2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LTZ/ The actual one on moving

I feel like I've been favoring the sports cars lately in my interests when in all honesty, I'm a truck girl. Now, maybe it's because I did grow up on a farm or maybe it's because trucks are big and I naturally favor big vehicles, but I've always been a truck girl and that will never change. This is not my ideal truck. That one will show up eventually but I want to save the cars that I actually want for special occasions. So I'm going to honor my love of trucks with a Chevy. This is a 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ. It's got a 5.3L V8 or a 6.2L V8 and either RWD or AWD. The bodystyle of the truck in this picture is crew cab and I believe standard bed although it could be the short bed. The angle makes it slightly difficult to tell. Americans get too many choices on their trucks. And cars for that matter but it's slightly more irritating in the trucks because really, trucks should have big beds and big room in the cab. That way, there's room for whatever you need, people room, cargo room, whatever. Anyway, the 6.2L V8 gives 420 horsepower and the 5.3L V8 gives up to 355 horsepower. The 5.3L has a 0-60 at around 6.6 seconds and the 6.2L has it at around 6 seconds. And what's really cool about these engines is if there's a light engine load, they don't use four of those 8 cylinders. Which helps with the fuel economy. I get it that it's less common to find a truck in places outside of the US but I still and will always and forever love trucks and it is my ambition in life to have one. Well, one of my ambitions in life. I have several. But being the proud owner of a truck is one of them.

Okay, well, I have mixed feelings about moving. On the one hand, I'm super stoked to be out of Vegas. I mean, seriously, it's a horrible town to live in. And I've found so many cute clothes here that you can't find in Vegas that it's not even funny. Went a little overboard but whatever. It's summer and those clothes are for the Fourth of July. It's our tradition.
But at the same time...I've spent years there. My high school is there, the people that suffered through IB with me are there. The people I'll miss, the actual city itself, I won't. But again, it's strange. I didn't realize that I would miss Vegas until I left and now I find myself feeling vaguely sentimental. Part of it, I think, is because I'm beginning such a big, new chapter of my life and while that is exhilarating, it's also slightly terrifying. My life is officially mine to screw up and there are so many things that I want to do but I'm not sure if I'll be able to and I'm kind of on a time crunch. But I've always enjoyed a challenge once I get to it. I'm just sitting here waiting right now. And I hate waiting more than nearly anything else on the planet.

2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS/Driving

Yesterday, I was in a Chevy for...oh, about fourteen hours driving around. I've seen more of Salt Lake City, UT, than I've ever seen before. We also got a little lost and had to rely on my fabulous sense of direction (seriously, it's crazy) to get us back to where we needed to be. And we ended up somewhere that we knew but it wasn't where we wanted to go because my darling mother didn't listen and turned right when I said to go straight. I'm telling you. I'm like a bloodhound when it comes to directions.
But I also took another first for my driving career. And even though I was panicking because I don't have a lot of driving experience, I managed to drive in a strange city and I didn't get us killed. And I didn't panic because my grandmother is a Nervous Nellie and she's not very comforting when another car is anywhere near ours. Eh, I managed to keep my cool and I only got honked at once because I had no idea where I was going. Oh, well.

This, lovely friends, is the 2014 Chevrolet Camaro SS. Here we have a sexy little American car that might as well say "Check out how fast I go!". Its 6.2L V-8 engine produces 426 horsepower, giving it a nice little bit of oomph. Seriously. All that horsepower in a car that can be as low in price as around $33,000. What a gorgeous piece of machinery! I mean, look at it! It just looks fast and it's so sleek and beautiful that it's even making me want one and I am not a fan of Camaros as it is. But man, look at that car.
The only question I have is about the handling. American cars are notorious for terrible cornering capabilities. If this car can turn corners decently, that would pretty much cinch my desire for one. But I figured out why. We build our cars to drive on our roads and streets, which are pretty straight. Reason for that would lie in our history of pioneering behaviour (which across this landmass means a straight route is the fastest one and could mean the difference between life and death). Also, we tend to just go right over things or blast tunnels through them, decreasing the need for curves. No curvy roads means that our cars would be terrible at cornering. Mystery solved!