Personal Narrative: I Must Haves For Your Car

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I just finished reading an article titled "Must Haves for Your Car" which was extremely informative but a few things were left out which needs to be discussed as well. I travel as much as I can, whether it is across state lines for vacation or to my girlfriend's house, which is a two-hour drive or to a concert...or wherever. So many places that I travel to. The point being that life needs to be experienced daily, and I for one will experience it however some items are essential for travel. I travel the interstate a lot if I am going a long distance or to a place I'm not familiar with, so I know I will run into toll charges. My cup holder has about $5 worth of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters which usually accumulates from change from …show more content…

I have scratched, dented, totaled and smashed more cars than a demolition derby driver. My dad would always say that if I was in Patton's Tank Brigade we would have lost the war. It is only through the grace of God that I am still here today. The amazing thing to me is that I wrecked all of those cars while looking forward. OK, maybe once in awhile I wasn't totally focused on looking forward but I can honestly promise you at no time was I ever driving the car through my rear view mirror. It always bothers me when I talk to people that seem to be living life through their rear view mirror. You know the type. The guy who likes to say: "If only" or "Why not me"? They are living their life through their rear view mirror. You know some of the best lesson's we will ever learn are from our past mistakes. The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future. Looking back, there are a lot of things that I would have liked to have done different in my life. I would have liked to have bought Microsoft stock in the early ninety's, shorted the Dow in 2008, and put my life savings on a bet that the Giants were going to beat the Patriots in last years Super Bowl. But I didn't. Looking back would I have been any better off? OK the Microsoft stock would have been nice to have, but was it really all that important to me? Probably not. I think that too often we have a tendency to look in the rear …show more content…

In the automotive industry where many cars are in rage, competing, battling as to which the best car is, the 2009 Chevy Camaro has bees accepted. There were a lot of prejudgments and doubts against this release, yet it managed to bring its name to the top. Chevrolet had tough and rough times way back 2002, where they decided to take Camaro out from their production. Car enthusiasts were devastated and the sales of Chevrolet even went down on the later years. The people's sought of hope was paid off just this 2009 where General Motors and Chevrolet released the new well defined, high powered Camaro. The many Americans were proud to see their brand back in the streets. This new Camaro was patterned from the Classic 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. The proposed retro style which was realized worked perfectly great. Although this modern muscle machine is much wider and lengthier like 186.2 inches than the older models no worries because it still brings the house down. It also features a rag top and hard top convertibles which still suits its built. This is a standard real wheel drive car with a very strong 6.0-liter V-8 engine producing 400horsepower with 6-speed. Drivers are also given options to choose from a V-6 engine, having possibly a 3.9-liter with about 250 horsepower. If your Camaro is just for city driving and you would also want to save money, this would be a great deal for you. Every customer is also given a choice whether

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