http://realestate.msn.com/buying/Art...42526>1=8479
Here's a good article on MSN.com about how gas prices could kill the suburban commuter. The figure below caught my eye because I could not even dream of paying that much for transportation each month. My entire monthly savings would have to pay for an expensive engine.
From the article:
<<<<Assuming a full-time job, $3 gas, 26 mpg and 50 cents a mile for maintenance and no parking fees, a 50-mile roundtrip commute costs $646.15 a month, or $7,753.80 a year, according to the City of Bellevue, Wash.'s, Commute Cost Calculator<<<<<