[samstave]

There are other costs to consider as well, not just fuel: add in the monthly insurance cost as well as the daily commute cost - depending on where you live, you may be paying $5 per day in commute tolls and several hundred per month for insurance.

[nknighthb]

I know no safe driver with a monthly insurance premium in the "several hundred per month" range. Even fairly expensive cars rarely go much above $2k/year for full coverage.