<prompt> Human: My wife and I only have one car after my Toyota Camry died 265k miles. She has a job in close to home, not walking distance but pretty close. I have interviewed for a job that could potentially be from 35-40,000 a year but it is a 30-45 minute drive. I am currently completing my senior year of college and cannot work TuTh because of class schedule. So what the heck should I do? We dont have more than 1,000 to spend on a vehicle, I dont have a motorcycle license, and I dont know what to do. The distance of the new job is not a big issue but the main factor is I would have to pick up the wife when she gets off work and then drop her off at home, without a vehicle, and go back to work for a few hours. Any advice on how we can fix this problem? Is there any alternative vehicle or something that I could afford? What about using a cab service to pick her up?edit: Thanks for all the support and advice I will try to get on here in a few hours. I really appreciate all the info though thanks!Assistant: What part of the country do you live in? Could you get a bike and a bike rack? drive the wife to work and have her bike home each day?Human: Small-ish town in Texas. Population around 80k this would be ideal but it would probably be more practical riding a bike myself for 30 miles than asking my wife to ride one 2 miles home. If you have a girly wife you will know why...edit:I dont really understand the downvotes. I guess you would just have to know us to realize what I mean by the above comment. I agree that biking for her would be a good solution but the reason I posted was to see if someone had any other ideas that I had not thought of.  <response>: The hell? She cant bike or walk two miles? If youre slow, thats a 10-minute ride, 45-minute walk. Also, Im girly and I bike 20 miles round-trip to work in the springsummerfall. She needs to consider if its really worth spending money you cant afford on a car because shes too lazy to go 2 miles. 