| D went to Rice as a freshman without her car (4 hours from home). She came back for it in October and really enjoyed having it, both for local shopping/food runs and to come home for breaks.
S is at a school in a major city where you should NOT have a car, and he does. There were reasons for it freshman year (some medical appts that required driving) and it came in handy. Parking is expensive unless you find a place on the street and think hard about moving your car! After 2 years, he really is on the fence about whether he still wants to have it. It certainly comes in handy (he is not eligible for the car-sharing services that are available due to (a-hem) some blips on his driving record) for getting out of the city, visiting relatives and other things I probably don't want to know about. I have mixed feelings about it. He has been very responsible about it, but it seems like a huge hassle. |