AutoBiography
My first car and
my car still is a red 2005 Honda Civic. I definitely have first love syndrome
with this car. I have had this car since I was a junior in high school which now
is six years. It has been an integral part of almost everything that I have
done in that time. From crazy road trips to driving to work, that car has taken
me pretty much every place that I have gone. Just recently I was in my first
accident. I was turning left at a busy intersection and three of the four lanes
of traffic were stopped as I was crossing the 4th BAM suddenly I was
facing a different direction. I had no idea what had happened. Slowly it dawned
on me what had happened. I am happy to report that my little Civic lived to
drive another day. Overall from the experience I was not as shaken up as I
thought I would be[A1] .
I was cited as being in the wrong but after much after thought I don’t
personally think I made a mistake while driving. So I was at peace with my actions I am just
much more carful at intersection now.
Driving is
something that I really enjoy. I find the whole experience to be very relaxing.
I almost always insist on driving when going on a road trip just because I
enjoy it so much. This has not always
been the case when I was first learning how to drive as I was petrified of
driving. I could barely keep myself from shaking when I first took the wheel.
This might also have something to do with their being 4 inches of snow in the
parking lot and the car being possible the worst car you can put in the snow
but none the less it was a very unnerving situation for me. Since that time
though I have learned to love driving and learned a love of speed. I feel that
I am a better-than-average driver, but I heard a statistic that something like
70% of drivers think that they are above average so I guess many people feel
the same way. The reason I feel this way though is because unlike most other
drivers I learned to drive in the snow. Almost all of my practice driving was
done while there was snow on the ground in this way I really learned how to
control the car even if the car was out of control. On a side note I also
learned to drive in the snow with a Honda Civic with balding tires making it
the worst car in the snow that I have ever driven. I have always wanted to go to a track day but
I don’t have a car that would be very good on a track day. So until the time I
get a car I can take out on a track I will have to get my speed fix from roller
coasters and go-karts.
Something new that
I have learned coming to Germany is that I really like European cars. Back in
the states some of my favorite cars are wagons and hatch backs and they are few
and far between. Here in Leipzig it seems like every car is a little hatchback
which is precisely the kind of car I would like to drive. The only “cool”
hatchback that there is in the United States is the VW golf. I do really like
this car but I mourn the fact that there are so few options when it comes to
hatch backs. I thought that hatchbacks were slowly dying out but low and behold
here in Europe almost all cars are hatchbacks.
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