...Buying My First Sports Car Joel Wood Communications 170 03/19/2012 Rhonda Herb Going fast has been something I have loved all my life. All thru out my child hood I dreamed of getting myself a brand-new sports car. Both the GM Corvette and the Dodge Viper are both absolutely awesome options for such a decision. Even with both being so great it still took me doing a lot of research of both my personal situations and the different options that each vehicle offers to allow me to narrow it down to one. They both offer such a precision vehicle that it literally took going into much greater detail with the vehicles just to make the final decision. With all that being said I will further this story by elaborating why the GM Corvette is an all-around better buy for one in a similar condition as myself. The biggest thing I took into consideration was the overall performance of the vehicles, especially since we are talking sports cars. The Dodge Viper comes with and engine that uses ten cylinders which equals massive performance but it is also a whole lot more maintenance and up keep. The GM Corvette only offers 8 cylinders in which is obviously two less but, even with only eight cylinders it still offers massive amounts of horse power. Obviously the added two cylinders of the Dodge Viper will offer more performance but with more performance also comes a lot more money spent. The added price variation just for a little bit...
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...little time maintaining your car? People use their cars everyday for different purposes. Mostly they use it for travaling to places. Cars are proven to be safer and cheaper than sports bikes. Some people do not maintain their car on regular bases; those are the people who we see often on side of a road waiting for a towing truck to come. Do you have any idea on how costly can a car be? I have Nissan Maxima. I got my car when I was 17 years of age. Just after I graduated I had received my first car. I was so happy that, for a moment I felt like getting my first car was more exciting then my graduation. I also had gotten a job at Walgreen’s where they paid me good enough. I started going to College of DuPage with my own car. I had seen everybody’s car and also wanted my car to look like others. So, I went to paint shop and had my car painted green with brand new design. It looked really great on my car. My next stop was Auto Zone where I bought a set of neon lights for under my car. After spending all that money, my car was a charm afterwards. But my money started getting short. I stopped wasting money on my car. Afterward I only did regular maintenance on my car. For example; oil change and all the other fluids change are necessary. When I was a kid I always wanted to have a car. When I received it, it was like a dream come true. I had to start saving money for my college and pocket money and also for car maintenance. At that moment my hobby for cars kind of started to go blurry...
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...For years, I have been driving an old used car with a lot of mileage, and I hate it. It gets me where I need to go, but I’m tired of fixing leaks and broken parts all the time. It's annoying every time I need to take it to the mechanic. Even when they take care of everything, I know I’ll just end up going back there in a few weeks. I have finally decided that I am not going to do it anymore. I have decided to buy a new car! Unfortunately, I have a problem. I have no idea what car to get. Do I want something fast? Do I want something big? Do I want something stylish? Something economical? I have so many choices that I don’t even know where to begin. I am not sure if I will be able to make the decision on my own. I don't have not a lot of money, either, so I probably don't have many options. After I had done some research, I knew that I would need some expert advice. Eventually, I went to a local dealership to check out some new models. I talked to the saleswoman and listened to her carefully. Her honesty and professionalism were really impressive. She had a lot of vary helpful suggestions and showed me some safe, affordable choices. After a long discussion, I finally decided which one I wanted. She not only helped me with the paperwork and finished the sale, but also the insurance. I was expecting this purchase to be a serious hassle, but the experience was almost painless. Everything went smoothly, and now I have a brand new car! I was so excited when I pulled out of...
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...3/21 Car Accident Background Morning (6:49 – 9:30) – In the morning I got on to the bus to go to Auto Tech. After Auto Tech I took the bus to YHS for my other classes. I went to American Civilization and English. Afternoon (11:40 – 3:01) – During lunch Samet drop me off at my house. I took the car to school. I parked in the parking lot and when to lunch. After lunch I went to math class. I had a math test that day. Late afternoon (2:10- 3:45) – My friend Seb and I decided to go to Seb’s house after school. Seb and I got into the car. We exited the parking lot and went straight onto N Greenbrier St. After about 100 yards we saw my friends Chris and Danny. I pulled up next to them and Danny said, “Hey, Ethan can I get a ride to my house, you know where I live right?” I said “Yeah sure I can give you a ride to your place.” Danny and Chris then got into the car. We continued on to N Greenbrier St. From “N Greenbrier St.”, I took a right on to 26th Street North. I drove down 26th street until I took a right on to North Trinidad Street. Then I took the next left, onto North Little Falls Road. We were on North Trinidad for a few blocks when at the intersection with N. Van Buren Danny suddenly said “Ethan take a right on to this street so we can back on the main road”. I was already into the intersection but tried to take the turn too quickly and slammed on the brakes. The wheels locked-up and the Saab skidded sideways into the curb which caused it to trip and flip...
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...While driving to the store the other day, trying to focus on chatting with my husband instead of the worsening vibrations of our Buick, I realized it is time to go car shopping. That decision became even easier after I had to buy four new tires, as well as learning my front brakes could go at any time! That brings us to the topic of which car is best suited for my little family: a 2011 GMC Terrain or the 2011 Honda CR-V. In my quest for comparison, I came across a site called The Car Connection. It allows you to compare countless vehicles, providing tremendously detailed specifications. This proved to be a valuable tool for my vehicle comparisons. With the 2011 GMC Terrain, I focused on price, miles per gallon (MPG) for city and highway, comfort, and appearance. I was all right with the price, ranging from $26,434 - $27,825. It averages 20 mpg in the city, 32 mpg on the highway, rating it a 7.8 out of 10 among customers, and staying competitive with similar midsize sport utility vehicles. It boasts a comfortable and refined cabin with enough cargo space for my two dogs. Last, but not least, it has a truck-like appearance and enough exterior and interior color choices to please almost any potential buyer. Alternatively, you have the 2011 Honda CR-V. It averages 21 mpg in the city, 28 mpg on the highway, rating it at 7.3 out of 10 among sport utility vehicle customers. As far as comfort goes, it has a smooth powertrain, and spacious interior. In appearance, this vehicle seems...
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...My Dream Car My dream car is made by Ferrari. Ferrari has always been a symbol of speed and prestige as well as elegance. It has even been described as a ‘passion on wheels’. Owning a Ferrari means that you have arrived in style. Only the very rich can even dream of owning a Ferrari. The Ferrari motorcar company is the brainchild of Enzo Ferrari, an Italian who started his career as a small carmaker. The 125 Sport was the first ever Ferrari motorcar. Enzo Ferrari did not intend to build road cars, when he formed the Scuderia Ferrari in 1929. After World War I, Ferrari became a driver on the Alfa-Romeo team. Following a victory at Ravenna, the family of Francesco Baracca, presented him with a small charred plaque. Baracca had died in combat and the plaque was one of the parts of the Ferrari emblem. The Ferrari emblem with a yellow shield with a black horse in the middle is recognized across the world of automobile fanatics. This prancing horse became the symbol of Ferrari and it appeared on all the cars he drove. Ferrari automobiles have been featured in many films and television shows. The Ferrari 250 was in the 1986 movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off driven by Matthew Broderick, the Ferrari 512 driven by Steven McQueen was in the 1971 film Le Mans, the Ferrari Mondial was in 1985 movie Weird Science driven by John Hughes, the Ferrari Daytona appeared in the Miami Vice television shows, driven by Don Johnson, and a replica of the Ferrari F430 was used in the Pixar movie Cars...
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...Samuel Gates Kristina Hakanson LGS 80 October 20, 2011 Descriptive writing My Project Car My first car was a cobalt blue 1968 Chevy Nova SS with metallic flake. I got the car for my sixteenth birthday. When I woke that morning it was sitting in the drive way with a red ribbon wrapped around it. As I was pulling off the big ribbon my dad said excitingly “we have a lot of work to do before you get to drive it”. I asked him with sheer doubt,” What all needs to be done?” He told me that we needed to get a motor and transmission for the car. We got a 327 cubic inch motor that was out of a 1964 Corvette that my cousin had wrecked the previous year. It needed to be rebuilt so he just gave it to me. After we got the motor home, we started breaking it down piece by piece, to see what needed replaced. We found out it needed new pistons and camshafts. Since those needed to be replaced we bought all new high performance parts for the motor. It took six weeks for all the parts to show up. We had sent the heads off to be checked to see if they were either cracked or warped and then we started to put the motor back together,. About three days later the machinist had called to let us know that one of the heads was warped. Luckily my cousin had some spare heads. After we got it all put back together we had it DYNO tested. We got the results of the test about fifteen minutes later, it was pushing 650 horsepower at the flywheel, and had 550 foot pounds of torque. It had made all the sweat...
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...The history of Ferrari In my opinion, Ferrari is one of the greatest auto company in the world. Ferrari was established in 1929 by Enzo Ferrari. At first, Enzo Ferrari was not interested in the idea of producing road cars when he formed Scuderia Ferrari. It is very difficult in the first few years. After the second war of the world. In 1947, Ferrari built its own automobile factory to produce the first car for general road driving--Ferrari 125s. And a lot of cars are produced in the next few years. Ferrari got many champions in car contests by these cars. It made Ferrari to be a great auto company. Most of the Ferrari car are handmade, so the production is very low. Unfortunately, the low production and sale are difficult to support the huge overhead of racing team, Ferrari often get in economic problems. However, due to the high reputation of Ferrari, many times to win honors for Italian, Ferrari has become a representative image of the Italian automotive industry. So Ferrari got the help from FIAT. Ford Motor Company was interested in buying Ferrari. But Enzo Ferrari refused. In 1969 Ferrari agreed to be bought by FIAT, and the condition is FIAT shall not influence its racing activities in the future. As a comparison Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini both be sold to Germany. Ferrari insisted on and become the pride of Italy. The philosophy of Ferrari Enzo Ferrari said the best car of Ferrari always be the next one. Constant pursuit of success is Ferrari’s philosophy. Scuderia...
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...My dream car When most people think about their dream car, they fantasize and dream cars such as a Lamborghini, Bugatti, Maybach Exelero, Porsche, Lykan Hypersport, Ferrari, Mercedes Benz, Aston Martin One-77, etc. However, some people like to keep it simple. I am one of those people. I do not dream about over the line expensive cars, I dream about a car that fits both my current and future needs as well as what’s best for the planet. My dream car is a Smart fortwo Brabus. This is my dream car because for eight reasons. Those reasons include style, high gas mileage, maneuvers well, the comfortable feeling, easy to clean, I don't have to take someone who I don't want in my car, the storage compartment in the back and technology. I have a car which is named Chevrolet Geo-Metro which was introduced in 1992. It is not a car many teens who be happy to say they own. I have seen many different cars but this car is something different. This car has an engine of 3-Cyl, 1.0 Liter with the 55-79 horsepower and 58-75 lb. of torque. This Geo-Metro has some smooth features in it such as the hard roof, seatbelts that are connected to the windows and its unique shape which gives an edgy look. In addition, the Chevrolet Geo-Metro has manual gears in it. It can catch the speed of 55 mph in a matter of seconds. The fastest car ever right? I know that maybe slow to others. But nowadays there are faster and bigger cars than the Geo-Metro. I have a dream of having a Smart fortwo Brabus...
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...My Car Accident Like any other Saturday, I was hanging out with my best friend, Lindsey. We had just left the Project Graduation car show, and were headed out Buckeye Road trying to get her home on time. We were playing loud music, laughing, swaying and talking about our boyfriend issues like normal. I hated to see the night end, so we sat in my car in her driveway hashing out our plans for next weekend. We hugged and she made me promise I would buckle up and be safe. Of course, I agreed to both, I put the car in reverse and backed out. As I was driving down twisting country roads thinking about our plans for next weekend, the thought of being in a car accident never crossed my mind. And then it happened. A bright red car came barreling at me head on. I panicked, and jerked my steering wheel. My car wheels dropped off the low shoulder. Suddenly, the car careened out of control, and everything went dark. I couldn’t see, but I could hear the screaming of brakes, smell of burning rubber, feel my body being jolted forward in a lifeless motion. I heard sounds of metal crunching, felt like I was soaring through the sky, and everything ended in a sudden hard stop and complete silence. The next thing I remember is someone cradling me, and talking to me and the sounds of sirens in the distance. I fade in and out of consciousness, but I can still feel the pain shooting through my body, and tears of fear flowing down my cheeks. I woke up with something obscuring my vision and hindering...
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...2008 GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE I SECTION II Answer TWO questions in this section. RELATIONS, FUNCTIONS AND GRAPHS Page l0 ( lmark) ( 2 marks) ( lmark ) ( 2 marks) ( 2 marks) 9. (a) Simplify (i) * * (ii) t'xt+)f 35 oibi*J"ut. If"flr) = ?-x- 3, find the value of (i) fl2) (ii) ,f-t(o) (iii) f-'f(z) f o) (c) The temperature, K, of a liquid t minutes after heating is given in the table belowt (time in minutes) 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 K (Temp. in "C) 84 6l 4D 29 27 26 25 Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 giggkon the horizontal axis and a scale of 2 crn to represent l0 degrees on the vertical axis, construct atemperature-time graph to show how the liquid cools in the 60 minute interval' Draw a smooth curve through all the plotted points. Use your graph to estimate ( 4 marks) a) the temperature of the liquid after 15 minutes b) rhe rate of cooling of the liquid at t = 3o minutes. ( 3 marks) Total 15 marks (i) (ii) o1234a20F 2008 GO ON TO TIIE NEXT PAGE .- \ 10. Page 11 (a) Solve the following pair of equations forx and y: y + 4x=27 ry + x=40 ( 6marks) (b) The shaded area in the diagram below shows the solution of a set of inequalities in .r and y. The variable x represents the number of boys in a cricket club and y represents the number of girls in the cricket club. 20 J= + x+tZ Use the graph above to answer the questions which follow. (i) State, using arguments based on the graph, whether the cricket club can have as members: a)...
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...Me: Hello, I’d like to speak with someone in your sales department We are then escorted down a corridor and sat in an office. A few moments later a clean cut gentleman walks in with a smile and firmly shakes our hands. He pulls out a blank sheet to gather our requirements for a vehicle. We’ll call the guy “Mr Sales” – he introduces himself and asks Mr. Sales: What type of vehicle are you looking for? Me: A small or mid-sized SUV to replace my 2004 Outlander. I’m looking for a 2007 or later. Mr. Sales begins to drill down to the specifics (must haves & would be nice) for my next vehicle: power locks, foreign or domestic, moon roof etc. Then he asks THE BIG QUESTION: Mr. Sales: What is your price range? Mr. A and I give each other a look. I’ve already set my price, but I didn’t know if I wanted to disclose it. Should I go high and then try to get him show me cars and negotiate down? Should I go low so he can “think” he’s talking me up? Wait a minute! These are the exact games I loathe! I give him an honest answer: Me: $10,000 or less At this point Mr. Sales face sinks in just a little. He turns to his computer to search is inventory. I watch his eyes scan the screen. There was a long silence, but someone once told me during negotiation that silence is powerful. I looked around his office and noticed an old copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War on his desk. I chuckled to myself and thought – know your enemy! (Side note: Not only has The Art of War been heavily...
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...about her. If those people that comment mean things talking about her where not just a profile and was someone face to face we usually wouldn't say things like that. Also in the Vanderbilt’s essay he talks about the road rage and the different types of communication while driving. Many people while driving get very upset with other drivers if they need to be somewhere quickly, or even if the person is driving slower then they want to drive, which cause the person that is behind the person that is going slow to speed up and cut them off. I have seen a lot of incidents where people cut someone off and they want to get pay back on they so they try to cut them off back, then it turns into an accident. Citizens do not understand how dangerous cars and truck are when we are behind the wheel, they can hurt someone very badly plus even kill them. We as people need to understand that our ethical compilations need to help us from being cyborgs, to understand that we have to live our own life without having to use all the new technology. People today are totally cyborgs we use technology in everything we do. We hardly do this that does not consist of new technology advancements. Whenever, people have questions that we need to find answers for we go on our phones or computers to google the answer. New technology has made greater openness possible, but has this...
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...him because I got my car from him, so when I get problems in my car he always help me solve it, and I also like about cars, this is why I would like to interview him. I approached he talk with a customer. A Typical Day He told me he love this job, he need to receive many different customers every day, although in these customers Most people will not choose or buy a car, but he still need to patiently explain some information about VW cars to his clients. Mark's work time is Monday to Friday, he generally work from 12 PM to 6 PM, but if necessary he need work later. Like me, I remember the day I buy a car, it spend much time until seven o 'clock. His work is not busy, because every day if there is no customer, he can do some other things in the office. But if a situation, must be immediately returned to the post. Interview Analysis This interview show more new career ideas to me and how to conduct an interview. From this interview I realized that sale cars it not a simple thing. Auto Sales is an important part of consumer spending, it also can reflect Consumers' confidence in the economic outlook at the same time. If cars sales rising, generally indicates the country's economic in stable growth and consumers' enhancing of consuming conscience, it is good for country's currency, at the same time may be accompanied by rising interest rates in the country and Stimulate the country's currency exchange rate to rise. Obviously I don't have much ideas about cars impact on the economy...
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...first got my license I was on top of the world. I was handed the keys of my very first car and that's when it all began. My parents instilled a lot of trust in me when it came to being behind the wheel. Within the next two years I had given them many reasons to not trust me. I hit Mr. Pages truck within a week of having my own car, I ran into a pole with my dads truck, and lastly I got pulled over going 91. I am the worst driver in the world. I was I new driver, with a new car so I obviously thought I was pretty cool. I was wrong! I had just got done washing my 2012 Malibu, just in time to go show it off at practice. I rolled down all the windows and opened the sun roof. I put my sunglasses on and cranked the music. I thought I was awesome. Once again I was completely wrong. I drove into that parking lot like I owed the place. I was driving way to fast and thought I could fit in between Mr. Pages truck and someone else's car. Me and my shiny new car pulled into that spot at a vertical angle, ramming right into the front of Mr. Page's truck. I wasn't so cool now, nor did my parents like me very much....
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