I was running out of money, and had to sell my car to pay my tuition. One of the doctors found out, and gave me one of his old cars, so I didn't have to ride my motorcycle through the winter and wind up freezing my butt off, not to mention likely have an accident in the snow.

His generosity made a long term difference; once out of school, I have given away every car, instead of selling it or trading it in. As the time to get my new car got closer, I would carefully ask around to see who really needed one, but couldn't afford it. Oh, I'd ask if they 'won' a car, could they afford the upkeep and insurance, to make sure I wasn't causing a hardship on them. Once I was sure, I would just give them the keys, and the title. And tell them to transfer the title and do all the paperwork when they could.... and to pay it forward some day if they could, and help someone else that needed something that they didn't have.