Pop Quiz, Kids: D'ya Want a Car for $7?

That's right: $7 (seven dollars). And yet seven in every ten students at the University of South Florida said, "Meh." That, apparently, is too much to pay for the use of a car for one hour, a price that includes gas and insurance and inflated tires and OK WHAT THE...

By Thomas Francis

July 23, 2009

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That's right: $7 (seven dollars). And yet seven in every ten students at the University of South Florida said, "Meh." That, apparently, is too much to pay for the use of a car for one hour, a price that includes gas and insurance and inflated tires and OK WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU KIDS?

Meanwhile, at an actual South Florida University, our Florida Atlantic students are pondering the same question. For those of you who need clarification, no, these the kind of cars that only start after you blow into a Breathalyzer.

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