1.0 link 112355 <![CDATA[Is Our Long National Obsession With Cars Finally Ebbing?]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seanpaul-kelley/is-our-long-national-obse_b_112355.html One thing I have never understood about Americans is their love of cars and I am from Texas -- SUV country par excellence.

To me a car is like a prison sentence, once all the real costs are figured into the purchase. First there is filling it up. Easily $50 right now, $2600 a year. Then there is oil for the engine, $5 every couple of weeks, maybe every other month or so. Then there are state taxes, $100-$200 a...

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