I have a neighbor who just bought a new Ford F150 4X4 to commute back and forth to work. His commute will be one hour each way. I tried and tried to get him to buy a used Honda Civic or better yet move closer to work. He just had to have that $43,000 truck and he financed it also. Self inflicted wound in my book. Worst part he is a great guy and fun to hang out with. His wife also has a large SUV so they could have gone with a much smaller commute car.