So while the Gov't and whatever industries/Scholors want to classify it however they like their data is Flawed

do you actually see the flaws in your arguments, deerhunter?
you're already arguing using the exception and not the rule.
you also seem to get desperate, since you try to switch the topic. Of course is the availability of cars a big part of what makes the US a first world country, but that doesn't mean it is a necessity.

Btw, nearly all discussions on AT make me think of this(and I'm not saying I wasn't in that situation before, too):
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/1999/dutycallsi.png

car ownership isn't a luxury. it's a pain in the ass that reaches all the way up above the neck. think they call it a migraine or some such nonsense.