JACOB’S FIRST CAR
ACCIDENT
Last Oct, my oldest grandson turned 16. At the time my car was over 12 years old, so
I bought a new one and gave Jacob my old car with less than 50,000 miles on
it. However, there was one
stipulation. He could drive it until he
graduated high school in three years.
Then my younger grandson, Jared, would turn 16 and the car would go to
him for his last three years of high school.
It was certainly a good plan and hopefully will come to
pass. Unfortunately, the other day,
after 9 months with no problems, Jacob had his first and hopefully only
fender-bender. As he backed out of a
friend’s driveway he hit a fire hydrant!
Fortunately, the damage near the fender isn’t too bad. There is a small hole in the exterior and it
is slightly crunched like an accordion.
The dent is smaller than a soccer ball and you would hope it would not
cost much to fix. But sadly the amount will probably be about three or four
thousand dollars – too much to spend on a 13-year-old car.
And so all that will be done is to paint the surface to
prevent rusting and to hope that in two more years, my younger grandson Jared,
will still have a pretty decent car to drive.
By Hannah
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