Show In Praise Of The College Car by Dan Metcalf I 1 finally bought my parking sticker for this year I had been d dodging the bullet with the Campus Police for forthe the last three weeks and I knew my luck was running out I did get one ticket but at only five dollars I I didn't feel broken I decided that it was time to start taking care of my car Buying a parking sticker was the final car service in a long line of nice things I have done to my car in inthe inthe the l last st you week see mine is a College Car r What is a College Car A College Colleg Car is a thing of beauty A College r Car is very different from normal cars you see on the freeway A College Car is a vehicle that is subject to many manYI hardships that the regular every-day every car is not A College Car even looks different First the origin of the College Car Caris is different Most come from two different places The first place is from your childhood driveway It is isa isa isa a known fact fad that there are a good number of college students driving cars that their parents just couldn't stand to drive anymore and didn't have the time or the will to tow away A c college lIege students student's first instinct is is' to befriend this family outcast and soon it becomes a College Car The second place is State Street Have you ever counted the the number of used car dealerships on State Street in Salt Lake There must be at least forty These dealerships exist to accommodate the growing number of college students in the valley With a little financing and a full or time part-time job most students find it easy to locate the College Car of their dreams on State Street My particular College Car was of course a gift from my father A College Car looks very different from other cars and not just from the outside either Aside from the parking stickers plastered all over the outside windows a College Car Gar could look very much like any other car It is the interior of the car that makes it a College Car It has been said that in some College Cars the owners have not seen the actual floor of the car since their first year in college Finally the College Car is a very tough car It takes upon itself many demanding hardships that would kill any other vehicle Legend has it that a certain College Car went a full four years without an oil change The owner just know his hiscar hiscar hiscar car needed it Poor Car Even in the face of these tortures the College Car Ca just keeps going or dies trying It Itis Itis Itis is for this strong will and personal beauty that I I give praise to the College Car It deserves it and just for being a College Car through and through I have decided to be nicer to my College Car From now on I Iam Iam Iam am going to check the fluids in my car Im I'm going to clean it out every once in awhile And finally in th the end I am probably bly going to give it to my brother when he starts college 7 |