[falcolas]

My only real comment here is that you do also have to put anywhere between $5,000 to $15,000 into your car yearly. Between elevated maintenance costs, additional fuel (somewhere around a tank every 2-3 days), and replacing the vehicle when it fails, it eats into the money pretty quickly.

At least, that was my experience.

[atdrummond]

No disagreement. The car would actually eat more of my budget than housing.