<prompt> Human: So, yes, as the title states, I spend 600 dollars a month in gas between work and day to day life. Aside from that ludicrous amount Im not in really any particular money trouble. Current car is a 2005 Honda Civic fully paid off Stable job making nearly 40k take home, stable living situation. Just a huge chunk of gas per month to the point that it seems like a good idea to trade in my car for something new where the gas savings would be within the ballpark of a car payment Income 3,100 per month take homeCurrent expenses: 500 rent 100 utilities600 gas200 food111 - per month car insurance100 misc walking around money50 - gym10 - netflix basically means I overestimate to that much each month when separating out my paycheck. Anything left over gets rolled over into my gift budget and or pre-emergency fund emergency fund. normal emergency fund is 10k that basically just sits in a savings accountCredit score is a bit low at the moment sub 700 due to breaking a lease when I was younger and dumber. Edit: Will be going to sleep soon but I want to thank everyone whos commented. Ill definitely be back tomorrow. Youve all given me a lot to chew over and I really appreciate it!  <response>: So you live 90 miles from work and youre in the bay area? 90 miles is about the length of the Silicon Valley, and youre doing this for a job in the Valley that nets 40K?If you net 40K, your at what 6570. Thats not really that great for the Valley, but 500 rent is amazing if thats in the Valley.Theres a TON of people that commute in from around 100 miles into the Valley. Im in that commute area, Im sure we both know what the traffic is like.Why wouldnt you just change jobs? What kind of work do you do that make a 100mile commute worth it at 65K? You could make that doing a LOT of different things in SF.Switching cars from a Civic to pretty much anything else, isnt going to turn out well. Add up all the costs.Have you considered sharing a ride? Maybe a Lyft or some other kind of ride share. Another option is to get a ride into where public transport takes over.Ive considered commuting into Silicon Valley and a shared bus seems to be one of the best option. Im also thinking about some kind of shared UberLyft kinda deal, but this would be for a much higher paying job.Youd doing this for a not that great paying job, not a bad pay, but not great for that area. 