First Gear Fridays: Green Light

First Gear Friday allows you to relive the times when driving was the milestone you were waiting to hit! One of our youngest Cruisers, Gabe, gives us his impressions as a new driver with a love for all things automotive.

I just a completed a pivotal moment in my life: getting my driver's license. Ever since I turned 15 and passed my written exam, I haven't been able to wait for the next six months to go by to begin behind-the-wheel training. I was entering a great adventure by learning how to do Y-turns, parallel parking, lane changes, and backing up. Keeping a constant driving speed in traffic is more difficult than I thought. Driving for the very first time is nerve racking because you don’t know how to handle every situation. However, when I was halfway through I felt like I could take the driver's test. Although it was a lot of fun for me, it was more stressful for my parents. I’m sure I contributed to a few more grey hairs on their head.

Now I feel how different cars handle and can understand why people would like to customize them. This has developed into a passion of mine to modify vehicles for clients' specific desires for their personal cars, from models ranging from utilitarian to exotic. This whole experience has sparked a desire for me to get into the automotive industry.

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