hardworking 240sx owners

[fayceoff]

I'm a freelance assassin. I just got the green light to hit Lil Wayne...

...I wish.I'm a Navy Police instructor. I teach Small Arms, Non-Lethal Weapons, and Unarmed Self-Defense.


Modified by fayceoff at 11:36 PM 11/23/2008

[SR20DET.240]

Network Engineer for Verizon Business. Been here for over nine years, making decent money but I have a six month old daughter that eats my car fund. Its all good though, one day she will be turning wrenches with me in the garage.

[notslow]

I sell mobile phones. Plan to go to school shortly for business admin and marketing.

[ShereKhan]

I was working as a lot boy while i went to UTI. Now im jobless cause i was offered a job at flagstaff honda but not till it gets built and everytime i call the date is pushed back. I think im going to give up on that and just work at a brake masters up there or maybe goodyear. I'm sick of being broke and sitting around all day wanting to put parts on my 240 :p

[sldewyz]

full time student at wyotech. savin money from the student living checks. hopefully when i sell my sr i can save that money for rhd swap and boost so i can do those as projects during class. im gonna get a job around here after thanksgiving. itl take up most of the boring downitime i have everyday and give me moneys for my s13.

[NizzmoS13]

haha that reminds me i was going to work for save mart doing that but then i refused the job because i heard there was too many racist people in there. i dont like racism, im mexican but i dont hate on any other race. anyways im trying to find a job doing retail or something because im a little tired of coming home with texture, paint, white powder in my hair etc.

**** you should of took that job if its the Save Mart in Manteca, my sister works there and hasn't had a problem with racism and where white and filipino so we look Mexican. Man she even got a free xbox 360 from them which of corse I quickly bought for a good price.

Also I think I might have seen you driving around, I have a red s13 to and I can only remember seeing only one other red s13 in Manteca. Also am a tech for Blue Diamond, it supports my 240sx addiction...barely!

[snake240]

self employed doing welding jobs and living off savings. work has slowed so im trying to get into pipe union.

[ArcherV20]

I am a payroll administrator for more than 100 companies ranging from 1 - 1000 employees. I'm 21 and currently in training to become designated as a Certified General Accountant.

Current salary: 32K per annum.

[NISSAN240SX12]

I work for Hewlett Packard and been working there for 5 years. I repair anything from laptops, desktop, servers and printers. But I have a family to take care of. I was lucky enough to have the funds to rebuild my KA. Its all good though!

[1sikS13]

I am a laid off do it all construction worker, collecting unemployment, and doing car repair on the side to pay the bills and buy goodies.

[bloodspread]

I bag animal tissues(parts) for a living for the school of Veterinary Medicine.... I also do event security for our football games and concerts at U.C. Davis, during the summer I was making almost $400 a pay check(bi monthly) but now since school started im down to $150-$200 a pay check, not nearly so my project is at a standstill

[spikee306]

i'm a full time student at wyotech myself. i had extra loan money that the school wasn't using.....so i took it and am doing an rb25 swap. i'm looking for a job tho cuz i'm running out of money.

full time student at wyotech. savin money from the student living checks. hopefully when i sell my sr i can save that money for rhd swap and boost so i can do those as projects during class. im gonna get a job around here after thanksgiving. itl take up most of the boring downitime i have everyday and give me moneys for my s13.

which 240 do you have? are you the one that has postings up about selling the sr20 thats newly rebuilt with the white valve cover in the auto building? are you nights or days?

[s13slidinnaples]

I work at autozone its a pretty sweet job talk about cars all day long helps gets the parts a bit cheaper too

[SirSilvia]

I work for my Cable ISP, helpdesk support. Yeah, I'm answering calls from the dumbest people on the face of the planet, and some are quite ignorant but hell, its only a phone i can hang up, plus free 10Mbs internet and Vo-IP phone etc. sweet apt and I work afternoon so I can still hit up the night life, what little there is around here and sleep in everyday.

[edwinS13]

**** you should of took that job if its the Save Mart in Manteca, my sister works there and hasn't had a problem with racism and where white and filipino so we look Mexican. Man she even got a free xbox 360 from them which of corse I quickly bought for a good price.

Also I think I might have seen you driving around, I have a red s13 to and I can only remember seeing only one other red s13 in Manteca. Also am a tech for Blue Diamond, it supports my 240sx addiction...barely!

yea it is the one in manteca, i had a friend working there like a year ago and told me it was all bad... well i sold my last s13 it was burgundy slammed with some ghay honda rims that the car came with, i LOVED the car though, but had to pay bills, now i bought another POS s13 thats all bad, im trying to get it looking nice and make some profit

oh and talking about jobs, i just came from work and i found a piece of sheetrock on the bottom of my shoe, have no idea how it got there, tomorrow ill be heading to tracy to tape a house then to oakland to hang sheetrock and tape texture etc, isnt work just great

[mattv2099]

UPS delivery driver. Excellent pay and benefits. 28.50 per hour with mad overtime. Single, no kids. Extremely hard job to obtain. Waiting list can be 5-10 years in certain areas. With bad economy waiting list getting longer and drivers are being laid off due to lack of work. I might have some lay off time next year unfortunately.

[dxevin]

I've always wondered about this too . I see so many nice cars with huge mods. I make about 1100 dollars a week after taxes. Working for ABC's tv show LOST here in hawaii, and im only now buying a 240sx and planning to mod it. And even at that i dont feel like i have the funds to do crazy stuff like the things i see on here day to day. But more power to you guys for putting your heart soul and wallet into your babies. I love my 240sx and im planning to do the same.

[edwinS13]

sounds cool and good pay(specially if single)but not my type of job, i like the hard labor, but i want to take a little break and work somewhere chill.

[edwinS13]

i always wondered about the same thing but then figured that you gotta sacrifice other things and dedicate money into parts unless you have a really good paying job like some of these guys or own a business like the guy up there with the nice looking silvia....so do you act?? or what do you do working on that show?

[koukiFC]

Assistant Kitchen Manager for Outback. soon to be a Assembly Tech for Lockheed Martin.

[dahveed]

i sweep parking lots haha. been doing it for about a year now, taught me how to drive pretty damn good with one hand lol.

[jdm_master_X]

thats cool, and for all of the unemployed, i wish the best for all of you, life is hard and without money it makes it harder, but yea im tryng to get into bmw also, so hows wyotec? im going to uti but i think their the same

Both schools are different as far as teaching style. But I am making a comparison to what was formerly Sequoia Institute which just changed names to Wyotech when I started in September of 2005.

From talking to UTI alumni that transferred to my school and folks that I used to work with, I'll give it to you in this perspective:

Nearly 70% of all UTI guys I've encountered told me that there seems to be a lot more bookwork involved than lab work. I guess the guys that went to the Phoenix campus got a tool box and laptop (not sure if it was before or after completion). But I was told maybe in a 6 week class they would spend approximately 4 weeks time on bookwork. Oddly, it translated into the field when most of the kids I used to work with struggled doing some of the actual work. Classes are nearly 6-8 hour blocks (10 in other campuses), and UTI isn't very forgiving with missing class either from what I've seen.

When I went to Sequoia (because I'm not going to associate that campus with Wyotech in Sacramento), we alternated between lab and class time ALL THE TIME so it was as even as it got as far as hands on and theory. Since Sequoia has been so long established (like 1960s-70s), the teachers and curriculum has been thoroughly explained and refined. The equipment there is old and new, and you get a decent mix of cars to work on. The SMOG program and BMW STEP class there is completely on point, and is definitely worth the money if you are going there. Most of all, you can choose day, afternoon, and evening classes to tailor your schedule around work and errands. EVENING CLASS is the sh*t.

BUT! I still advise most of my prospective peers to really think about going to a community college and seeing how you like it before really stepping up and going to a tech school that is almost 25-40K in tuition. Honestly, you can always get the same experience in a community college and save bundles. Just because your resume says you attended a tech school doesn't mean you're any better than someone who has community college experience, or just work experience. I would say 10% of all the guys I went to school with are happy doing automotive, while the remainder just goofed off or had mom and dad paying the bill.

If you need more advice, ask me. I'm not far away from you either.

[Naloos13]

Tax accountant for an executive wine and spirits broker/distributor

[ward28465]

dont waste your money on UTI...I went to NTI in Mooresville, NC.. BIG waste of $$$. Go to a community College with a auto tech. program. You will learn the same stuff for a fraction of the price! I'll be paying $56 a month for the next 15 years of my life to pay off my student loan and i'm not even working on car!!!!i do construction

[ward28465]

i deliver blueprints and bond paper, its allright money, but i cant save it for $hit... and i just got a dwi last night, freaking great... i guess im gonna have to try to get the conditional license now, i had 3 beers at a bar when i got there and i usually just chill there till i sober up, but my friend got kicked out of a bar in cold, so i decided to drive him home, not a good idea, dont drink and drive

I feel your pain man .....i got my second DUI 2 weeks after i got my license back from being suspended for a year from my first DUI!!! IT BLOWS!!!

[ralphyboy]

I have been delivering Pizza for almost 15 years at Pizza Hut. It has been easier to make money in the past for me since they are trying to make it so anyone can do it they tie the hands of the good drivers behind their backs. I still ok, and would be doing hella better if not for the 550 a month I pay in Child support for my son.

For those that do Pizza delivery for a living, you NEED 2 cars, and you have to take money and set it aside for repairs which come fast and furious at over 100 miles a day.

I'm lucky that I have been there so long so I get to choose my schedule, I choose to be off Wed, Sat, and Sun, I could make more if I worked more, but I still get 35-40 hours a week normally.

I'm getting to the point where my sx is almost down to the bare essentials for running so I can just hop in there and fix it quick :lol: It's awfully rusted though, I'm going to need to get a new one or tube frame it, I would have to buy a welder to tube it, which would be very cool to have around

[MoldyOldy240]

Full time QA Video Game tester; part time Video Game developer and take 18 units a semester at my local community college.

A word on my job: yes, I love it. No I can't imagine doing anything else. No, it is not an easy job by any means (I use to be a financial analyst for Citi and that was easy compared to this job).

I just got off a 5 week straight of 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Now I am back on 5 days a week at 12 hours.

Pheww.... I need to get out more often lol.

[Solow240sx]

Im a full time welder at Play World Systems and make playgrounds everyday, 40-50 hours a week and i make decent moneys.. Im also an auto mechanic but have been welding for the last 2 years..

[JdrifterCA]

I do maintance for cars like oil changes, filters, brakes, and basic stuffs for all my friend's cars and they usually find me jobs when their uncle or somone they know have a minor mechanic problem. Doesn't pay much, but i get few bucks here and there after a while it adds up.

[rbs14kouki]

22 and working fulltime at CP rail as a conductor !!! love my job , working 6 hours a day paid 8 . who wouldn't love it