping with the down payment and cosigning on a cheap base model, to my father calling this morning and all but begging me to let them pay for a new Honda Insight. 

He went and got preapproval and everything. He says all I have to do is pay the insurance. He says they WANT me to have a new car, over and over and over. He says they want me to be safe and that I wanted a hybrid. If I have this new car they wont have to worry about me commuting every day to and from work.

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**Some Context:**

I am a 28 year old, only child of retired parents well into their 70s (yes, your math is right, lets not get into why I exist, it’s a whole thing…). My mother likely has dementia and is so stubborn she will probably die before being diagnosed with something. They don't go on vacation. They don't have hobbies. Their excitement is feeding the deer, turkeys birds etc. in their yard.


A while back I spent a whole day making an excel sheet to help us talk about what the best decision is financially when factoring in things like used vs new, expected repair costs, and fuel mileage etc. I was proud of this and sure it would help us see eye to eye. It seems like this only had the effect of making it seem like money is tight for me. Its not. 
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**I get the impression that my choices here are:**

1.	Let my parents basically buy me a brand new car (or half of one at least) so they can be happy. Have to look the salespeople in the eye and somehow not feel like a shmuck.

2.	Make my father disappointed and my mother confused (realistically, she has dementia, confused is her natural state now) when I say NO and tell them about how this whole thing is making me feel (guilty, overprivileged, terrified, pressured, etc.) 
