Personal Narrative: My First Car

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An Emergency That Brought Out the Best in Me
A Gold 2002 Toyota Corolla; that was my first car. I absolutely loved that car; it was the best first car I ever had. It was considered to be in excellent condition for a used car. It had a nice clean interior and there were no dents, dings, or scratches on the exterior. It had great gas millage and the engine was clean and quiet. The car had tinted power windows that all worked, power locks, a working radio, and A\C and heat. The car even had automatic lights that would turn on as soon as it started getting dark.
When my parents were looking at cars for me they looked mainly at Hondas and Toyotas. Those two car brands are the most reliable, as far as how long they can be driven before they
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I normally stopped by my dad’s work on my way home but on this particular day I was kind of tired, so I decided to go straight home. If I had known what was going to happen, I would have just stuck to my routine and gone to my dad’s work like always. I was almost home when an older gentleman slammed into the back of me at forty five mph. The worst part is that it happened right in front of my own neighborhood, so close to …show more content…
The old man went through the hut and almost ran into the first house in the neighborhood, but he turned at the last second and barely missed the corner of the house. He broke through the chain-link fence and ran into the play set in the backyard, which is what stopped him. The impact of the hit completely smashed in the trunk, blew out the back window, and shifted the entire frame of the car. You could not open either door on the right side of the car, the glove box opened, and the cup holder, ash tray, and radio popped out. So, my car was totaled, but because he was driving a bigger car his did not have as much damage, so his was

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