Joy ride | Melissa P.

Melissa’s Nissan Maxima, looking snazzy and full of potential!

I couldn’t decide on mine (unless my body and mind count—the design of every internal to external part that works together is incredible to me and I like how mine was designed).

Otherwise, I’d say my car, because it provides me freedom and speed. My car specifically has pretty decent horsepower, 300hp I believe. I would love to really step on it and drive it as fast as it can go. But there’s nowhere, besides a race track, where that is allowed without penalty. Which raises the question, “Why is the car capable, if doing so breaks the law?!”

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