Why cars are better than wives

[TekuDrifter18]

I am at a loss for words man. For real first I would like to say Thank you so much for what you do. It is people like you that keep this country free. Sadly tho this kinda make me wish we were over in the middle east so we could stone that b**** to death only if for 5 minutes if you use big enough rock could take less time. Secondly I hope that b**** gets nothing and you get to keep the 240. It has come a long way, but I am sure this thing will become a beast once you get the time it needs. Keep your head up, and remember you will always have friend here at nico. Again thank you for what you do for this country. Be safe if you go back.

[sandcrabsailor]

Thanks for all thensupport everyone. It's been incredibly uplifting.On a side note, I have an entire rear wiper assebly that works perfectly. Anyone need it?

[240sxkid90KA]

wow. this is truly the best thread ive ever read...sorry to hear what you goin through man! what a b**** to do that to you! thank you for serving our country ...your car is lookin great!!

[crakin]

When you bestowed a barrage of beautiful yet bad to the bone rhymes I could not but help myself of LMFAO until tears roll down my face...but seriously sorry man gl

[RALLIART15]

Looking good,
gl with the keeping of everything

[240nessx]

hey, I'm sorry what happened to you, but great thread and great turnaround of a car. just one question, how is the Bondo holding up on your hatch? i did the same thing to my hatch today and am just curious how it will hold up.

[SarahLovesHer300zx]

woooow! You are a strong individual to keep going through all this and not kill her! women are viscious creatures, but that.. that was just.. beyond anything i could ever imagine! thank you for your service to our country and good luck with the 240, you've definately come a long way with it! Kudos!

[bersh240]

heyy whatever happened to this guy????

[CRyan]

If anything he's in jail. Not trying to offend him.

But I would be.

[nissangirl74]

He's OK. I sent him a PM a couple of days ago and he messaged me back. He's crazy busy with work and fixing to go to another divorce hearing. He said he would update his thread as soon as he got a chance.

[PyR0NiAk]

He's OK. I sent him a PM a couple of days ago and he messaged me back. He's crazy busy with work and fixing to go to another divorce hearing. He said he would update his thread as soon as he got a chance.

Hope all goes well for him.

[simmode1]

Hope all goes well for him.

^^^For realsies. This guy deserves all the positive karma in the world...

[PapaSmurf2k3]

+1
I hope he drives "revenge" to the court hearings... and wins.

[Otto.]

I hope she gets what she deserves. No one should ever have go through that.

Good luck to you, man.

[matzinm2]

It's lookin good dude, sorry about the crazy beezy. As a great man once told me; "disregard females, acquire currency." ...or in this case 240sx. I don't have a story half as crazy as that one, but if it makes you feel better, I bought my 240 when it was beat to hell, it had been rallied, jumped, the interior had been all messed up, the paint was crap, and it had 260,000 miles on it. four years later now (mostly due to sufficient funds), I just got it out of paint (satin white) and it's finally coming together... I still have never driven it. So keep it up, it's such a rewarding process. At least your 240 won't cheat on a good Civilian like yourself; and she'll even let you fall asleep inside of her!

Keep it up BRO

[sandcrabsailor]

UPDATE TIME!!!!

OK, I've been gone a good while, work and such being what they are I have had little time to do much more than gas up the Nissan.

Biggest update:



I'M DIVORCED!!! It is stamped, sealed, signed, and finalized.

My settlement conference was June 18th, in Port Orchard, WA. It was supposed to be a quick, 5 minutes wait with the judge, not expecting the (EX!)-wife to show up, and then setting a date for the final hearing.
Given my command and it's jacked up leave policies, my leave wasn't approved until a couple days prior, meaning I couldn't buy plane tickets.

ROAD TRIP!

Took the 240 to the hobby shop on the air base for a final check, fluid flush, tune and clean. Swapped out all the fluids, rotated tires, installed a K&N air filter, and steam cleaned the hell out of everything.

BOY does that K&N make a difference!

San Diego to Port Orchard is a looooooooooooooooooooooong drive. About 1300 miles long. Yet it was very educational. I'm glad I fixed the heater because deserts at night get frakking cold!
Some things I learned on the I-5:

A 1993 Nissan 240sx has a speedometer that goes up to 110mph.

The cruise control only goes up to 97.

The car will go about 115-120 before the fuel cutoff.

Police Officers are not impressed by this fact.

Former Navy Police Officers can be very sympathetic to a sailor making a road trip to get divorced from a lying, cheating, stealing ****, and may let said sailor off with a warning and a "Slow the hell down, shipmate"

On the winding, mountain roads of I-5 in Northern CA and Southern OR, it's very very difficult to see a speeding, flat black 240sx at 2am.

Police Officers are not impressed by this fact.

Pulling off to the side of the road and turning your lights off make it almost impossible to see a flat black car at 2am.

Doing this can be a risky maneuver, even when the only exits or side roads are at least 50 miles in either direction.

The natural reaction to a police car with lights going as he drives past you is to breath a sigh of relief.

The natural reaction to see the same police car pass by a second time with lights going is to giggle a little bit.

The natural reaction to see the same police car pass by a THIRD time with lights going is to laugh like a hyena.

I will never ever ever ever ever ever ever EVAR do that again.

I'm pretty sure that there is the story of the ghost car floating around OR now.

Once you get north of Olympia, the speed limit of 60-65mph IS THE FRAKKING SPEED LIMIT!

A driver used to driving in the Middle East and Southern CA will get frustrated by the snail-like pace of 60-65 mph.

My average MPG at an average speed of 90mph is 25mpg.

My highest MPG (including a 19 mile downhill coast) was 33mpg.

My lowest MPG was 22mpg, averaging 105mph.

There is really nothing on I-5 north of Sacremento.

So I pushed through the entire time, made it from CA to WA in 18 hours, 37 minutes. I was beat.

OK, this is what we've been waiting for, the court scene.

Those of us that are too dumb or too poor to hire a lawyer must get a paperwork "idiot check" from the court fascilitator. Since I had to have everything in triplicate (one for me, one for the ex, one for the judge), I looked over the list of the exs demands and organized my paperwork accordingly. Being the highly trained scourge of the seas that I am, I am well versed in the art of administrative presentation.

3 three-ring binders, with coversheets, table of contents, dividers, etc. I laid them on the desk of the court fascilitator, she looked up at me (I in civilian clothes still) and asked "You're in the Navy, aren't you?"
"Yes, ma'am" I replied
"Mr. Fleming, this is a settlement conference" she said with a grin "not a cease fire negotiation. I think you're overprepared even for trial"
"I think I can live with that" I replied with my own grin.

She checked through all my paperwork and declared it "ship-shape"
I couldn't help but giggle.

The next day, all dressed out in my finest khaki, ribbons and rank blazing in the flourecent lights, I waited on the judge, hoping to have a final court date to report to my command within the next 2 hours.

In walks the ex.

S**t.

S**t F**k.

*^%^&$(*#&%*#((!(&%&%^#^@^$&%((^&%&^%*&**^*@@&*#@^%@$!*!!!

This was going to be a long day.

The judge came out and collected us after and hour and half of sitting across from the ex while she ripped me to shreds with her eyes. We went to the courtroom, and the ex got to go first.

Her list of demands included:
I pay for her trip, since it was my fault she had to travel all the way up there.
I pay her back spousal support, since I haven't paid her.
I pay her all the housing allowance back to October of 08, since I only recieved such allowance because I was married (Approximately $1900 per month).
I pay her alimony (amount to be decided)
I pay off one of her credit cards, since there was a Nissan related charge on it from 2008.
I pay her her due portion of my retirement check (including her portion of my TSP, a seperate military retirement fund)
I sell the Nissan and split the profit with her.

She also claimed unemployment, and claimed she was broke.

She was dressed to the hilt in a very nice professional skirt suit, complete with a (to my eyes) new leather GUCCI briefcase.

The judge (nice lady that she was) immediately dismissed me paying for her trip, and said she was not entitled to my housing allowance, since I was receiving it anyway (being E-5/E-6 during that time period). Then the judge asked me what my response was.

The first thing I produced was the pages from the exs website with her picture, her contact information, her pricing information, and the "company" blog showing she had a gig just a couple days prior. The judge looked at that, looked at the ex, and said
"Ms. Conklin, are you currently collecting an umpemployment check from the state of California?"
"Yes, your honor"
"You might want to fix that"

The look on her face was priceless.

I then produced the naval instruction, endorsement letters, and requisite paperwork showing that the navy says I don't owe her a dime because of her infidelities. The judge reminded me that WA is a no fault state, meaning her affairs had no bearing, but from the look in her eyes, the exs credibility was now shot to hell.

I then produced the bank statements from our seperation, with all the exs charges highlighted, and a running total up top, to the tune of about $16,000, and no contribution at all to the account, and then the loan paperwork for the Nissan showing that the ex had never made any contribution to that debt.

The judge told us that it could go to trial, and due to my homework, she would very likely end up owing me quite a bit of money. However, since the ex could only be awarded the car loan WITH the car, I would have to continue to make payments on it until she refinaced, if ever. Payments with no car? Ummm....no.

At this point I could see the ex visibly deflate, and we came to an agreement.

I keep the Nissan, and the remaining debt, in my name only.

She gets no alimony.
She gets no spousal support.
She gets no retirement.
She gets no debt relief or debt reassignment.
She gets no housing allowance (even the single/married difference, about $300 a month)


Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, she walked away with a big fat goose egg! The fury on her face as she walked out was absolutely hilarious! Nearly 2 years of her scheming to rake me over the coals one last time came to naught, just as she needed it most!
She's broke (or claims to be)
Her parents are furious (her dad asked for the pictures, because he initially didn't believe me. Now they have proof)
She's living with her current boyfriend, in his grandfathers basement, because they can't make rent.
She does, of all things, WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY, as a "business".
Her car (95 Honda del sol) can't pass smog, is running the previous owners expired plates, and can be towed at any moment.
She doesn't have the money to fix it.
The vast majority of her friends, and all of them that knew both of us, won't speak to her.

Nearly 2 years of heartache, frustration, anger, betrayal, confusion, more anger, paperwork, court fees, and more anger IS OVER! It's like I suddenly dropped an 80 lb rucksack I didn't know I was carrying!

Then I bought a scratch ticket on a random impulse and won $210 dollars, enough to cover gas on my trip.

And then a very good lady friend I stopped and visited on the way back decided that since I was finally divorced, she could FULLY express her feelings for me. Very nice.... XOXOXO at you, S.

And I got to keep the Nissan.

Hoo.
Frakking.
Ya.

So this is what vindication feels like......


OOOH! And since the Nissan is now fully and officially mine, I can actually invest more that $20 at a time in her! YAAAAAAAAY! Wheres the catalogs, I gots me some parts to order!

[PyR0NiAk]

I'll read in a moment.. Just wanted to be the first to say that I'm glad to see you back on here.

[PyR0NiAk]

I couldn't help but laugh about the flat black 240 at night comments. I also had a huge grin the entire time I was reading about the court proceedings.. As far as modifying your 240, I recommend you stop by some of our Sponsors. My favorites and most frequent are http://enjukuracing.com http://240sxmotoring.com and http://frsport.com

[sandcrabsailor]

To Papasmurf: Yes, I DID drive "revenge" to the courthouse.....AND WON!

To Nissangirl74: Thank you so much for messaging me. It meant a lot to me that people I've never met would reach out and make sure I'm ok. I still grin about that.

To Pyroniak: Glad to be back.

To everyone else here who has comisserated, offered support, help, or someone to complain to, and replied:

THANK YOU!

This forum and this car has done so much to keep my sanity in check in what has been the worst 2 years of my life. In my time on earth, I've been shot (multiple times, here and abroad), stabbed, set on fire, beat up, beat down, had a parachute fail on me, cracked my cervical vertebrae, been run over by a car, mugged, and various other crappy things, all without losing a beat or losing my smile, but these last two years were worse than all those instances and had me nearly beaten.
If it it weren't for all the completely awesome people here, I would have either sunk into a deep dark ditch of dispair, or done something incredibly stupid. Everyone that replied reminded me that I'm not alone, that I'm not the only one, and that people are awesome if you give them a chance.

I've got no problem getting points taken off my "man license" by admitting that I've been moved to the point of manly sniffles at the support I've gotten here.

As sappy and "Hallmark Card"-esque as it sounds, you guys helped me keep my faith in people.

You guys rock, and when I make it to HIN and the covers of various car mags, I'll be damn sure to make sure the world knows how much you guys rock.

[PyR0NiAk]

To Pyroniak: Glad to be back.

We're glad to have you back.. Feel free to call me Chris.

I've got no problem getting points taken off my "man license" by admitting that I've been moved to the point of manly sniffles at the support I've gotten here.

As sappy and "Hallmark Card"-esque as it sounds, you guys helped me keep my faith in people.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen, she walked away with a big fat goose egg!

Dude I literally got up and cheered for you. Way to go buddy, you made my day!!! Score one for the good guys.

[wingFeather]

This woman sounds like a sociopath I once had the misery of knowing. Did she go to Enumclaw high school?

[billabong093]

Congratulations on the success in court man, you definitely deserve it. Cars looking good, you've been doing good work as it is, can't wait to see what you do with it now that your gonna invest some money in parts

[bersh240]

YAYYYYY
HES BACKKK!!!
and got rid of the damp ****!

[Caveit77777]

I was going to post in my original post in here that karma would hook you up and you would win the lottery and you did! $210 isn't bad at all but I was more hoping for some megabucks 80+ mil haha. More importantly though I'm glad everything is working out for you and that you ex wifes life in spiraling down a endless s*** hole. I just want to say thank you and keep us updated on whats going on with you and the car.

[sandcrabsailor]

So, I was a little busy, and didn't take pics of the fluid changes and whatnot (not that you guys need a photo walkthrough of how to drain and fill the various oils) but I did manage to snap some pics during my trip.

Something my folks sent me just before I left, as a reminder to get there in one piece


A little boost for me, a little boost for her....


My odometer looking like Woodstock talking. Its amazing what duct taping your iphone to your steering wheel will allow you to do.....


Mom and the mutts....yes, there are 7 of them, there's an antisocial sheltie thats off frame. 8 total. Good things my folks just bought 20 acres!


Hey look! There's some of that acreage now! Looks like Endor, complete with Ewoks. yes, I'm a geek...


Hehehe, getting uncomfortably close to 30, and I still do stupid crap like this....


Almost finished blacking out the interior. Passenger door insert and carpet are all that remain. Reinstalled the back seat too. Its amazing how a little dye can make seats old enough to vote look brand new.


Not too bad for spray dye! HOOOOOO BOY those fumes are strong! My roommate laughed at me because I wore a mask for the spray, but smoked a cigarette when I was done.


Here's some avatar photo fodder. My friend Lindseys awesomest needlepoint ever.

That's all for now, folks. More pics as they get taken and uploaded!
Dont forget to tip your waitress.

[some_white_guy]

congrats on getting laid the day you get divorced, hows that for irony

[nissangirl74]

Congrats on all your victories! I really hate all the s*** you went through but I sure am glad you came out on top. Looking forward to the rest of your build.

[DamonDread]

WOW.... I came in late!
I just sat here and read this thread, for the last hour while at work. (we are rewiring so our t1 is acting like a 56k lol)
And im just completely blown away by your attitude and resolve. I can count myself lucky if Im HALF the man you are. You fell into a mountain of s*** and come out smelling like fresh laundry. Im a so happy for your right now its not even funny. Dude after the first post i was thinking about making a FL to CA roadtrip with a truck full of parts lol. This thread is a perfect example of good things DO happen to good ppl sometimes, and that kharma is what it is!
Your car is comming along really nicely. YOu need to start a build thread in 240 gen pls. I know we all want to follow it!
Niconauts are not just nismo fanatics, but an actuall family, as you can tell. This forum houses the best ppl on earth and I could not be more proud to be apart of it. To all the members who supported this awsome dude during his darkest time in life you get my kudos. You guys are so selfless, and caring it renews some lost hope in this world.
Im not gonna lie bro when i read your finall post about the divorce hearing i squeezed a tear out for you man.
My name is James, my email is [email protected]
If you need anything email me anytime, i got your back!
Now i will be waiting with anticipation for that build thread!

[ChampionSound]

chea bro


havent posted in this thread till now but ive been following it pretty close

happy everything worked out for you man. sounds like you got dragged through hell