<p>Wow, OP, who are you, Harry Potter?</p>
<p>Can you possibly scrape together a few thousand bucks to buy an old beater of a car? As long as it will run in the freezing temperatures, it will get you to campus faster than your public transit commute. And even if the heater is broken you’ll be warmer than you would be out in the wind.</p>
<p>As for your parents, assuming your story is for real, they are crazy and as soon as you are done with school you should put them in the rearview mirror.</p>