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There are two certainties every time summer rolls around: your fat Aunt Maude setting up shop near the barbecue grill and downing all the hot dogs and gas prices hitting all-time highs. I've gone through certain notable areas and counted up how much gas would cost (currently at $4.28 per gallon in NY) to traverse the hooker-infested universe of Grand Theft Auto IV.

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Car Used: Marbelle

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Looks Like: 1987 Ford LTD
FuelEconomy.gov Miles Per Gallon: 18

Bottom of Middle Park (Point No. 10) to Top of Middle Park (Point No. 8)
Distance: .48 miles
Cost of gas (one way): $0.11
Cost to commute there to work and back for a year (230 days): $52.50

Algonquin safehouse (9) to Bohan safehouse (5)
Distance: 1.12 miles
Cost: $0.27
Cost to commute there to work and back for a year (230 days): $122.50