Patience is a virtue...

So I decided in early January I was going to get my car shipped here. 2 days later I found all the parts (and more) I needed for my manual swap. So here I am... waiting for another a paycheck so I can get it shipped. I am not the most patient person in the world, but I do think when it is necessary I can contain myself. In this case I cannot. Because of my own ignorance I have had a car I love for over 4 years and have done nothing but let it sit. I have been waiting for this longer than some chaps with baller ass S13 hatches have been able to drive. I don't deserve to wait anymore. There are pros and cons to me not doing anything with the car for so long (I would have done some dumb "ricer" shit to it). I sit here watching my bank account and the calendar wondering why the FUCK I have to wait. Calculating and re-calculating trying to guess how much money I will have when I get paid February 15th.

I see other peoples progress. I see swaps, overhauls, rebuilds, paint, suspension, rims... and I sit here and wait. Not for anything more than a sohc car. Granted it has zero rust which is more than all but a few can say in the NE area (also the car is in one piece...) it still pisses me off I didn't decide to do this sooner, and save to do it. I am moving soon which actually gives me the option to have more than 2 cars (yes, atm I own 4. soon to be 3) but I could have been saving for a lot longer. have my car on it's way, and even some money and time to spend on it so it doesn't go to THE meet in 4 different colors. Yes, S13's are know to roll like that, I am not. All I ask for come March 21st 2010 is my rust free car, manual, running, and the color I want it (professional spray job by me). I didn't think it was that much to ask for, but it might be.

Tyler will be working on his car at the same time and place. Since it is neither of our houses, room and times will be hard to come by. The swap aside I may very well have to paint the car at my spot. Not the worst thing in the world but I would rather not. Whatever, if I have to roll to THE meet in multiple colors I will. The absolute last thing I want to do is not drive a 240 there. The second to last is take the rusted rice to it. Time shall tell. Regardless of patience I will have to wait. Here is hoping I get the 1660 dollars back from taxes and apartment deposit (1100 minimum pending if I fucked up my apartment in the last year) in time for the meet so I have money to work with once the car is here. Saving my pennies and living off as little as possible, saving money on rent once I move, and not going overboard with things for my girlfriend on V-day so that it can be shipped prior to March 1st.

I found a great quote for 835 dollars covering full insurance and 6-9 days travel (more than enough time to make it to THE meet if I tell them to pick it up on or before March 1st) and they ask for a 2 day window to get it. Door to door 835. Lowest quote I had before that was 1k even so I am content although I may shop around more just to see.

I still have to have my mom take my S13 SE wheels and have tires put on them. He doesn't read this but props to Cody for giving me those rims over 4 years ago. They are life savers right now. I will post a few pictures of his S13 coupe ate the end that made me fall in love with them over 6 years ago. 300 dollars for tires I don't want, on rims I don't plan to keep, to get a car I bought for 1k 4 years ago shipped for 835 dollars to the fucking rust capitol of the world. No way I am driving this thing if I hear the whisper of salt on the road.

Some people say I could find a car up here with minimal rust for less than the 2385 I am paying total for the car to get here and be a running manual. The way I see it is like this. Mint dashboard 50-100 dollars. Manual swap 400 minimum if you get hooked up with parts. Like new seats ? rust free hatch 75-100, SE wheels 50, sunroof 50, power doors 50 for the pair, power mirrors and center console with harness 50$? 3 Konig rims for drift days with lots of tread on the tires 50, cruise control steering wheel mint 25, mint rear seats 25, mint junk hider 15, extra open differential 50. I could keep going with the amount of stuff I am pulling off the parts car. I didnt even mention a COMPLETELY rust free shell (still runs btw). I am thinking it would be VERY hard to come by all of that for less than 2385. Could be wrong, but I don't care (especially because I don't think I am wrong) because it's what I want to do, it's my money, and I have seen others spend their money on dumber shit that they ditched less than a year later. W/e, I am hungry and going to get food. i will take the rust bucket and go clutch kick a corner or 2 with my open diff... hazzah.

I just realized most of my posts are rants of random shit thats on my mind. And they are effing long. Is that what a blog is suppose to be? Anyway, I promise the next one will be less rant like, and be more grammar and reader friendly. I will edit later for the pics I talked about because my stomach is growling and all that's in there is beer. =)

Edit: The first time I saw it, it was flat black and had holes punched for dent repair. It already had the SR20DET in it and I also fell in love with that, even though I probably won't pick that as a swap if/when I do one. It came a long way in the following year and looked like this.

philosophy

So after a long and disappointing game (I was rooting for the Vikings, MN is my birthplace and Favre is my boy regardless of criticism). I started thinking about things that are unrelated to the NFL. Mainly lazy bitchy people. But a few people came into my mind that ask for help (or don't) that need it whether or not they realize it, but seem unable to come out of slumps. I believe their problem is this. "you cannot help someone who cannot help themselves".

Meaning, if someone can't pay their heating bill, paying it for them will not help if they get a tattoo with their next paycheck. If someone can't afford to get their car fixed, fixing it or paying to have it fixed for them will not help if they spend 200+ dollars a month on cigarettes. The people you see come out of slumps, financial burdens, whatever are the people who pinch their pennies. Meaning, if you can't afford to pay a bill you sure as shit don't go get a worthless tattoo with money you owe other people, or can pay a past due bill with. If you can't pay someone back that you have owed money to for almost a year (yes, they owe me money) how the flying fuck can you afford a $50 dollar pedicure when you owe me $90 and no one sees your feet but you. Then go to a bar 2 nights in a row... You want to know why people are in debt? Because they feel sorry for themselves and spend money to make themselves feel better. Regardless if it's a tattoo that they think will make them look better or feel more confidant. A pedicure, getting drunk/having fun to "forget" their problems. Smoking when they are "stressed" about a bill they can't pay BECAUSE THEY BOUGHT THE CIGARETTES.

Guess what, you don't see people who are broke complain because they cannot buy food. You see people bitch because they buy shit they don't need because they are broke. Prove me wrong, I dare you. I have more than once lived off of Ramen Noodles and ham and wheat sandwiches with the last 10 dollars I had to last me 15 days. If I can do it, so can you. Stop bitching and suck it up. Yes, it sucks to be poor. It sucks to be hungry, it sucks to wear dirty clothes, it sucks to be cold, it fucking sucks to be broke, homeless (oh yes, I've been their) it sucks to be in debt. It isn't what you do in debt, it's what you do to get out of it. Stop acting like this once wonderful country of ours owes you something and get a fucking job.

Buy what you NEED not what you want or what makes you feel better. Get a handle on yourself and quit asking for bailouts, loans, and handouts. Shit happens to EVERYONE. Not just people who work at McDonald's to scrape by, but to CEO's. Not just to immigrants or 3rd world countries, but to born and bred Americans. Quit feeling sorry for yourself. Guess what, if you live in a state that pays you for recycling, go collect bottles if you don't have a job because each one is 5 cents you didn't have. I don't care how degrading it is, there are people that do FAR worse for the same amount (if not less) money in this country and outside of it.

You my friend (and I promise you) are NOT too "good" to pick up bottles, are NOT too "good" to work in fast food, are NOT too good to eat macaroni and cheese every night for however long it takes to get on your feet. There are far too many people wasting my (and your) tax dollars bitching about lack of jobs when there are "help wanted" signs in mcdonalds ON a bus route, you don't even need gas! I see a woman that works mornings at McDonalds and nights at Mohegan, she was not born in this country, may not have a high school diploma, but works 2 (at minimum) jobs to simply be in this country. This country FULL of opportunity, full of promise and a better life. That's how great we once were. Then we have people with degrees bitching and complaining expecting things to get better when they aren't "doing all they can" to get buy.

Well, you know what I have to say to that? Fuck you. Plain and simple. It is the same for poor and rich. If you want it, you do WHATEVER IS NECESSARY to get it. Whether you scrape by or make millions those people put in work. Get off your lazy ass. I do not feel bad for you. Not even for a half a second. There are people who eat out of dumpsters to stay alive (regardless of why they do it) and you complain because you cannot afford to eat out. Or because you cannot afford more than Ramen. You make me sick and don't deserve anything better.

With all that said I promise that the ONLY people who will be affended by this post (if anyone even reads it...) are people who I describe. Not the poor ones who truly do what they can, but the ones who are lazy, think they are too good, and rely on other people. Prove me wrong. I am up for the challenge.

Sorry for the rant/poor grammar. See you soon...



PS/EDIT stop getting pregnant! you can get free birth control or condoms with our hard earned tax dollars! If you can't afford to live on your own, get prophylactics or stop fucking. Either is WAY cheaper than a baby.

Supply and Demand

So as I save my pennies and wait for my tax return (so i can ship my rust free car here) I often times find myself thinking about my 240. I contemplate what engine swap I should do, what color I should paint it, should I just turbo the sohc, should I go 5-lug, so on and so on. One of the things I want to do is aquire a pignose front lip. For those of you who don't know what that is:

The black one has a lip, the yellow one doesn't.

I personally feel it adds a lot to the car. Not only that but it came stock on select 89-90 240's so it doesn't require you to deal with Japanland prices. Or do you? These pieces of plastic run from 75 to 150 bucks for one in good condition. Why do you ask? Because people put them on bumpers they weren't made for. For example the silvia front bumper and the "chuki" i believe they call it bumper. It is often done poorly (when done right however it looks good), but then again so are a lot of cars in general by people who don't take the extra time and effort. It angers me that there are so few left floating around in good condition for many reasons. Primarily because they are so damn expensive. They are getting more and more rare and I don't understand why a company hasn't replicated it. I don't want a different front bumper, I want a pignose with a pig lip. So I have to shell out 100 bucks for something that some people crack and scrape and don't give a shit about. I will either buy one and suck it up, or I won't... and probably be slightly disappointed in the way my car the looks. IDK yet because my preference in the way cars look constantly changes. I mean, I will like my car regardless, but I could always like it more. I will probably buy the lip. It is cheaper than some aero bumper that I will like less than my pignose with the lip. I am not a cheap-skate, but where I can save money I will. I just won't mickey mouse shit in order to do it.

ps... I am constantly changing my mind on what I want engine wise. My most recent thought, RB20DET. Same price as a KA24E-T, DE-T, CA18DET, and cheaper than SR's, so on and so on. It has more torque, a very reliable 200hp opposed to a sohc with 160k on the clock. idk, we shall see. First things first, get the damn car here and make it drivable so you can stop driving your TC to 240 meets...

Rusted Rice

So yesterday I picked up my parts car, a 1989 Nissan 240sx. It was once a very very nice car. Power windows, sun roof, power mirrors, power door locks. Keep in mind this is a car that was built in 1988. The car is so rusted that one of the frame rails has an 1 inch gap of not existing. The taillights and front blinkers are painted. It has a "powered by nissan" sticker where they painted over the original "240sx" on the center piece taillights. So its all rusted out and a bit riced considering the only thing not stock on the car is the stereo and the wheels. This is all ok with me however, because the interior is effing mint. The dash has zero cracks, the seats still have cushion, all the trim I need is in perfect condition, the engine runs and drives like an effing champ, the tranny shifts smooth as butter. Pics after I wake the fuck up.

EDIT for pics:

A little about me...

So I just decided to start blogging and I have a few reasons for this. First because I find myself relatively bored with my given situation. Second, because I would like to look back at things I have done because I have such a poor memory. Finally, well because I wanted to lol.

My name is Aaron and I am 23 years old, born November 1st 1986. I live in Connecticut currently because that is where I am stationed. I am an E-4 active duty in the United States Coast Guard. I was born in Minnesota and moved to Arizonawhere I was raised when I was 1 . I moved to Ft. Collins, Colorado when I was 12 lived there until I was 15 and moved to Minnesota. I moved back to Arizona when I was 16 and stayed there until I joined the Coast Guard in October of 2005 when I was 18 (turned 19 in boot camp.. yay..) Lived in New Orleans, Louisiana for 3 years stationed at Small Boat Station New Orleans before going to "A" school in Petaluma, California. I then moved to where I am now in Connecticut January of 2009. I currently work in New London at the Coast Guard Research and Development Center as a logistics specialist.

This blog will probably consist mostly of cars. More specifically Nissan 240sx's but others will be thrown in from time to time. With that said here is the story of my current 1990 S13.

About this car, Long story short I have had it for 4 1/2 years and have done nothing to it. It is a stock automatic that was molested by the previous owner and the owner before that. I have a few plans for it to get it ready for summer including but not limited to:

• Manual transmission and possibly engine swap
• New front drivers side fender
• New hatch that isn't bent
• A rattle can spray job because the paint is completely jacked

This is all going to made possible by swapping parts off of another S13 (89) I just picked up for $500. It supposedly is rusted all to hell but the tranny shifts smooth, engine runs strong, and interior is clean as can be. It has dings and dents but the front fender I need is in much better condition. The hatch may be too rusted to salvage but I will do what I can with it. Other than that it has a few interior pieces I could use and I hope the dash is in better condition than the one I have. If the engine is as sound as it is said to be I may throw a little T25 on it for a little more go for the summer. All this is money and situational pending of course. Come back for more updates.

Perhaps later this week a spark plug change in my 2006 Scion tC... yay, lol. I cannot wait until delivery of the 89 hatch this coming Saturday. Then I move to hopefully save some money at the end of January. Then In march the real work on the S chassis will begin. Stay tuned... or don't, I really could care less. Here are some pictures hope you enjoy.