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Personal Narrative: The Oil Change That Changed My Life

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The oil change that changed my life At one point or another, everyone fails in life. Never in the world would I thought I could have ruined someone’s life by failing a $40 oil change. Thinking back to about 2 years ago a simple oil change in a car could have put me in debt thousands. Remembering, almost every single month my dad teaching me how to do an oil change on a vehicle. My dad finally let me do one by myself on a customer’s car. I did not know what to think at this moment, I was the most nervous I have ever been because my Dad actually trusted me. I have vivid memory of pulling the car on the lift and changing the oil. Knowing all the knowledge I know about cars during this time I knew today was the day I prove I don’t need no

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