[quote=@Sola]
[@HachiRoku] I meant it more along the lines of savings-wise. I doubt every high school student has a car of some kind. Owning a car, and even parking it/buying gas is a heavy drain on a likely part-time finance. There's the annual car tax/paid parking (both of which can run a pretty penny depending on engine + parking availability), toll booths on freeways, and even the gas itself (which is like $5 right now for one gallon in Japan).
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Oh, in that scenario, you do have a point. In that case it's all up to background: if your char's a part-timer in a middle-class family I doubt they'd own their own vehicle, but perhaps a mechanic/affluent senior would be able to afford such things?