Ive been making that argument for a while. I have more tied up in bikes then I paid for BOTH my cars (86 4cyl 4Runner and a 96 Previa) and the cars have tires that go 50,000 miles a set. LOL

I sold my Suburban a couple years back. 40gallon tank and a 454 under the hood, It was painful to fill. I saw it rattle past $100 a couple times. It was way over kill for our needs (Light weight Airstream camper and I sold the 4x4 I pulled with it). Thankfully 7 years ago I changed positions with my company and took a job 4.3 miles from home. That was a HUGE savings over the 44 mile round trip I had been making. 1.5 years ago my office moved...I'm pissed! It moved 2 miles closer and I lost a lot of my exercise

I remember the tirade my old man went into when gas hit 50cents a gallon in the 70's. We did a lot of camping. we had lite pop up camper that we pulled with a VW Station wagon. We were on our way to Colorado from Troy MI and some where in Illinois and we drove on fumes trying to find a place under 50cents a gallon. My old man pitched a fit for the next 100 miles.

Keeping my wife's car. She has a '00 Mustang GT. Friday night gas fill ups are crazy. All the pumps were taken, so the pumping rate was slow. I waiting 15-20 to fill up her car (she waits until the low fuel light comes on). I filled it up and it was almost $60 for 13.5 gallons. Not as expensive as a truck, but still crazy. She drives hard too, so she doesn't get the best mpg. All I know is I prefer a bike to a car any day. No oil to change, no computers to run diagnostics, etc.

Next car I get will be a 4-banger used econobox to get me from A to B when the bike can't be used.