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Oh my God, that was it for me.

That was like literally it for me in life.

I was broken. I look at him. My eyes open up wine. My mouth dropped. I scream and I fell on the floor and I hold on to him. I scream.

I said, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I said, no, no, no, not farts him. I said,

no. no.

No.

The picture.

I said, no.

The radio's on, the windows are down, and the open road unfolds before you.

I remember mine, a 1991 Pontiac Grand Am Tudor.

It was a piece of shit, but it was mine.

But cars are more than just vehicles.

They're powerful symbols of freedom.

And for any teenager lucky enough to be gifted a car, that ride is typically a right of passage,

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