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Car outside my window

I am done with my warm-ups and decided to do more sketches. Outside my window I saw a parked car. Decent motive, not too many details, interesting perspective, and when I draw at home I don't even have to wear pants and can scan in individual stages along the way.
What I learned: my perspective game is still a bit try-and-see, I should go do more rounds on draw-a-box.com.
My linework looks rough. I am working through Guptil's book and patiently practice calm, clear lines and patterns, but when I am hooked to a motive most of it goes out the windows and I just want to get that shape filled ...fast! Becoming increasingly far-sighted doesn't help with precision either, as all I do is quite blurry, and I am always guessing where my lines exactly start and end. Thank god I get new glasses next week.

I worked in some serious dark-light contrast and a bunch of details, even sketched in a bit of a forefront and backdrop for more depth.
Around 30-ish minutes in, I'll call it quits. Feeling OK with the results, but the crosshatching is chickenscratch.

I worked in some serious dark-light contrast and a bunch of details, even sketched in a bit of a forefront and backdrop for more depth.
Around 30-ish minutes in, I'll call it quits. Feeling OK with the results, but the crosshatching is chickenscratch.

F... it, pencil is for cowards. I inked over some main lines and removed the pencil. 8 minutes in now

F... it, pencil is for cowards. I inked over some main lines and removed the pencil. 8 minutes in now

OK, I decided to do a quick sketch. Here is me struggling with a pencil to find the perspective. Took me 4 minutes so far

OK, I decided to do a quick sketch. Here is me struggling with a pencil to find the perspective. Took me 4 minutes so far