Creative Story: Racing Along Walls
"Hey Joe, hand me the 3/16 socket," I mumbled into the underside of my car.
I felt a nudge in my ribs as my friend, Joe, handed me the socket I asked for.
Matching the ends of the hexagonal shaped socket with the stub on my wrench, I
pushed the two together. A loud click signaled the two ends of the socket and
wrench fit perfectly. Reluctantly, I went to work tightening the chassis of my
car. I felt overwhelmed by the number of lugs I would have to check and tighten.
It took me almost a half an hour to completely tighten each bolt and there were
still eight more to go. To add to my frustration, the sun was starting to set
which forced me to use an inadequate electrical lamp to illuminate ...
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to tighten it, I felt a sharp,
searing pain on the upper portion of my hand. Instinctively, I swore, forgetting
all the lessons on good manners my parents had taught me. I brought my hand up
to inspect the wound but the darkness of the garage, the setting sun, and the
little remaining light my car blocked made it so I couldn't see my hand at all.
As I climbed out from underneath the car, I noticed that I was leaving a trail
of thick, dark, drops with my movements. I carelessly wiped off the dripping
blood on my shirt and looked at the length and depth of the cut in my hand. “Oh
man! Joe check out this cut. I'm going to love this scar! It will make my hand
look more manly. Oh yeah! But my hand hurts really bad.” I happily exclaimed.
The cut ran the whole length of my hand. Luckily, it was the top of my hand that
was cut and not the palm side of it, so I knew I didn't get any important veins
that would make me bleed to death. It was another scar I could add to my body
giving ...
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of slow cars, that is not the case. Most
cars at Battle, including mine, have modifications that make them extremely
quick cars putting the large displacement American cars to shame. Take, for
example, my modified Acura Integra GSR with Turbo VTEC makes around 325
horsepower with a small 1.8 liter engine while a modified Ford Mustang makes 400
horsepower with a large 5.0 liter engine. Even though the Ford Mustang makes
more horsepower, it is also much heavier because of its thicker steel and larger
engine, so in a race, my car would win by quite a distance. My car and most
Japanese imports weigh less because they have smaller engines and thinner metal.
In some areas, the metal is so ...
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