Do yourself, your wallet and the planet a favor--get a bike. You can get a fancy new one for less than $1000, there's little or no maintenance, no fuel, repair or insurance cost, you'll lose weight, lower your cholesterol, tone your legs and get plenty of fresh air......win win win

I commute about 50 miles a day on the interstate in my 190d, spend hundreds a month on repair, diesel and insurance (not to mention all of the time I waste sitting in traffic), and daydream of a 1.5 mile commute on a huffy