The Battle for the 240sx (a story of victory for all you who need a pick-me-up)

[will_vicious]

My name's Will, I'm 26 and just won the war for my 240sx.

Here's a story for every one of you people who really wanted your 240, and for whatever reason faced adversity in getting it:

Ever since I was 11, I've loved the 180/240/Silvia/Datsun Z series of cars. Had posters on my wall. Paintings of 'em. My dad spent alot of time in Japan, so his version of 'good ol muscle' was fairladies and such. I never was too mechanically inclined or anything, so I never ended up getting any kind of project car or anything. In fact, for years I settled for a civic that was cheap.

One day, I was searching in my neighborhood video store (a huge anime fan lol) and came across a new series I'd never seen before. Initial D was the series name. And on the cover was something that made my heart stop: A gorgeous black S13 fastback.

Didn't give two s***s and a half about the show itself, really. I mean, I'm sure it was good, but who could really focus on plotlines and such with that beast of a machine tear'n up asphault down a mountain? I realised something after I looked over at a clock and had spent 2 hours straight watching this ONE episode... I either needed a CAT scan, or a 240.

It only took me 3 days to track down my intended target. 1993 Black Fastback. Ironic right? Paint wasn't too bad, and the cracks in the dashboard could be fixed or replaced. It ran decent too, but I didn't honestly care, as I figured I'd learn how to fix any problems that came up, right? Any problem that is, except bad credit, which kept me from walking off the lot with this $2,200 car.

My girlfriend at the time offered to go pick the car up. She offered to cosign for the car since I made more than emough to cover it easily, and as a surprise, later that night I walked out to smoke a cigarette, and was staring into the dark pits of a chuki's headlights. f*** all of you, I cried. I think I even hugged the car. I ran out and walked around it, took pictures of it, and finally, got in.

I stayed up so late that my alarm clock for work went off. Sound stupid? Imagine if that car was your dream car, the equivelent of your Skyline, your Veyron, your Supra. That's how I felt. I grew up well off (lol think about it, West Plano haha) but my folks always wanted me to work for what I had. And now, I'd worked for that 240. Problems were on the horizon, though. Big problems with dire consequences.

I said I loved 240's. I didn't say I was a loyal relationship partner.

You can imagine how it went down. Old gf was an 8.1 on the scale, new gf was a 9.5. I'm just playing the cards chosen for me, doing what I do. I had to upgrade, the same way you'd take off those stock wheels and slap on somethin nice 'n gunmetal. I was honest about it all, I just broke it off and explained myself. She moved out that night, and I layed my head to rest, sure that all was well. Boy f***in' howdy was I wrong.

I woke up at 7, brushed my teeth, made my hair look halfway respectable, threw on work clothes, grabbed my key and grinned. I walked out of the back door, shut and locked the door behind me, walked out to my garage area, opened the door and literally dropped my jaw so to the point that my cigarette fell out of my mouth. The Amp can dropped, my briefcase dropped.

My car was gone.

I flew inside, had the cops in one ear, reporting my gorgeous 240 stolen, and work on the other phone telling them I wouldn't be able to come in today. The cops came, I filed a report, couldn't imagine that someone would have taken my car. And then, the cop said something that made the world stop. "Do you know anyone who might have taken this car"The words flew out of my mouth before I knew what I'd just said. "Sarah Ann Martin, she lives in Longview TX. Find my f***ing car."

The cops came back in just 40 minutes. They told me that they'd found my car, and that Sarah was disputing who the car belonged to. They told me, that she had the title, and now the car, and now I was SOL with a $2,200 hole in my account. I won't even lie, I wept. That car, was my dream. That was my sole adoration into the automotive world, that was my hard work and joy ahead.

And I'd rather slam my d!ck in a sliding glass door than see that car gone.

Sarah had a habit of asking for me to take cellphone pictures, which I obliged. Some of which were XXX rated, and some of which even moreso questionable (don't ask lol). Not only that, but I knew the type of guy she liked, and had a few friends that both hated her and fit the bill. I knew way too much about her habits and such to just let this sleeping dog lie.

It was easy, post a few pics on a couple sites to make a few bucks off her a** to pay for any potential court fees. Next, send the pictures to her family's work email addresses (a quick AD search told me everyone in their distribution groups, which magnified the embarassment by 8-f***in-billion %) and my decoy, Phil Demming (thanks Phil, I STILL owe ya) went in to lure the scorned wench.

It took about three weeks, before Phil was in, and agreeing to help buy her car from her. We went down to European Automotive and had the owner (who was very sympathetic to our cause) print us out a buyer-seller agreement (I learned my lesson the hard way lol), and Phil had her sign all of her parts, which he was supposed to sign afterwards, she thought. After she finished, I round the corner (secretly armed with a voice recorder) and bring up how much money I'd paid for that car. She knew Phil would know the truth, so she agreed with everything, even at one point correcting me for a payment I'd made that was $40 too much. Reaching in my pocket for a lighter, I switched the recorder off, and informed Sarah that those nasty pictures (which, had only raised 50-something dollars) could vanish, if everything was corrected the way it should be. She knew to keep decently calm, but showed signs of agitation, which I happened to record some of.

Phil took Sarah outside to smoke while I went to the shop area and signed the papers in the blank spots for the buyer. It felt good as f*** to put '2,200' under the 'price paid' field, and I put the papers in the passenger seat where Phil knew to pick them up upon his return inside. A few moments later, they came inside, Sarah sneering as she 'sold my car to Phil', and Phil sneering as he handed the papers to me. At first, she threatened to rip the docs, yada yada; but after a few moments of listening to the recorder, I think discretion paid off in her wee little head and an hour later, I was signing the title at the DMV in the courthouse; with a very aggrevated Sarah in tow.

I drove that car home, and named her, like I should have forever ago.'V'. Not for 'Vendetta', no...

For 'Victorious'.

Remember, that even though it's hell, your car is worth any f***ing WAR life might throw at you. Don't get down on yourself over it, just think of it as another oppertunity to prove how dedicated you are, and just how bad you want it.

(This story in every detail is entirely true. Want proof? Msg me for the pictures, links to the myspaces/xpeeps/etc and maybe if I'm having a rough enough day, her phone number bwa-hahaaaaa)

[MastaYu]

welcome!

[S133P3R]

welcome..i cant believe all this s*** went down... good thing you have the car now, enjoy it.you have email sir.... giggigty

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Seriously. Pics or ban.

[katinkid]

That story was the s**t.... that is awesome bro. not only a great story but a good life experience. i think me and um... everyone on here would def love to see her pics hahahaha.

so what are you gonna do when a better 240comes into your path? dump the one you got? say a 9.6 on the scale?

[S133P3R]

^^ yous cali guys goin to the meet on saturday? its in huntington beach instead of oxnard, link in my sig.

[hbpignosePA]

welcome

ill just wait for the movie to come out...

too much to read and no pics

[presidential]

Good stuff, made my day a little bit better. I'm game for pics, this should be pretty good.

[S133P3R]

dude makes an opening post like this then vanishes, f***in interwebs!

[StandardProspect]

yea black 93 hatch's are awesome.

welcome to nico

[sebazztard]

great first post. excellent story too. i also need pics.

[S133P3R]

im on IM with this guy now... NO BAN! link coming soon! promise!

[S133P3R]

Xpeeps is empty!

[S133P3R]

this is our man with his pride and joy and "Upgrade"... he photoshopped it to say that.... still waiting on nudes tho..

[will_vicious]

btw, in talking more thoroughly with Sleeper, he notes I should add that Rachel (lol aka the 'upgrade' and I are married and have a baby now hahaha)

Thanks for those who appreciated the story, and to those who aren't sure if this is real or not, I've got her number handy if someone wants to call and ask to make sure so I don't get banned in the meantime before I can post pix LOL.

[S133P3R]

thats S133P3R son!

[amolao]

Good story writing, are you related to Jhof (nico member)??Lesson learned: women are evil.

[will_vicious]

That story was the s**t.... that is awesome bro. not only a great story but a good life experience. i think me and um... everyone on here would def love to see her pics hahahaha.

so what are you gonna do when a better 240comes into your path? dump the one you got? say a 9.6 on the scale?

LOL I'm happy with both the 'Upgrade' and V lol. I'll seriously hand this car down to the next generation, I'm not raggin it out or anything, no drifting none of that, just restoring and making her beautiful as hell to pass down. Alot of kids need to see the monsters that gave birth to the ideas of the modern beasts. I love this car. Love the upgrade too lol. Wouldn't trade either.

(Editor's note: Unless, Rachel could be traded for an RB25det and a set of decent wheels)

LOLOOLOLOLOLOLkidding, ray hahahaha

[will_vicious]

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Good story writing, are you related to Jhof (nico member)??Lesson learned: women are evil.

To my knowledge, I'm not related to anyone on Nico except Jay Bateman...

[will_vicious]

Pics coming soon

Seriously. Pics or ban.

Naked pics of Sarah A Martin coming soon, since so heavily requested. No need for ban. As I said, if you can't wait, I can send you her # so you can verify everything here.

[S14toRPS13]

I'm confused. If you had cash, why not just go buy the car yourself and leave your old girl out of the whole loophole. Anyways, great determination though.

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'Cause then there wouldn't be drama and we wouldn't be on his sac waiting for zee pictures.

S133P3R: I will check that meet and see if my car wants to go. I keep getting EGR system failure (code 32...i think), my car idles like crap and my CEL is acting like a one year old playing peek-a-boo.

[will_vicious]

I'm confused. If you had cash, why not just go buy the car yourself and leave your old girl out of the whole loophole. Anyways, great determination though.

I didn't have enough to walk off the lot with it. I think at the time I had 1,300-ish, in saving for a down payment on a used Z i found at carmax. The car's cost was 2,200; and the guy wasn't budging on it. Bank Loan or nothin, and I'd figured I'd just work for it more. Sarah took it on herself to go forward and get the car. To be honest, I didn't expect anything underhanded; and was too excited by that car being in my yard to even think of anything like that.

But major lesson learned. I'm just glad I got that gorgeous, non-running-for-long car out of it. I'm not broke, but don't have what it would take to drop an rb25det in it, so it's this giant catch 22:Do I (A): Get it running, using about $400, which would deplete from my rb saving? or (B): Wait, and have to go without my car for another 2, maybe three months before i even ORDER the engine and components (Mckinney driveshaft, X-member, etc) and wait for them to get here- thus going without my car for a total of up to 5 months?

Trading it in isn't an option. Once you fight for something like that, it becomes something you're not willing to give up without a fight.

[S133P3R]

are there any smog laws in texas Mr. Vicious? u know how bad cali sucks...

[will_vicious]

'Cause then there wouldn't be drama and we wouldn't be on his sac waiting for zee pictures.

S133P3R: I will check that meet and see if my car wants to go. I keep getting EGR system failure (code 32...i think), my car idles like crap and my CEL is acting like a one year old playing peek-a-boo.

I think you severely missed the point, cheif.Drama?Did you read the story?

LOL. a** is a helluvalot easier to get than a 240. Pics of a** are a helluvalot easier to get than a 240. I ain't mad atcha, but I think the point of that event might not have sunk in, man. I offered you her number to verify the events. Sl33p3r's got pics of my car with the upgrade on a lift with the liscense plate, which if you were so inclined you could look up the owner names, cross reference it with the phone numbers you were calling to verify this person was indeed title holder (remember, carfax reports show past holders) and indeed; I'm sure she'd have plenty to say about how bastardish and asswipish I was.

So...

Doesn't much seem like it's an issue wether it's true or not, seems more like ya wanna see some Azz. No problem there, but dayum, be patient. I'm at work. Any drama created I assure you is from workin up a sweat waiting for pix; not by the point of this thread: The story. If you need pr0n in the meantime, the internet is held together by sweaty asscracks, I'm sure you can find it. If you're lookin for HER azz, just be patient. It's coming. Relax.

Just callin' it like I sees it.

[will_vicious]

are there any smog laws in texas Mr. Vicious? u know how bad cali sucks...

Yeah, there are... but some counties don't test for emissions; for example my 240's never been able to pass a test up here. When she ran fine, she still wouldn't pass a test. We gave her a lookover, some TLC and she still wouldn't pass. So instead of pissing 25 bux away on Legacy n' Custer every failed attempt and risking being pulled over every time I went out (I heard they can impound your car if they catch you with no sticker), I just took a 2 hour trip to good ol' Longview (where I met my pride 'n joy), and did my inspection out there- where they don't test for emissions. It's not a secret hideout or anything, the number for where I get mine done is Patterson Nissan of Longview (903) 758-4135. They just don't test out there.

I guess to put it all in perspective, Tx has laws based only by county in regaurd to emissions. I haven't done hardly s*** to my 240, and she wouldnt pass tests. When I DO have a car that wouldn't pass emissions, I'll just take her for a little ride down memory lane heh.

Any other Texas users who can help explain Emission Laws out here or clarify why this is?

[will_vicious]

I leave work in 2 minutes, S133P3R's going to call at some point later and we'll help shine a little bit of light on the situation.

Till then, my only internet is on my phone, which is rough.

But yeah, enjoy the story of my victory, and tell me yours to read tomorrow.

[tctomasc]

That's a f***en rediculous story. You couldn't have transfered the title BEFORE you broke up with her....

[94_240sx]

So instead of pissing 25 bux away on Legacy n' Custer every failed attempt

That's where I take mine too. Man, I live one block north and three block west from that inspection place. You should go to wed night meet on Coit and Park. NE corner @ 8PM.

A buddy of mine who lives in Irving dropped by Texacana to get an inspection on his way to New York, but he couldn't do it. They said they can't do because he lives in different county.

[Twofawtyless]

Well I read the whole thing.Very interesting story I gotta say..

some women can be a major PITA. haha.