I'm about to lose my best friend i don't know what to do

My best friend has been going though financial difficulties on and off for two years. So most of the time I would be the one to drive to him and hang out at his apartment and any time we go out I would most likely drive. For the last year he has been living in a very uncomfortable and unconventional way so every time we hang out we would not hang out where he lives. We live about 20 minutes apart but I hang out with him a lot after work and that's a 45 minutes drive. I most of the time end up paying. I understand he is in a financial bind right now so i'm willing to send the money and send the gas however all I asks him to do is drive whether its my car or his and I would pay for gas however he doesn't want to. What he ends up doing is making dinner or bring food for us.which is not all the time which im grateful for it but I don't care for that I don't mind making food or paying for it I just want him to drive. And yes he has driven my car and he drives to class every day he says he doesn't like to drive with people in the car and he doesn't like to drive my car so that when I offered to pay for gas for him and he would drive but he declined. So earlier today I came up with a compromise for both of us to take turns driving but honestly that's not what I want I honestly just want a break driving for a while and I just want him to drive anytime we hang out.What are your thoughts and opinions about the situation