Blacksburg is a true college town, shaped by student life, tight budgets, and daily movement between campus, housing, part-time jobs, and nearby essentials.
Driving here is less about long highway trips and more about short, frequent runs class commutes, grocery trips, late-night food stops, and weekend drives home. For students, a car isn’t a luxury; it’s a tool that must work reliably without draining limited finances.
This article looks at two critical sides of college car ownership in Blacksburg. The first focuses on vehicles that make sense for college runs cars that are affordable to buy, cheap to maintain, easy to park, and dependable under repeated short trips…