<p>That's pretty cool. My school pretty much only has golf carts that will give you a ride across campus.</p>
<p>Curiousity...how small is very small? Just wondering cause I've heard people call a town of 25,000 people tiny before...and that's certainly not tiny.</p>
<p>9,000 people in the town, give or take.</p>
<p>Ah, I see. The town I've grown up in has about 5-6,000 people (just big enough to have a Walmart, lol). </p>
<p>I've always felt really bad for the kids in towns of 1,000 people and less. I know over half of the folks' business in my town and I'm not even that gossipy...it's disgusting.</p>
<p>not sure if i'm going to buy a 350z for my freshman year or wait until my sophmore year.</p>
<p>i grew up in a town w/ 25-50k people in the town far away from the town area...like w/ shops..but now i live in a victorian town(lots of older houses) And i can walk 3 blocks to my house but theres 8.5k people in the town..i live on the main block in to town</p>
<p>well bringing a car is a pretty easy way to buy friends , if you don't feel like bothering to make any on your own.</p>
<p>If you feel that you are in a place where you'll use a car, and it isn't too much of an inconvenience to drive it there, then I do recommend having a car on campus. That way you won't have to run around trying to find someone to give you a ride if you need to do something off-campus. Plus it will be easier to bring your stuff back and forth every semester, if you live far enough that your parents won't trek out there.</p>
<p>Cars are great for the following reasons:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>You can get off campus. Nobody wants to be stuck in the same place forever! That's why they only send you to jail if you're bad!</p></li>
<li><p>If you go shopping, you don't have to lug five bags back with you.</p></li>
<li><p>Bus schedules can be quirky and sometimes nonexistant.</p></li>
<li><p>If you need something like a doctor or dentist, you can get there easier with a car.</p></li>
<li><p>You can go home easier!</p></li>
<li><p>It provides sort of a "save haven" for when you need to escape your dorm.</p></li>
<li><p>If you're like me and commute, it gets you to school :-)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>One word of advice--after you get your car up to campus make sure you can find a mechanic in the area in case something happens. If you can't find the dealership you need, look for a similar one (a Ford dealer could probably repair a Mercury, for example). If you're out of luck (like if the area doesn't have a Volvo shop), ask some of the locals who they recommend. Independent mechanics often will charge less for the same or better service. And you can't beat Midas for brakes.</p>