Are you working for your car or the reverse?

How much does the average person work so they can own a car?

One author puts it at about 8 hours per week (http://www.bikecommute.com/moving_at_the_speed_of_life.html)

That’s 15 to 20 % of your work week, not a problem if you are a gearhead and cars are your passion. For many of us, in spite of the auto industry’s efforts to make cars the central focus of our existence, a car is like a refrigerator.

Of course cars are needed for other things too, but if you could make the tradeoff and not use a car, you could retire at least five years earlier if the car expense was invested instead of consumed in transportation.

--Bike Chemist