QUOTE(empyreal @ Aug 1 2013, 01:23 PM)
then the answer is purely economic - is it worth it?
if the answer is yes, then having a car is just corollary to your work.
and you're still using a variable as a constant - your home. you can move, or rent, the way europeans do, closer to your workplace.
in any case, i've already answered your earlier question of "how can anyone live without a car", didnt i?

, u giving me $ to move the house?
my working area nearby the most cheaper is selling in 600k, my house only can sell in 450k, u give me the extra 150k i move my house.
rental there for a house is around 2k, my monthly payment to my house is only 1.5k
u tot everyone is idiot dont know how to calculate?
u stay in msia, not euro, msia is not a high income country, those europeans can do that, not meaning it can apply to msian
u got a good work good pay, so u dont care about those who are poor, who only have little income,
who dont have own transport, have to travel far away to work and getting good pay, and try to own a transport to cut down the travel time so that can spend more time with family, and try to save $ to move their home more near to working place.
that y rich ppl never understand y normal/poor ppl want to bising when there is a price increase