1) One car per person is not necessarily wasteful -- last year, I had three;
now I have two (the bus, along with a daily driver).  There's no rule that
you have to drive any of them.  If I could take mass transport to work, I
would in a _heartbeat_, but I'd still keep my cars.

2) Tight money?  Ratchet down the insurance (you'll qualify for a mileage
discount) and don't do any major work on it until you can afford it.  Hell,
limit it to a drive around the block once a week to keep things from gumming
up.

3) VWs aside, keep the cars separate if you can -- in our house, cars are kind
of a lighning rod.  She happens not to like my choice of vehicles, couldn't
care less about aesthetics, and thinks that working on cars is a waste of
time.  I plan to buy her auto trans Hondas for the next seventy years.

Best,
d.
1990 GL -- "Mudskipper"