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It's terrible, some of the worst I've seen in England in regard to buses. Trams are OK but are incredibly limited as to where they go
To the OP: What about selling the car and buying a moped/small motorbike?
Take car to Uni or not?
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It's terrible, some of the worst I've seen in England in regard to buses. Trams are OK but are incredibly limited as to where they go
To the OP: What about selling the car and buying a moped/small motorbike?
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Why?
Also, star out swearies fully
Oops sorry, I mean you go to Uni once in your life, enjoy being a downtrodden student with huge debts and party a bit. Who cares if you have to take public transport to get home.
The people where I went to Uni who had cars were really not the sort of people who wanted to go to Uni in the 1st place, just something that they had to do as they travelled through life and their car meant less time mixing with the underclass if you get my drift.
My point being those students with cars are sort of saying "look at me I can afford a car, I'm not like the rest of you plebs raking up huge debts", someone you really need to avoid at Uni unless you want to bum lick a bit.
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If you're in halls for the first year, taking a car is probably pointless. You'll need to pay for a permit, pay to run it and everyone will expect you to drive them places. You'll find you probably end up walking or getting public transport every time you go out (since you obviously don't want to be designated driver when you go out to the club or wherever) and that since you're in halls and five minutes from campus your car is pretty much useless.
That said, none of us here could give you a decent answer unless they went to Sheffield and know where you'll end up living.
That said, none of us here could give you a decent answer unless they went to Sheffield and know where you'll end up living.
You read a hell of a lot into somebody owning a car psycho!
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I had my car at Sheffield for first year and it was useful for the occasional trip. Parking Permit for outside my hall was free too!
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It's terrible, some of the worst I've seen in England in regard to buses. Trams are OK but are incredibly limited as to where they go
To the OP: What about selling the car and buying a moped/small motorbike?
Really? I've lived in Sheffield for years and while the bus service suffers from the same problems as every other city I've lived in I can't say it's any worse. What do you think is so bad about it?
To the OP Take it with you as you've alread paid the tax and insurance, give it a few months and you'll know if you need/want it or not. I had a car on and off while at uni and it spent most of it's time parked up gathering dents and rusting away as I only really used it for the super market run. Driving to uni was never really an option due to parking and being over the limit after the night before and if you drive all the time it limits the possibility for spontaneous drunkeness which resulted in most of my best uni memories!
If you decide you don't want it or can't afford it sell the thing, unless of course you have some irreplaceable exotica 4 years on bricks in a garage will pretty much ruin most cars.
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Take it. The continuing insurance means no claims bonus's gets higher as well so hopefully you should be able to get cheaper insurance on your return.
You don't have to take the car everywhere with you and some accomodation (assuming you've not already got some) will have off road parking.
It'll be an absolute godsend and it's always useful to have whilst with the ladies...
You don't have to take the car everywhere with you and some accomodation (assuming you've not already got some) will have off road parking.
It'll be an absolute godsend and it's always useful to have whilst with the ladies...
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When you say Bike, is that a motorbike? If not then take the car. You don't have to drive everywhere and it's nice to be able to have that freedom if you need it. As someone else said above I don't really have a choice either because my uni is only 10 minutes away so I have to drive.
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Depends if you're any good with cars and money.
Mine has never been in the garage for repairs, I've done them all myself, saving a massive amount. Thats the only reason i can afford to run mine.
I drove a car in Sheffield a couple of years ago when I was in my 2nd year here - it was useful for shopping trips to the big Morrisons stores (either in Hillsborough or Catcliffe) and the occasional trip to Manchester/Nottingham for a music gig, but apart from that I never used it. Sheffield isn't a big city, so I walk everywhere - uni permits are expensive and the university is only a 15/20 minute walk from most accommodation.
I sold my car in the end because the price of me insuring it (and all the other costs with it being a Rover ) was so high, I just pocket the money now instead.
I sold my car in the end because the price of me insuring it (and all the other costs with it being a Rover
) was so high, I just pocket the money now instead.It all depends where you live. If you're in a city centre and close to uni then there's really no point in having a car. If you're further out and can't easily get to supermarkets then a car is a huge benefit.
I had a car for a couple of months in halls and only really needed it to go home at the weekends. I didn't miss anything in town by not having a car and could easily have gone without had I not wanted to go home every week.
I've lived on the edge of the city for the last few years and wouldn't give up my car for anything. It's much more convenient than public transport and pretty much a necessity for food shopping.
Don't listen to people saying you won't be able to afford a car, that all depends on your own income and how you manage your money. It's not that expensive, especially if you have money put aside for insurance.
I had a car for a couple of months in halls and only really needed it to go home at the weekends. I didn't miss anything in town by not having a car and could easily have gone without had I not wanted to go home every week.
I've lived on the edge of the city for the last few years and wouldn't give up my car for anything. It's much more convenient than public transport and pretty much a necessity for food shopping.
Don't listen to people saying you won't be able to afford a car, that all depends on your own income and how you manage your money. It's not that expensive, especially if you have money put aside for insurance.
The buses are some of the worst maintained I've ever seen. They are all vandalized, smelly, and covered in litter. I realise this happens everywhere but it's far worse in Sheffield.
Then there's the actual service. I've found a lot of drivers to be rude to such a point I've complained to First, and the time-keeping is so bad that the buses are well known for taking short cuts and skipping some stops just to make up lost-time from their fag breaks and stuff.