Catcher In The Rye Descriptive Essay

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I look out into my yard everyday and see the same thing I always see. I see a big blue piece of shit Ford that cannot be depended on to start up and run every morning. This Ford F150 has a 5.0 L V8 engine in it that doesn’t always run with full power all the time. The radiator has a leak on the left side. You have to constantly watch the temperature gage to make sure the fucking engine doesn’t overheat and that a cloud of thick white smoke doesn’t burst out of the hood and block your vision while driving. The paint on the outside is chipping off in spots and not all the dectorotory pieces are to be found on it. The only thing that is worth my time to depend on is the 35’s that the chassi and body ride on. These big ass tires makes
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I could hear a clicking sound in the engine block while the V8 was idling. The Rough Country shocks were barely compressed by the 1500 pound body that the 1994 4x4 Ford F150 was sculpted from. The chassi was visible as the light blue square body Ford sat on a 6 inch lift kit with 35 inch all terrain tires and 12 inch solid black rims. Its guts were showing revealing its light gray cotton interior. It had carpet on the top of the dashboard along with an RPM gage with a red needle that roared up the gage when you pressed the gas and got the 205 horsepower engine pumping on all cylinders. The gage also changed colors with the push of a little black button on the bottom of the gage. The Sony radio lit up as well while it was pounding with the Bose sound system and the 12 inch sub with a two foot deep box that sat on the unfolded back seat with two welding helmets, a wire brush, a chipping hammer, bungee cords, and a pair of Nike Reax cross training shoes. The black Vinyl floor was covered by two black and blue Ford floor mats that were covered with dirt and garbage. The light blue lifted up 1994 Ford 4x4 F150 wasn’t the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, but it was one well made and designed

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