I'm lucky enough to be able to say: "I have a car. My car may not be the newest, but I love her to death anyway." I have a 2003 Hyundai accent, her name is Daisy, and I promise you she's the love of my life.

Having an older car comes with good and bad days, happiness and frustration, and most of all... a check engine light that's bound to go off even if there's nothing wrong with your engine. Which brings me to the list:

1. The darn check engine light.

Now, at the moment I have a bad sensor in my car. It'll be lightly raining, I'll hit the break, and the darn light will come on. Not because of an actual problem with the engine, but because a little tiny bit of rain got somewhere and flipped the check engine light on.

2. You might walk out to the parking lot and have a flat tire.

Yeah, it sucks that much. You're not exactly sure when your tires were last changed, or if there was even a last time. So, you don't know if it was an ongoing problem or if it was your fault. Imagine enjoying your life on a Saturday with your two best-friends from out of town, visiting and being at your college for the weekend. I know, it sounds amazing. All dandy until then, when you're walking to your car to go out to dinner, realizing oh darn it, I can't drive my car because I have a flat tire. But wait, it gets worse, you don't know how to change a tire. Yeah, that's right. So you call your friend from the fourth floor of our dormitory building to change it to the spare in your trunk. Now, you find out the spare in your trunk is a fake tire, meaning that it can only be used for a few days. Next thing you know, It's Tuesday, and you're sitting in the waiting room of the mechanic's, typing up a paper due in your class the next day. Momentarily and briefly, your life sucks.

3. People ask you at inconvenient times for a ride.

I'm the type of person where I don't mind driving other people places I'm going to also. I'm also pretty open to driving people places if I have the time, and they are able to pitch in on gas money. But, there are certain situations that just end up being really funny. As I was getting ready to attend a panel by the author, Lindy West, with another close friend, I receive a call. As my friend and I, super excited to attend, we become delayed. Somehow my peer in need of assistance took the wrong bus, ending up towards the distant end of town. "Hey Corey, so I got on the wrong bus... I'm in the middle of Oswego." I laughed at first, and said, "Of course we'll come and get you". In hysterics, my friend and myself adventured in my car to Walmart, rescuing our confused peer. Now don't get me wrong, I didn't mind picking up anyone, it was just an inconvenient time.

Although these situations may be rather unfortunate, I generally do have pros to having my car on campus.

4. I can park anywhere on campus after 3 o'clock.

This makes my life luxurious, especially on Mondays when I have a class that doesn't end until 8am. My dorm hall is about a mile away from the center of campus which is where my class is. Although I know my campus is a safe atmosphere, I still feel safer driving back as opposed to walking in the dark.

5. I can go home on the weekends.

Unlike those who live further away, I live about 2 hours (94 miles) from my college. It makes my life really easy when I just need to get away from it all for a weekend. I'm far enough away, where I feel like my own independent person, but close enough where I still can get in Daisy for 2 hours, just to hug my parents.