The joy of owning a new car. In my short twenty two years, I have owned six cars. My first car was bought at the age of sixteen before I even had my driver’s license. The joy and excitement you get from having something that is such a tool as a car is incredible. I love the freedom of knowing that I can go anywhere I want whenever I want.
My first car was a 1995 Buick Regal, it had dents and was in no way perfect but it was something that could get me from point A to point B. The funny thing is that I sold that car before I could even drive it to my dad. Before I went to college I purchased a 1993 Toyota Corolla, it was from a family friend and it had been well maintained but as you can imagine it wasn’t fancy. After my first year at school, I got a personal caregiving job which required me to drive my client to different locations. My ’93 Corolla just was not conducive to that as it was small and not the level of car you want to chauffeur a wealthy client around in.
I then purchased a 2015 Toyota Corolla, brand new off the lot. I was so excited, it was brand new and me, Matthew Modlin had bought it and was paying for it. In the first eight months after purchasing my new car, I had put over fifteen thousand miles on it. The putting on of miles came to a screeching halt when I was hit by a drunk driver, another story for another time. That car was totaled after which I purchased another Corolla the same year with more features and fewer miles.
Since then I’ve bought another couple of vehicles. The joy and freedom of having your own driving machine make me almost at a loss for words. In the last few years I was working on school and was a workaholic while doing it, I wasn’t at home for long periods of time. This means that my car was in some ways my home. It was the one thing that I owned which was large enough to house me. It was my sanctuary. So many good memories have been made because of having a car. The late night food runs with friends, the dates, and numerous road trips. A car has the ability to take you places and facilitate you see things you never would have otherwise. It’s a tool that you can use to make money and it’s an item that you can use to have fun. If you don’t have a car, buy one. The sense of joy you get by owning one is unmatched and the memories are endless.