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I hear you loud and clear. He has a choice of where to base himself for the course. Keele or an agricultural college (now a Uni in it's own right). The course is split 50/50 across the 2 campuses.
He's absolutely adamant that he wants to be in the ag college campus, but it is very remote and lacking in facilities, certainly compared to a more conventional campus such as Keele.
When I was at Uni (in Brighton) no one had cars due to affordability and lack of necessity. I could barely afford to feed myself let alone run a car.
I've tried explaining this and he's not for turning. Credit to him, he's been working hard in a part time job alongside his A Level studies and has some savings and plans to work full time through the long summer and get a weekend job at Uni to help make a car a reality. His choice. It wouldn't be mine.
The facts remain, he's going to buy a car so I'd rather help him find one that isn't a total lemon.