<p>I really only wished I had a car occasionally, usually when I wanted to go to the public library but didn’t feel like either walking or taking the public bus, or when I wanted to go home and my roomie wasn’t available to carpool with. All told, I wanted to drive a car maybe once or twice a month.</p>
<p>I did have two friends who brought their cars freshman year. One had an off-campus job and wasn’t on the meal plan; for her, the car was definitely necessary. The other one used hers largely to go home once every two weeks; aside from that, I can count on one hand the times I saw her use it. So it does vary by your situation.</p>