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When 20-year-old college student Tara Monroe had her license suspended and car confiscated due to a DWI, she refused to follow the logical next step of acquiring a bike or upping her public transport usage. Instead, she bought herself a battery-powered Barbie Jeep from Craigslist.

The toy car – which she’s named ‘Charlene’ after it’s previous owner – zips around at a speedy 8kph, and has made Monroe somewhat of a celebrity around her Texas State campus.

The hot-pink vehicle is a novelty for fellow-students, leading to lots of stares, laughter, and sneaky Snapchats. Monroe is taking it all in her stride, basking in her newfound fame.

“This is the best way I could have gotten my 15 minutes of fame,” she said. “Basically, it was the best decision I’ve made in college yet.”

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