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<p>This has always been a spectacularly non-compelling argument for me. I went to hs with kids whose parents bought them cars for their 16th birthday, but when it came time for college they had “no money” and wound up at Southwest Missouri State. My rising high school seniors have to share cars with me / my H. I work at home, so that’s easy enough to arrange, but I am not obligated to provide them with their own car. They get downtown and to their jobs / volunteer work using public transportation – which is both better for the environment and a way to develop city-skills for my suburban kids. Our plan is to buy them cars when they graduate college, but as of this writing, I see no reason that they “need” cars in college unless some situation drastically changes.</p>