I've had
two cars in my life already. My first one was a white, '88 Olds Mobile that my parents gave
me for my 16th birthday. The thing was a complete junker: the muffler was
noisy; the driver's side seatbelt didn't work; it stalled a few times when gas
got too low; the passenger window was broken; my mom forgot it was parked
behind her Tahoe once and backed into it, crushing the bumper pretty badly.
Although the car was a piece of shit, I loved it because it got me from A to B.
Most of the time. And it was my car, I could go wherever I wanted whenever I
wanted to. Eventually, I got tired of the thing and passed it to my sister
because I got another car.
My second
car is a '96 silvery blue Olds Aurora. This car was the first big payment I
ever made; I had been working all summer and I wanted a newer, nicer car.
Unfortunately, I wasn't making Bill Gates' salary, so I had to settle for a Craigslist
find. Little did I know at the time that you could go to a dealership and have
your car completely checked out for like $40; if I had known, I would've gotten that car looked at because it had a
lot of problems. The car itself was $1000, and I've had to spend at least
double that in repairs over the last 16 months.
I realize I
might sound crazy for saying this, but I really want to get another new car
now. I don't want to go for a Craigslist piece of junk. I can't really afford a
brand new vehicle either, but I want to get something that will last me more
than a year and a half without croaking on me. Since I have more than just a
summer job now and I'm continuously making money, it'll be less deadly for me
to buy one than it would have been when I bought my Aurora .
For a long
time now I've wanted to get a truck. I hated having a small car, especially
when I would be waiting to turn onto a busy street and some huge SUV or
something would pull up next to me, blocking my view of the street so I'd have
to wait twice as long for a time to go. Plus, a girl driving a huge-ass truck
looks pretty BA if you ask me. Or, ask my best friend Kalin; she has one. She
was pretty much my inspiration for getting a truck in the first place. The only
thing that sucks about a truck is they're pretty big gas hogs. Oh well, they're
sexy cars regardless.
My parents
are trying to convince me not to get my dream truck. My dad says it's too
expensive and I'll be in way over my head. The thing is though, I don't like
having to worry about a new problem with my car every two seconds anymore. I
want to be able to go on a road trip without it overheating or beeping at me
for the oil pressure being too low, or the orange "service engine
soon" light to flash on every time I start the ignition. I want a nice car
that can last me a long time.
I also want
to use this truck as a way to be more independent and grown up. It sounds kind
of silly, but I haven't really done any "adult" thing yet since my
birthday, and I've wanted a truck for a while now. I think my parents can give
me feedback and everything all they want, guidance isn't bad either, but I
don't think they should completely try to shun the idea from my head. Eventually
my current cart is going to croak on me, too, and I don't really want to fork
over thousands of dollars a month on a piece of shit when I can spend that much
over a few years for something a lot nicer.
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