<prompt> Human: For a person with a 40,000 salary with no debt and still living with parents with all bills paid by the parents, is buying a car really necessary if the person in question has been using public transportation for all of his or her life in the past?Assistant: No.Does he just want one to go where transit cant? Buy a decent used car for 10K or less.Human: He can bike walk public transport to pretty much anywhere in the Bay Area. Okay.  <response>: Ugh, the Bay. Doubly no for a car. Parking tickets are a bitch, parking is a bitch. Tolls and express fees are twin bitches. Driving anywhere near the Bay area is a bitch.If you like bitches, buy a car and drive in the Bay. I assume your friend does not like this particular variety of bitchass auto related problems...From SoCal, eyeing your transit with great envy. 