Car during M3 clerkship/rotations?

[VCorp]

Most of the locations my school is affiliated with are in large metropolitan cities (ie Chicago, New York, Atlanta). Did most of you guys keep a car during your third year, or just lived in the city and relied on local city transportation such as the subway or bus?

On the verge of purchasing a car, but my Mom insists on keeping the current car and just driving it for the next 72 weeks and get something new once residency starts.

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[HLxDrummer]

What is wrong with your current car?

If at all possible I would get something cheap/easy to fix if you need one. Bike or public transportation is obviously cheap..

I do all the work to my own cars and racing is my hobby so I have a "fun" car and I just bought a daily driver but I bought it wrecked and am fixing it myself. Still planning to walk/ride my bike as much as I can to keep the mileage down and save on gas. Just got the car in case I need to go to a far away rotation sometimes.

 

[theshellyb]

Most of the locations my school is affiliated with are in large metropolitan cities (ie Chicago, New York, Atlanta).

Chicago and NY you can get away with commuting by train/bus, but you don't want to be trying to get to your surgery rotation at 5 am using Atlanta public transit.

Also something to consider: if you have some sort of family med rotation, or outpatient, where you're in the suburbs, you're going to need a car anyway.