Well it isn't really all that easy to find a job, especially one to pay for his car. Even if he worked @ McDonald's or someplace like that, he would virtually be working for the car, every penny going into it in the form of the car payment, gas, and upkeep. It's easy to shout out "solutions" until you actually put yourself in his shoes and feels what he feels.
He's already paid 25 months worth, which means he got the car around the end of 2000, beginning of 2001, when the economy started to go bad, but no one knew just how bad it would get, so that's probably a factor as to why he got it. And what is it w/ these banks saying to call them and they will "work something out?" Translation: Call and tell us when you will make the next payment, or we will keep bothering you up until the point we just take the car back. I think people generally know that they owe them money and would send it to them if they could, duh.
Put it in storage somewhere and pray, and then go play lotto.