My car

I did not receive my driver’s license until I was almost eighteen years old which seemed really late at the time because all of my friends were driving and had their own cars by sixteen. My parents took me car shopping in the beginning of senior year as it would be necessary for me to have a car to go to school in, drop my sister off at her school, then be able to leave during my off periods at 1:30 p.m. everyday. We looked around through several cars and came across my 1999 Gold Nissan Pathfinder with beige cloth interior, a cd player, and automatic windows. The car seemed amazing during the first few months that I had it; finally I could drive anywhere at anytime that I wished without the need to depend on anybody else to go there. My parent’s could no longer hold me on the strict leashes that they had since I was born, which was always a plus.

            The car became like a second home to me. I would keep nearly everything in there at all times as I was constantly traveling back and forth from school, to dance, to friends homes, and other social places. I loved driving around listening to music with my friends that last year in high school, some of our funniest moments were shared in car rides to Austin for parties or music festivals. For the most part I was an all right driver even though I hadn’t ever taken a formal driving course, but just learned through a home course and my dad. During the first six months of having a car I got into two wrecks both of which were my fault of breaking too late and ramming into the bumper in front of me. I like to think that these accidents were due to the breaking problems of my Nissan (it only has two front breaks or something similar), but either way I am now a far more cautious driver due to these experiences. I do not have a car at school because my parents feel the quality of my car would not be able to withstand the four hour drive from Houston to Fort Worth, though I highly disagree, so every time that I arrive home I thrive at the idea of having my own personal quarters on four wheels to take me to anywhere I want to go.