Mixed Feelings...

Post by **NIGHTfall_240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

As most of you know i wreaked my S13 a while back and had bought a new 240. The s14. I really thought i liked the S14. I bought it without thinking, i didnt do my research. but i was in a rush, i had plenty of time because i still have a suspended lic. but i just wanted to be part of the family again. So I bring my S14 home and everyone in my family dont like it as much as my old red s13. my mother even tried telling me she liked the s14 better but you can always tell she did it out of pitty. I started to hate it. I would look at it and say to myselfi fuked up big time. Took my hard saved 3K and threw it away. It just sits there in my driveway collecting dirt. The car just wasnt the lil sports car i had an it is half the speed. Then one day it hit me that i liked the car and was just mad at it because no one esle liked it. I came here more often and seen all the great looking S14's on here and my friend's S14. i knew it will be just as sleek and sexy one day too. I even decided to sit in it that day just to feel the seats again. it feels good to have the car. well time went on and i faded again. the starter was going bad and i just couldnt stand it. the car looks cool, but its just so slow, i started to dislike it again. It really bothered me. i even started to think about just selling it hopeing to make back the 3K. It really just pissed me off the car was rebuilt. As time went on i noticed myself just walking outside to look at it, waiting on the day i can her her slow a55 on the road. I had mutural feelings about it, its just a car to me, nothing i could love as much as my first... or is it? today i was reading my drifting mag i bought a few months back and was like... i have the coolest car in the world, i droped the book, grabed the keys and tried to fire her up.. the starter was weak, didnt even want to start. i sat there. took in my breath and tried again. the engine came alive, it was the best feeling. I just sat in my car for the last 1hour. pretending to drive it. i am in love with the car. i know it is not my first love, but the feeling of working my a55 off to save for another 240, knowing the machine is mine, and i am the only one with the power to lite her up and have her roar. its the best. i may not like the color of her, but the clean interior and the feeling of that steering wheel was the best thing and made my day already. I just cant wait till my 18th birthday, the day i can go and get my licence back from the dmv. The car is nice. All stock, nothing done. All waiting for me to unload the other 4K i already saved for her. The best part of the story is. SpeedLab recieved my SR20DET the other day

They are going to install it some time soon, and i have a great friend James to thank for it. I know this story is just thown all together, prolly not even making much sence, but its just me. I love my car. There is so much it has in store for it. So many Honda's to beat in its future. And i am very happy i have a family here that i can share my love for the car with.

Post by **S14 Wannabe** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

Nice vent/story.

Post by **912.0turbo** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

Right on man! I am so glad to part of the NICO family as well.Glad to hear you are lovin your car again and Good luck with your project. :ylsuper :ylsuper

Post by **Structure240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

i hear ya i've gone through that so many times where i am just tired of the car and want to get rid of it. i acutally listed it for sale a couple times. but i realized jsut how much like really like it and now its running good and its so much fun even tho im not revving it past 3000rpm, tryin to save the clutch. for almost a years its been down more than on the road. but i'm the one that breaks it and fixes it. I'm 18 and have done all the suspension work, turbo kit install, swapped in a fully built engine, did the auto to 5spd swap and some minor brake work with no schooling and jsut some advice from my uncles and grandfather. the car makes me proud as it will for you or has already

Post by **NIGHTfall_240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

im proud to be one of the few 240 owners.. i plan to stay buying 240s for a long time, and the day i stop driving a 240 is will be another nissan. but thank you all for your replys

just makes it that much better being apart of nico

Website · Post by **s86d** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

dont worry the motor swap will renew you passion for speed. I know that the ka is lacking but i just couldnt bring myself to doing the sr swap. Anywho... are we still taking your car up to ocala next weekend??

Post by **NIGHTfall_240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

damn skippy homie

i didnt know you are online i would have IMed you :-P

Post by **NIGHTfall_240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

new pic

i just took outta love

Post by **ricebike** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

nice....a bit off topic... is there more back-seat room in the s14 than the s13?

Website · Post by **s86d** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

depends the hatch has plenty of room with the seat folded down why what are you trying to do?

Website · Post by **s86d** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

I will be the first to admit that the s14 back seat wasnt meant for anything bigger than small children

Post by **TachyonS14** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

It's for Insurance reasons, and It's so small I consider the 240 bascially a 2 seater. Heck, It bearly fits me and my friend... but I like that, I hate begin a taxi for everyone.

Post by **EnzoRWD** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

haha well the s13 back seat wasnt meant for anything but removal

-Enzo

Post by **ricebike** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

kewl... just looking @ the pics on the outside & looks like more room in the backseat... was thinking of selling my s13 hatch for an s14...but, nahh

Post by **driftaholic** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

my back seat works okay for bags and groceries

that's about it tho

Post by **TachyonS14** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

From the picture NIGHTfall, It seems like you have a nice 240. Comon man, you have an s14 with a 5spd!!! Thats what my main goals were when I was buying my car. I'm glad your back on track :ylsuper

Post by **NIGHTfall_240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

my digi cam makes sh1t look alot better hehhehe but thank you

Website · Post by **s86d** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

yea i can vouch for the $99.99 paint job he has dont worry its all in the process of being changed. (I hope)

Post by **yashin** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

dude, you really need a girlfriend!!!

haha

j/k

Website · Post by **lbrowne** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

What you should do with a car like that sitting in the driveway wasting away is...think of the car counting you to bring her back to her former glory.

My 240 looks like a POS BIG TIME but everytime i surprise some ricer or just when I'm zippy around in it I can't help but smile since my 240 was left to rot under a tree on someones lawn...she was there for 1 1/2 years till I snatched her up. (never started or used at all)

She made her impression on me when she fired up with the first turn of the key.

It now prowls the streets, might not be the fastest but hey, its on the road and its logging miles. serving a purpose.

Post by **SingleCamSam** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

Dude if you don't like it i'll trade you my S13 lol. The first time i drove an S14 i knew it'd be my next car. Just think of how much more refined the car seems, and how it feels so much more stable at speed. I think you made a good choice.

Post by **Charlie240sxt** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

I know i did miss my s13 for about a month after i got my s14 and thought about sellin it and buing a s13 with a blowen motor and swaping or dropin in a turbo Ka. But in the end you can see that i still have my s14 and really love it, even more with the new cluch/flywheel/J30 VLSD makes me happy when it jumps sideways when i down shift hard

:pface

:ylsuper

Post by **89240sx** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

Dood.... man ... use the ENTER KEY!!!

anyway, the car's color is fine! looks great don't sweat it so much

of course it's still not as sexy as the silver s13 (or as cool)

j/k

Post by **Charlie240sxt** » Tue Nov 18, 2003 5:38 am

I know when i am in a hurry my typing sucks. With me most the time I am on the comp I am in a hurry. Sorry guys i try to be better at this stuff.

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