So, I am currently in need of a car but do not have enough money to afford one. My mum has offered to buy a car for me under the condition that I pay her back the money over however long it takes me to get the money. 


Now, I don't want to have to owe her a ton of money, and as such I have been trying to find a cheap car that I can pay off in a reasonable amount of time. My boyfriend has been helping me to find a good car for the past couple of months and recently came across one he deemed to be safe, reliable, and reasonably priced ($3500). The only issue was that the car was about a 4 hour drive away, so going to inspect it would require a day trip. However, my boyfriend and his father offered to travel to inspect the car with me, so it wouldn't have been an issue.


I showed my mum the car and she very much did not like it. She thought it would be a lemon because of how cheap it was. I told her that my boyfriend and his father offered to go look at the car with me, and she told me that even if they did and determined that it was not a lemon, she would not let me buy the car. Instead, she wanted me to wait a few months for an older relative of mine to sell their car to me, which would be at least $7000. 

I do not want to have to pay that much for a car, and I told her this, but she claims that since she is the one paying for the car it should be her decision. I disagree with this; since I am the one who will have to pay her back for the car eventually, and I will be the one who has to drive it, I should therefore be the one who decides what car I want to get. AITA? 