The circles of longitude, meridians, meet at the geographical poles, with the west-east width of a second naturally decreasing as latitude increases. On the equator at sea level, one longitudinal second measures 30.92 metres, a longitudinal minute is 1855 metres and a longitudinal degree is 111.3 kilometres.
The median average insurance rate in the U.S. is $1,248 per year, which works out to just about $100 per month in insurance. Assuming $125 per month for gas, and $50 per month to save for things like registration and repairs, that leaves our hypothetical buyer with $277 for their monthly car payment.
That price equates to a monthly payment of $633, assuming the buyers put 20 percent down, financed for 48 months and principal, interest and insurance did not exceed ten percent of the household's gross income. Average-earning residents of Washington, D.C., can afford to pay $32,531, or $641 per month, for a vehicle. The rest of the nation can afford significantly less. Simply put, people are spending far too much money on their cars.