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Old 02-02-2006, 09:11 PM
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Im going to Elon University
Meh. My brother went there...great looking campus, but education..meh. Good luck.
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A bike? Like a 200cc one, not to fast, and not to slow.
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like others have said... drive your bloody TL. its no lambo or anything to keep it in the garage. You bought a nice car, use it, drive it, enjoy it.
i dont get ppl who buy regular cars that can be driven every day under any condition, then act like they own a one of a kind ferrari and only takes it out under perfect weather condition.
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i was at university of maryland for 3 and a half years. i never once had a problem with ppl dinging or scratching me. park further away from the other cars. having a nice car in college is a VERY good thing but dont let other ppl drive ur car. i never let ANYONE drive, eat or be excessively(sp?) drunk in mine. id say, take the 5-7 u wanna spend on a beater and mod the hell outta the TL. supercharger
Old 02-03-2006, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by HQuakers
Meh. My brother went there...great looking campus, but education..meh. Good luck.
They have one of the top MBA programs in the country...they have a really good business school and I think im going to major in finance so i should be alright...from what you guys are saying I guess i will just take my tl down and see how things go at first. If they dont start out good i guess i will just bring it back.
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Originally Posted by BigB270
...from what you guys are saying I guess i will just take my tl down and see how things go at first. If they dont start out good i guess i will just bring it back.
Wise idea. Just give it a try...if it proves to be more trouble than you'd like, then bail. I don't think you'll have a problem. Good luck
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Thank you for everyones opinions and thoughts
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Good luck to you then. Sounds like you've found a good major. I was thinking and my brother didn't have any car problems down there. If you were in inconsiderate NJ, it would be a different story. Watch out for the redneck exremeists.
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Daewoo or Kia. Now u been pimpin @ c-o-l-l-e-g-e.

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get a accord....we beat the shit out of my boys 95 accord sedan...theres puke, dings, and weird smells all over that beater
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but dude just drive the TL....trust me, unless your a pushover and have no balls, no one is gona ask you for your keys. im not gonna lie, my friend puked in my car once, but so have i. an no ones stupid enough to puke IN the car, they always open the window ahha


but trust me man..the pimpness of a brand new TL in college and impressing the chicas every day is DEFINATELY WORTH one night of pukage.
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I agree with a previous post that not using your TL does not make any sense.

Don't forget about insurance costs with two cars....and while your 06 TL is your prized possession at the moment...I can guarantee that in 2010 when you graduate....you will be lusting after something new.

Now if you had a classic car...I could see you garaging it...but the TL no way. Enjoy it while it's new...and it's styling is fresh.
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as a fellow college student, get the TL down there
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Amazingly, I drove my modded to hell car for 4 years to school...and not one dent has come of it.

You're worse off parking in a Walmart parking lot.

Id rock the TL.
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Originally Posted by SakiGT
Amazingly, I drove my modded to hell car for 4 years to school...and not one dent has come of it.

You're worse off parking in a Walmart parking lot.

Id rock the TL.
Was it the PT?
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BigB270, do freshmen get to have their cars at Elon??? I wish the schools I'm waiting to hear from would let me... but they all make me wait until Sophmore year.
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Originally Posted by Sclass88
BigB270, do freshmen get to have their cars at Elon??? I wish the schools I'm waiting to hear from would let me... but they all make me wait until Sophmore year.
That would be a deal breaker for me. In fact, it was at a couple schools.
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Originally Posted by Motohip
Was it the PT?
Yes. In fact, Im still driving it. Having a daily driver is overrated unless you have a serious show car (TVs in your engine bay) or a 9mpg track beast.

The only dent I have is from a shopping cart at Sams Club *argh*

My PT was built to be driven and enjoyed
Old 02-07-2006, 06:01 PM
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take what you got man. i had my cl-s up here (my ex keyed the shit out of it, but besides that it didnt get damaged). i also have my A4 up here in school. unless you go to school in a high risk area, or your campus of notorious for having people messing up cars, i wouldnt worry too much.
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Originally Posted by Sclass88
BigB270, do freshmen get to have their cars at Elon??? I wish the schools I'm waiting to hear from would let me... but they all make me wait until Sophmore year.
Yea luckily we are allowed to have cars...thank you for all your responses. Im going to go ahead and take the TL down. While on my vist i noticed a lot of nice cars anyways from beemers to lexus's so hopefully i will be fine.
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Yeah, it all depends on the area. If it was like Oakland or something please don't bring anything worth more than $1000.
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