My wife and I just became a two-car couple, so we're headed in the wrong direction. Or so it would seem, but not really. She has an SUV which she needed for hauling building supplies. But now the need has diminished, and she felt it was silly to be consuming all that fuel when she isn't hauling stuff. So she bought herself an old Prius and will drive that mostly. She'll leave the SUV upstate and barely use it. She says the insurance cost of having it is low enough. She said I can use the Prius, and who knows, I might need it, depending on where I land for my next job. One reason she's been driving a lot is that in the city, we have alternate side of the street parking, and it's necessary to move the car every day or two. When the street cleaning hour comes, parking becomes more scarce, so she drives to her work to avoid that problem. But if I need the car, and I might need it, that removes the burden for her and lets her take mass transit which is less stressful. But I really don't like driving, so I hope I don't get a job that requires a car commute. The Prius is still nice to have.