What She Needed

Carrie never expressed dissatisfaction with anything. But she spent a lot of nights awake because of this one thing. She had one month till she turned seventeen, but unlike the majority of her friends, she lacked a car.
Carrie was more concerned with convenience than anything else when it came to owning a car. Due to the distance between her school and home, driving would save her a lot of time. Why did she not own a car?