<p>so my parents want to try to get me a car for next year so i can go back and forth to monreal or wherever and see friends/family--i was wondering first if you're allowed to have cars first year and second if you think that it'd be convenient to have one there or just a pain in the butt</p>
<p>1) You can't have a car first year
2) You can hide it, i.e. no reason to register, just find a frat or random house on campus and pay a couple hundered bucks a semester for a spot
3) Its not a pain at all - I loved having it for road trips</p>