please for the love of humanity get a car first. my idiot friend is in love with all the LE LV's in the world (owns the turquoise ostrich theda, a few red/cream cb items, a few graffiti keepalls and a couple of robert wilson vernis bags, in addition to a ton of MC/eye love collection pieces.. the most insane collection that i've seen IRL!).. and DOESN'T HAVE A FRICKIN CAR. What's he do or how does he get the LV's from boutique to home? PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION! He takes the yellow line to the blue line and then hops on the red line.. and i'm like.. you go through all those and all that with humongous LV shopping bags?! are you NUTS?! Maybe it's cuz he's a guy, and a looks a bit scary if you were to try to mug him, but still.. not having a car with all those LE LV's drives ME nuts!
not to mention, if you get your own car, you have a feel of accomplishment that you own something or you paid for (most of?) it.
but i guess it's really down to each their own. if you live in an area that doesn't really require a car (downtown cities, la, sf, nyc, etc) then it's not that big a deal. if you're in OC like me, you need a car. there's no way you can survive here without a car. well you can, but it's retarded. lol.