Little Factoid about Cars

Just read this little factoid about cars:

"According to the AAA, on average it costs almost one dollar to drive the typical car one mile. That's after factoring in the cost of the car/depreciation, gas, insurance, maintenance, repairs, parking, tolls, traffic tickets, etc. The average American spends almost 20% of their income on their cars, and spends about 20% of their work week sitting behind the wheel ... much of it to get to and from work, in order to earn that 20% of their income they need to pay for the trip!"

Mind you this is from thedailygreen.com, therefore I am not sure what their other sources are on the 20%'s, but even just the AAA info about it costing $1 per mile I thought was shocking. I WISH I could give up my car, dammit, but I have to have one. Frustrating!!