My first car that I drove was my parents' 1986 Chev. (can't remember the make, but it was small.) They also had a 1980 that was a boat. I hated driving it because as a new driver, I had a hard time discerning where the sides and front and back end were at all times. Yet, when they went away, they took the newer car, so I had to drive the bigger one. I was usually under strict intructions only to drive it locally and for important things (like picking up my younger brother at activities.)
My first car that I owed was a 1994 Chev Cavalier. It was a beautiful metallic turquoise blue. I called her Aimee. I think it cost me 15,000.
My first accident was in 1989 (I think). I was driving my parents' car and it was raining. I couldn't stop in time at a light and hit the car in front. I did $35 damage to my parents' car. There is a tiny piece of plastic in the side of the headlight that cost $35 to replace.
Since then, I've been hit twice - both the other drivers' faults (in 1997or8 and in 2004). My husband totalled our last car in 2005 when a jaywalking deer stood in the middle of the highway. The deer was a fatality. My husband wasn't hurt.
I endured too many long road trips as a kid. (Ottawa to Vancouver and back again. Ottawa to Florida and back.) The longest I've been on as an adult is the 10 hour driver to southern Pennsylvia. Now that I have children of my own, that trip seems even longer.
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Date: 2007-03-03 06:21 pm (UTC)My first car that I owed was a 1994 Chev Cavalier. It was a beautiful metallic turquoise blue. I called her Aimee. I think it cost me 15,000.
My first accident was in 1989 (I think). I was driving my parents' car and it was raining. I couldn't stop in time at a light and hit the car in front. I did $35 damage to my parents' car. There is a tiny piece of plastic in the side of the headlight that cost $35 to replace.
Since then, I've been hit twice - both the other drivers' faults (in 1997or8 and in 2004). My husband totalled our last car in 2005 when a jaywalking deer stood in the middle of the highway. The deer was a fatality. My husband wasn't hurt.
I endured too many long road trips as a kid. (Ottawa to Vancouver and back again. Ottawa to Florida and back.) The longest I've been on as an adult is the 10 hour driver to southern Pennsylvia. Now that I have children of my own, that trip seems even longer.
Can't think of the rest right now.