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real reason you're broke  By Nebraska2000ES  By Liz Pulliam
Weston  Americans are spending more on their vehicles than ever
before -- more than $8,000 a year on average -- and it's driving
some to the breaking point.  Credit counselor Bill Thompson of
Jacksonville, Fla., estimates that one out of every four clients
his agency sees has overspent -- sometimes dramatically -- on a
car.  "They may be spending 15% to 20% of their (take-home) pay
on just the car payment," said Thompson, who supervises credit
counseling for the nonprofit Family Foundations, "and that
doesn't include insurance, gas, maintenance and all the other
costs of owning a vehicle."  And sometimes there's more than one
whopping payment. Sand