Dorm or Benz?

[erfaniman]

I am looking at a 15k benz or really expensive dorms for college. Am i missing out on that much by staying at home. I am most likely going to be on campus early in the morning to about late at night. This is my dillemma, I just though i would share to get some advice. Thanks

[iwrock]

Live in the dorm. I visited my sister for a weekend, and all I have to say is you WILL miss alot. It was fun, especially some of the things that went on down there. Get urself a dorm, and then when you graduate, get that car of your dreams that you have always wanted. Plus in a few years, that 15k dollar Benz may be worth half of what you would pay now.

[glenmore]

The dorm experience is a GOOD thing. College is a time for expanding your horizons and making life long friends. Staying at home would be like ....4 more years of high school.

glenmore

[G-Benz]

If college life is in any way remotely like I remember, having a car on campus was a PITA. An MB (to me) would seemingly be a target for vandalism every weekend by hordes of drunken malcontents.

Convenient parking on campus was difficult to obtain (even at the dorms), and the campus police probably funded the athletic program simply by the revenue gained by the sheer number of parking tickets issued each day!

Actual vehicle use was limited to returning home after midterms or holiday breaks. Local metro sights and shops outside of campus were accessible by foot or public transportation.

Treat yourself to a Benz after you graduate...you can score with the campus honies w/o the "star" anyway.

[Lebenz]

I agree with the others. I spent the last 5 years while at school at a place about a block away from campus. Used my car less than once per week. Forget about the Benz it is a nice toy for later. You’ll never regret living on or near campus.

[raymr]

You have the rest of your life for cars. Not so for college life. But then again, that fact that you are thinking about this to such an extent puts you outside of the college mainsteam.

[uberwgn]

yeah, get into the co-ed dorms, forget the car, you'll never look back

[boneheaddoctor]

How close are you to home...if its close save running up the dept and get the benz...college with be over soon enough and while you have a benz and far less debt some of these other fools will have no benz and be up to their ears in debt.

[cmac2012]

Originally Posted by erfaniman

I am looking at a 15k benz or really expensive dorms for college. Am i missing out on that much by staying at home. I am most likely going to be on campus early in the morning to about late at night. This is my dillemma, I just though i would share to get some advice. Thanks

Dorms. It'll broaden your life in all sorts of ways. Look around for a 2 or 3 K Benz or Beemer. Might need a little more work than the 15k but that'll help you get some o' those scars that chicks dig.

[WANT '71 280SEL]

I think it costs me maybe $2k? That doesn't unclude the meal plan which is another $1,500. I received a lot of financial aid so I don't know how much of it I pay.

Thanks
David

[Slcom1983]

I say go for the car. Two years from now when you have earned your BS (or BA) you will have known just as many girls and had just as much fun as if you were staying in the expensive dorm, but will have the nice MB as a bonus. Want proof? Watch "Animal House" one more time.

[Kuan]

Just think, which will get you laid more? Dorm or Benz?

[elau]

Originally Posted by Kuan

Just think, which will get you laid more? Dorm or Benz?

In my case, it was the dorm. Girls at that age don't know much about Benz, all they know is that they are expensive and they probably don't care.

I got laid all the time when I was in school, and I did not even own a car.

[cmac2012]

FWIW, $15K seems like a lot of money to put on a car at your age. Buying an older one will give you more opportunity to find out how cars work cuzzin' you'll get hands on experience fixing it. Sort of a sweat equity in a vehicle.

Round here, you can buy 123 and 126 diesels for $2 to $4 K all day long. Find a place that sells bio-diesel, and you'll have a leg up in conversation with cute babes who admire your actually taking action on the petroleum thing.

I met people I never could have imagined in the dorm I stayed in at WSU, aka "Cow Tech," the state ag. school, in eastern Wash., right next to Idaho. Really broadened my life.

Another thing, a $15K Benz is nothing to sneeze at but your fellow students might think you're a bit of an elitist, you never know, with a car better than 98% of 'em. I mean screw 'em on some level, but no need to alienate potential friends either. You can always buy the newer, better Benz, plenty of time for that.

Originally Posted by cmac2012

FWIW, $15K seems like a lot of money to put on a car at your age. Buying an older one will give you more opportunity to find out how cars work cuzzin' you'll get hands on experience fixing it. Sort of a sweat equity in a vehicle.

Round here, you can buy 123 and 126 diesels for $2 to $4 K all day long. Find a place that sells bio-diesel, and you'll have a leg up in conversation with cute babes who admire your actually taking action on the petroleum thing.

I met people I never could have imagined in the dorm I stayed in at WSU, aka "Cow Tech," the state ag. school, in eastern Wash., right next to Idaho. Really broadened my life.

Another thing, a $15K Benz is nothing to sneeze at but your fellow students might think you're a bit of an elitist, you never know, with a car better than 98% of 'em. I mean screw 'em on some level, but no need to alienate potential friends either. You can always buy the newer, better Benz, plenty of time for that.

I agree completely. The elitist bit depends on the school. Here you find 911 turbos, CLK 500s, etc. parked on the street right next to Civics. I am one of 3 C36 AMGs so far . I would look at a compromise. Get a group of guys together and rent a house in the middle of other student housing. Then take the extra cash and combine with the W126s he has.