Descriptive Essays - The Good Old Truck :: Descriptive Writing Examples

The Good Old TruckMy pop music bought his red Dodge Dakota truck in 1995. When he got the truck it had already hit a deer and two cows. Since he has owned it, its value has gone down considerably, even though he has washed-out more money fixing it than he paid for it. If it was worth as much money as it has cost to keep it running we could sell it and barter for a new car. It is red with a stripe down one side-- yes, only one side, the other side has no stripe, I have no idea why this is. There is also a huge dent above the right hind wheel that occurred when a horse tried to excite in the back of the truck. The new, improved, revamped bumper is bent slightly down from the deer and other things that it has hit.The back of the truck is mostly full of my dads horse shoeing stuff. It is in no way neat or in any kind of arrangement. There are always empty horseshoe boxes piled to the brim. Underneath the boxes, balls of twine are entangled in old non-usable horseshoes.If you get in side of the truck, you enter a whole different place than the outside world. Notice that I said if you get in what I mean by this is you cant get in through the passenger side unless someone opens it from the inside. The drivers side door doesnt open all of the time, and when it does you cant possibly slam it severe enough to get it to shut all of the way. Most of the time the passenger side is overheaped with trash, mostly empty pop bottles and cans.Inside it usually smells corresponding horses. My dad shoes horses for a living, so the smell is on him and then is transferred to the seats and anything else that he touches. Also, he keeps his apron in the cab of the truck and it definitely smells like horses. Once in a while when I get in, I get a sniff of a mixture of vinegar and dust. The smell of vinegar comes from the homemade fly spray that my dad makes, and the smell of dust is from all of the dirt that is that has gathered in the corners on the dash.Once I finally get past t he aroma of the truck I proceed to turn the key and hope it will start.