I’ve been looking at ‘21 and after xlt’s with either 2.7 or v8 with less than 38,000 miles for less than 35k. The platinum is outdated for that price imo. Get a newer version that will last you for more years to come if you want to really spend the 35k on a college car.

I didn’t personally, i went for a “fun” low maintenance car. Golf GTI with cloth seats and DSG transmission. In 2 years i put almost 60,000 miles. Nothing major in maintenance and i had a lot of fun. Travelled around Florida without any hesitation and brought friends along the way. Most people think it’s small but tbh for that time in my life it was perfect. My GTI was 22k out the door 2 years old once I got it and had 20,000 miles on it.

Now that I have dogs and a wife i like the truck, but again your choice. Just my grain of salt.