Is taxing car use bad?

Ask your poorer constituents.

I work from home and get paid an enormous salary. I literally do not care. But (1) in turn I make decisions which are purely convenience based because of that disposable income and (2) I'm just one vote.

The message you'll be selling to everyone else is: "hey, that multi-thousand dollar vehicle you use for getting to work because there's no public transport and your job requires you on-site? Pay more money to have it."

Or did the US not just have an entire election apparently determined by the price of eggs and the cost of living?