Personal Narrative: A Trip To A Sports Car

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Every person has a hobby or an obsession that they go nuts for. Mine is cars and motorcycles (I just love the roar of the engine), and I've probably inherited my passion from dad.

Although, recently dad had bought a sports car (he didn’t have one and he wanted to buy one for a while) that we've personally been attached to.

It all started this August when my dad's best friend, Phillipe talked him into checking out the Camaro Z-28. At the time my father and I were Ford guys all the way, so it didn't really interest us, but he kept on insisting that we check it out on the Internet, and eventually dad just had to check it out.

Days pass and my dad constantly asks if he can use my computer. Eventually I decided to check out what my dad was looking at on my computer. "Z-28 vs. Z-06 vs. Challenger Hellcat vs. Charger …show more content…
My dad and I had a hard time choosing between the Corvette and the Charger. The Corvette stays glued to the road, doing corners at 120 KPH, but it had a price tag of almost 150,000$. The Charger on the other hand was half the price, but it's more of a drag car. My dad and I preferred the Corvette over the Charger.

Once again half-way through the payment transaction, the salesman at the Chevrolet dealer said that the Z-06 was already sold to the owner of the dealer, but he promised us a better car would arrive next week. Hoping that there would be a "better" car the next week my dad reserved it.

The next week we went back to the Chevrolet dealer, anxious to find out what the car was. Once we arrived, the salesman says “The car is waiting for you in the garage”. I Can’t believe it. Glistening red paint, black bumper spoilers, black skirts and a black wing to top it off, it was the Z-28. My dad and I were extremely anxious to go for a test

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