When I was hired by my present employer, which is 35 miles from my house, I left a job that was 3 miles from my house. The deal I cut was that they pay my gas. They estimated 70 miles per day, at 20 miles per gallon, and gave me a gallon allowance. I went and bought a car that gets 30 miles per gallon, so in the last 5 years I have personally paid for one tank of gas when I went to Delaware last year. I'll have to pay for the gas to Indiana this year too, it will exceed my allowance.
With the current price of gas, I'm thinking I lucked out with the deal I made.