According to this website the average cost of owning a car in the US in 2023 was $1015/month
https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/loans/auto-loans/total-cost-owning-car
Let's round it down to 1000
According to this website, a common number of working days in the US, if you get 12 days vacation (12 days!? What are you doing!?) and take 4 days sick leave, is 235
1000 USD x 12 / 235 = $51/working day
The first link has a car cost calculator, if you use it I'd love to hear how much you would get pr working day to drop the car!
But there's more!