Do you think my parents should buy me a car?

I am almost finishing up my sophmore year and i have had my temps and i have been my moms favorite child my whole life and i think they should buy me a car i know this might sound like i am a brat, but i have a job at a hospital and get paid decent and have been saving up money for a year now and still only have 3500 dollars i keep waiting for my parents to say we got you a car but you can only get crap for 3500 i want something nice but not too expensive nor crappy like a mini cooper or a chevy or something nice like that ANY ADVICE????