...When most people think of a first car, they think of the most ancient vehicle that has been passed down from generation after generation with the scrapes and scratches on the exterior, a broken headlight or tail-light, seats filled with rips and tears and food stains, wrappers drench the floor, and don’t forget that annoying squeaking noise that comes from your breaks as you stop at the red light. But for some people, they didn’t have to get the hand me down or the ancient vehicle that has been around in the family for a while, especially when you have parents who are blessed and can afford a new vehicle for their son or daughter with that amazing new car smell. My first car, has a name and her name is Sophie. Sophie and I met each other on December 25, 2014, Christmas Day. Sophie was sitting outside of my driveway with a large white bow sitting on the hood of the car. Sophie has a sleek design that gives her that sporty look that separates her from other cars with the same model. Sophie has a metallic grey exterior, which resembles the dark grey clouds on a rainy day, and the tires, added to the sporty look as well with the Chrome wheels with the symbol H in the middle, which stands for Honda. Once, I was handed the keys...
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...When I first got my license I was on top of the world. I was handed the keys of my very first car and that's when it all began. My parents instilled a lot of trust in me when it came to being behind the wheel. Within the next two years I had given them many reasons to not trust me. I hit Mr. Pages truck within a week of having my own car, I ran into a pole with my dads truck, and lastly I got pulled over going 91. I am the worst driver in the world. I was I new driver, with a new car so I obviously thought I was pretty cool. I was wrong! I had just got done washing my 2012 Malibu, just in time to go show it off at practice. I rolled down all the windows and opened the sun roof. I put my sunglasses on and cranked the music. I thought I was awesome. Once again I was completely wrong. I drove into that parking lot like I owed the place. I was driving way to fast and thought I could fit in between Mr. Pages truck and someone else's car. Me and my shiny new car pulled into that spot at a vertical angle, ramming right into the front of Mr. Page's truck. I wasn't so cool now, nor did my parents like me very much....
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...My period of awakening came to me on my sixteenth birthday. The day I got my first car it ignited a passion I never foresaw coming. I started to become more and more involved in the large scale car community and began to make more friends, which I had always had a hard time with previously. When I did this I realised how influential the community can be for young kids such as myself who found it and found themselves because of it. This through it what led two friends and I to start our own car club on the local level. The idea for the Car Club was to help share our passion with others and show how influential and beneficial cars can be to young kids. Together we were able to print out flyers and create a social media account to reach out to...
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...for numerous amounts of television shows actually depict a lesson to lure in an audience. Take the television show Scrubs. Written and directed by Ryan Levin, this comical series about a well-renowned hospital and its staff depict the everyday lives of four different characters. In this comical show that allows four friends to comment on their everyday lives about being a doctor, resident intern, and surgeon. A story line based on the comical genius of the producers of both South Park and Weeds. Follow me as I analyze both the good and bad aspects of all four of the characters tell their sides of the story through each others lines. The storyline of many different television shows normally have exactly the same sequence of events. First, the scene is set in a hospital. But as many people do not know, Sacred Heart Hospital is no ordinary hospital. Here, everyone hates everyone in a sarcastic manner. All the employees hate the boss, the chief of medicine; Dr. Bob Kelso because he is some hypocritical, crazed maniac that cannot even once admit that he really needs friends or loves his wife. As for the maintenance staff is concerned, the only person who actually is involved inside the lives of all four friends, the crazed Janitor, known as Janitor, takes all matters into his own hands when he begins his need for chaos with J.D. As for everyone else, they sort of just go along with absolutely everything that happens between the four friends and their crazed adventures. ...
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...had a very strong accident that I saw my whole life in front of me and it was the first moment that I saw death in front of me. I was going to my friend’s house with my brand new car when I had an accident and my car went upside down. I didn’t know what happened to me or even what I did before I had this accident, and the thing that made it worse that I was going to my friend’s house to study with him for my final exam which was physics and it was two days after the accident. This accident changed my whole life and my whole understanding of driving a car, after this accident I started to put my seatbelt on when I drive and I started to drive more safely. The accident was three years ago in Saudi Arabia before my final exam, I was 17 years old at my 11th grade, at that time I liked to drive a lot because I recently took my driver license and I was very happy with it. I remember that when I would get bored from studying I would go to the grocery store that is a few meters away of our house with my car and after I get a coke from there I go around my neighborhood just because I want to drive and also because I am driving my brand new car. That car was Toyota, I remember that I suffered a lot to get this car; my father said always that I can’t get an expensive car because it’s my first car and the first car always should be a cheap car. He at first wanted me to take Yaris because he said that its cheap and it’s not a good thing to get a good car now, so I tried a lot with him to have...
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...it ever occurred to you that a car can resemble beauty like a person in many ways? Well I have, the day I first saw my friend’s car. I was leaving school early one day and as I walked closer to the path leading to the street a huge gleam shot across my face. When I turned and looked, there it was, one of the most beautiful objects I’d ever seen parked across the street. It was my friend in his new white Monte Carlo. The paint job on the car reminded me of that cup of milk before I dunk my cookies in it. The car sat high, and on it were the beautiful 22 inch chrome rims. Upon entering the car I noticed that it was elegant and detailed. The car was white like a full moon at night, just as smooth and glossy. The windows were tinted black like the hair of a goddess. The way the car looked at me with a grin, and the front looked mean just like how my little brother looks when I do something he doesn’t like. The curves on the car reminded me of the muscles of a body builder except this muscle had four wheels. Monte Carlo is a well known car maker and all their cars are breath taking but what made this car so different was the accessories that my friend had put on it. The rims were the right size and the chrome color complemented the car just the right way. When I entered the car, the smell of a new car took over me. It was the smell of the leather inside the car mixed with the jasmine scented air freshener. My friend also had televisions put in car that enhanced the appearance...
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...self-driving cars are a good thing. I am going to be on the pro side. My first point is that there is nearly no error. My second point is that it eases congestion. My next point would be that the car eases parking. Another point would be potential for more powerful vehicles. My argument for the first point would be, these super accurate readings have virtually eliminated driving errors for test cars on the road, as the only accidents so far are while human drivers have been in control. The argument for my next point would be, because self-driving cars can communicate with each other, they would eliminate the need for traffic signals. For my third point is would be, because self-driving cars don’t require a driver, they could alleviate parking concerns in highly populated areas. Finally for my last point my argument would be, because self-driving cars don’t require a driver, technicians could potentially rearrange where on the car the various mechanical parts are stored. Of course I’m going to expand on each point, but those would be my topic sentences. Some rebuttals would be how expensive they are. Most companies have not released a price for their driverless cars. Another rebuttal would be the potential for technology to go wrong. Even if a self-driving car performs flawlessly at first, it is possible for the programming that runs the cars to be updated by the car company with a fault string of code. Those would be good rebuttals, but I think my points are...
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...little time maintaining your car? People use their cars everyday for different purposes. Mostly they use it for travaling to places. Cars are proven to be safer and cheaper than sports bikes. Some people do not maintain their car on regular bases; those are the people who we see often on side of a road waiting for a towing truck to come. Do you have any idea on how costly can a car be? I have Nissan Maxima. I got my car when I was 17 years of age. Just after I graduated I had received my first car. I was so happy that, for a moment I felt like getting my first car was more exciting then my graduation. I also had gotten a job at Walgreen’s where they paid me good enough. I started going to College of DuPage with my own car. I had seen everybody’s car and also wanted my car to look like others. So, I went to paint shop and had my car painted green with brand new design. It looked really great on my car. My next stop was Auto Zone where I bought a set of neon lights for under my car. After spending all that money, my car was a charm afterwards. But my money started getting short. I stopped wasting money on my car. Afterward I only did regular maintenance on my car. For example; oil change and all the other fluids change are necessary. When I was a kid I always wanted to have a car. When I received it, it was like a dream come true. I had to start saving money for my college and pocket money and also for car maintenance. At that moment my hobby for cars kind of started to go blurry...
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...Golden Grandchild “You are my favorite grandchild.” This is the phrase my grandmother often uses whenever we are alone with one another. Ever since I can remember my grandmother and I have always had a special bond with one another, mainly because she helped raise me. She has always spoiled me and treated me as if I was her “golden grandchild.” My grandmother has many special ways of showing me that I am her favorite grandchild. When I was sixteen she gave me my first car and in her dining room my pictures are framed in gold trimmed picture frames, while the other grandchildren’s pictures are framed in plain frames. It may sound ridiculous but I am 100 percent sure that I am my grandmother’s favorite grandchild. When I was sixteen years old the only thing that was on my mind was girls and getting a car. All year long I begged and pleaded my parents to buy me a car; I even started working at Pizza Hut to help my parents pay for my first car. My parents were very doubtful about me having my own car because they thought that having a car would affect my grades and that I would disregard my curfew. Constantly I promised my parents that I would not get out of hand and would remain focused. I remember once I even told them that “having a car will make me even more focus because I know if I get bad grades or come home late that you all will take the car away for me.” Luckily my parents believed me and said that they would spend fifteen hundred dollars on a car for me. At that time I...
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...decision to make. I was already performing the work. My store caters as well as serving customers. Some catering orders have to be delivered, which is where my problem came into play. I did not have a car! I needed one in order to make deliveries. I was given until April 1 to buy a car, or I would forfeit my position. The first step after identifying my problem was deciding where to buy a car. I talked to my parents about my problem and they suggested that I go to the place they bought their car. The second step was deciding whether to use my parents’ dealership or going to a used car lot that I had heard great things about. I decided to go to the dealership. After waiting around for over an hour, I learned that my credit would not allow me to buy a new car, even though I had the down payment required. I then went to the used car lot and left with a good utility truck that is big enough to deliver large catering orders. My decision making process was very similar to the one described in the text. First I identified my problem (I needed a car). Second, I generated alternative solutions (buying a car). I then made the choice of where to buy a car. Next, I implemented my decision. After evaluating my decision, I realized that I had left out step 3 of the decision making process, evaluating my alternatives (Bateman & Snell, Chapter 3, 2011). Had I not skipped step 3, I would have looked at my credit and discovered that my credit was not bad. The problem was that I did not...
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...week_3 Buying a Car Purchasing a vehicle can be real helpful for transportation. There are a lot of people out there that have no vehicle that are struggling to get where they want. That’s why buying a car is important to me because I remember when I didn’t have a car, I would always have to take the bus or ask a friend for a ride. I have always liked cars ever since I was a little kid. I like everything about cars. There are a lot of different things about different cars that you would have to look into before purchasing your vehicle. When I was seventeen I already had bought my first car. I had a 1998 ford escort station wagon. I bought that car for $800. The car was in a great condition but it was pretty old. That car was lucky for me because I passed my driving test in that car the very first time I took it. My family was also driving that car to go to work and for personal use. I had to put money into it to keep it running. That car lasted us about five years. Then we had to get rid of the car because the condition of the car was terrible. The second time I bought I car I knew I couldn’t buy a used car, so I was looking around for low mileage cars for cheap and great condition. I did a lot of research after all the research I came up with a great plan. I thought about buying a brand new car but I knew that was out of my budget. During the Christmas break in 2013 I went to the Nissan dealership near my house looking for good deals and also good cars. Then I finally...
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...Fake Name Fake Class English 101 No Date Automobiles The first gas powered automobile was created by a man named Carl Benz. It was a one-cylinder two-stroke gas powered engine which ran for the first time on New Year’s Eve 1879. Compared to a steam engine vehicle, which was very uncomfortable for it’s passengers, this was very successful. Benz had so much commercial success with this engine that he was able to devote more time to his dream of creating a lightweight car powered by a gasoline engine, in which the chassis and engine formed a single unit. This was just the start of one of the greatest inventions of the 19th century. The automobile ended up being one of the most influential inventions of it’s time. One of the most common names you hear when researching the automobile is the name Henry Ford. He was an American that dominated the industry in the first half of the twentieth century. Henry Ford innovated mass-production techniques that became standard, with Ford, General Motors and Chrysler emerging as the “Big Three” auto companies by the 1920s. The original price of a Model T automobile was $850. Due to the application of the assembly line and interchangeable parts, cars were easier and cheaper to make. Within a few short years the price of a car was less than $300. The Model T sold 15 million units in the United States. This is what made personal automobility a reality. The production of automobiles made much more than just the units themselves. It was able...
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...Background With my wife, we decided in October to buy a (used) 2nd car for the family. She actually already owns a small 7 years old city-car, with an overall quite good condition both in terms of mechanic and automotive, but since she takes our children to school every day through some country roads, we just wanted to be reasonably confident that nothing could happen about the car engine. 1. Preparation of the negotiation We (my wife and I) started to prepare the negotiation from one main assumption: knowledge is truly power. Since normally in the car buying system the car salesman has the most information, we decided first of all to gather all the information we could in terms of price, facilities, characteristics etc. about the car she would have loved to buy. We took all these info’s going to one official dealer in town, plus other non-official mono-brand dealers selling the same car. Only after having all the above information, we would have gone to one specific dealer that we knew had the (used) car we wanted. Before starting any negotiation, we tried to figure out what could be the dealer’s target or, better, we prepared three MESO’s based upon some considerations and insights about how the dealers make money, that is: 1. They can make money selling the (used) car for more than what they paid to buy it. 2. They can (also) make money on the back end, selling “additional services ” like financing, extended warranties, and dealer add-ons like rustproofing...
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...Lexus LFA – Love at first sight. Lexus has long been a luxury car contributor to the motoring world, so when it was announced that they have been working on a 200mph supercar, I was quite skeptical about it. I mean, Lexus? With a supercar? Is it going to be hideous? Is it going to be a total failure? Is it going to tarnish their name altogether? There were the ones who thought it would be a step too high, and then there were the people who were pretty excited as to how this supercar would actually turn out afterall. Either way, in one way or another, everyone wanted to see what this 200mph lexus supercar was going to be all about. Did lexus pull this one off? First came the figures.A naturally aspirated V10 engine, 552 bhp, six-speed automated sequential gearbox, top speed of 203mph, 0-100km/h in 3.7 seconds. Not bad, sounds like a proper supercar to me. Then came the price,a whopping US$375,000. We all know Lexus is technically Toyota and they weren’t the best at making supercars before this. So to command a hefty price tag for something this company has never tried before (a shot at a 200mph supercar that is), I hoped for the best nevertheless. The Lexus LFA was unveiled on the 21st of October 2009 at the 41st biennial Tokyo Motor Show. A white supercar with a carbon fiber roof and a rear spoiler that would automatically be deployed at speeds above 50mph. I fell in love with the car the moment I saw the pictures. Before this, no supercar was my dream car, the Ferraris and...
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...Paper I bout my first car at 21 years old as a birthday present to myself and I was unaware of how much went into the decision making process until then but soon came up with my own process of smaller decisions I had to make to factor into the purchase. When I first went to buy the car which was the major decision I had to determine the necessity of the car in my life, Whether or not financially I could manage a car payment and if I was willing to commit that much time to making the payments. Necessity of the Big Decision My first step as a consumer at 21 years old was determining how important a car was in my life and at the time it definitely was I was in college and participating in collegiate sports, volunteer coached high school track and field, attending college, and managing a social life it was very important in my future success that I have a reliable vehicle to get me to and from. The book talks about lack of structue decisions and uncertainty and risk and after reading them I somewhat implement some of the procedural steps without even knowing it. Financial Commitment My second step was to decide that at 21 years old I had to get a job and maintain that or another job long enough to make these car payments and commit to the length of the contract. There was certainty that I could manage the car payments especially because I just started a new job I knew I had a future in and was making enough money to comfortably manage the car payment. I made...
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