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91sil80 12-08-2011 10:54 AM

were all getting old!!!!
 
i was lookin at the bithdays for today and the average age was mid 20s and some were alot older than that, kinda makes me happy to know there is alot af maturity in the forum (sorta) i know i got my first 240 when i was 16 and ill be 27 in august. ive had 8 i think in that 11 years. im curious to know how many people are in the same boat? long time 240 lovers. i know we got alot of new owners out there to. wonder if we will be foolin with these cars when we are old men (or women) like these old hot rodders do now. fun to think about!!!!

s14unimog 12-08-2011 11:07 AM

17 when I got mine. I'm 25 now. I've had the same one all along.

zspeedrft 12-08-2011 11:09 AM

lol i got my first coupe back in 2002 when i was a senior..i remember being one of the first guys to rock an option sticker and had some old skool enkies on cut springs...then i got my first z (260z)..been into nissans ever since..ill be 28 in feb...damn im old

91sil80 12-08-2011 11:10 AM

i didnt even know what the car was when i got mine, i bought it off my stepdad who got it new. it only had around 30k miles.......makes me sad but i was 16 so i made it look all stupid with body kits and shit. you know early 2000s 240 stuff. the only place i ever saw sr20s were in magazines and they were the big ticket shit then.

Zenki_516 12-08-2011 11:14 AM

Bought my first when I was 16 for $1000. I'm 23 and on my 4th one now. Still broke too.

zspeedrft 12-08-2011 11:15 AM

i remember calling jspec for a silvia front end...guy told me 1800 used!

91sil80 12-08-2011 11:31 AM

lol, yea it was hard as shit to get parts back then, all they had when i started were intakes and exhausts. everything else was so expensive no one could afford it

Arsenal240sx 12-08-2011 01:33 PM

The s13 coupe Im working on now was the first 240 Ive ever driven and that was back in like 96 Lol Belonged to my brother back then and he just gave it to me. Most of my cars have been a Nissan. The one Toyota I had was a POS 86.5 MKIII Supra and since then I havnt strayed from Nissans. My S13 is 23 years old and Im 32. Yeah were old...

mxracerjason 12-08-2011 01:50 PM

I was fresh out of high school when the S13's first hit the dealerships and they sold like hot cakes. I did'nt really pay much attension to them at the time cause I was too in love with my 2dr 510 and I really wanted a Pathfinder. Got my first S13 in 2003 right before the first Fast & Furious.

lflkajfj12123 12-08-2011 01:54 PM

fast and the furious came out in 2001

kalypso123 12-08-2011 02:00 PM

28 is not old... its just means you dont work out.

mxracerjason 12-08-2011 02:03 PM

Woops, maybe it was after the 2nd F&F the the 240 scene blew up

whiterps13 12-08-2011 02:07 PM

Im 24. I have had my hatch since I was 15. It was my dream car.

Now Im pretty sure I hate it.

GSXRJJordan 12-08-2011 02:09 PM

I got into the game in 2005, came to Zilvia and got involved in Formula D in 2006, been here ever since. If the population is aging/maturing, I haven't noticed lol.

Quote:

Originally Posted by s0apgun (Post 4396012)
fast and the furious came out in 2001

Don't I know it. I had a MK3 Jetta at the time and thought it was rad.

sil80owner 12-08-2011 02:12 PM

i was 14 when i got my first 240 didnt drive it till 16? im 20 now owned 5 since....

91sil80 12-08-2011 02:12 PM

stupid fnf, ruined everything......old muscle car movies were cool and didnt ruin the cars for everyone who owned them.

dorkidori_s13 12-08-2011 02:15 PM

got my first 240 back in 02 (i was 19), first SR in 03 (had the motor for 7 years)....im turning 30 in january and im 240 #5 (not by choice, didnt want to get rid of #4, but being 20 grand made me sell the car)...slowly restoring #5 to a clean daily driver

i go out to drift events every now and then here in vegas and feel like the old geezer out...all the people driving are like early 20s

oh yeah, and since when did american V8s become the "cool" thing to swap into a S chassis? do all these younger guys just not appreciate BUILDING a motor anymore?

mxracerjason 12-08-2011 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorkidori_s13 (Post 4396056)
got my first 240 back in 02 (i was 19), first SR in 03 (had the motor for 7 years)....im turning 30 in january and im 240 #5 (not by choice, didnt want to get rid of #4, but being 20 grand made me sell the car)...slowly restoring #5 to a clean daily driver

i go out to drift events every now and then here in vegas and feel like the old geezer out...all the people driving are like early 20s

oh yeah, and since when did american V8s become the "cool" thing to swap into a S chassis? do all these younger guys just not appreciate BUILDING a motor anymore?

You should'nt feel like a geezer, you're only as old as you live. I race motocross and that is an all ages sport from 3yrs old to 70+. Ryan Villapoto's grand father still races at 70 something any everone loves it and cheers him on. So just keep doin what you enjoy no matter how old you are.

mxracerjason 12-08-2011 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 91sil80 (Post 4396050)
stupid fnf, ruined everything......old muscle car movies were cool and didnt ruin the cars for everyone who owned them.

I did'nt like the way fnf influenced builds either

yomisiu 12-08-2011 03:04 PM

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Cfbis9nF-1...urious_003.jpg
problem?

zspeedrft 12-08-2011 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yomisiu (Post 4396149)

smoke him!

didderson 12-08-2011 03:22 PM

I see youngsters everywhere in the scene. They just don't post in threads like these. Check the stanced photo/ drift missle or drifting threads.

It is comforting to know a mature majority owns them now. I assume we'll make better decisions in terms of clean mods and no more garbage.
This is probably also why you see some good $$ in builds now. We're all doing better financially as a whole lol.

Tom25666 12-08-2011 03:28 PM

ive had the same hatch for 9 years now, sr for 3. i will certainly shed a tear the day we must part.

tricky_ab 12-08-2011 03:38 PM

I've always liked 240's since my friend's older brother would show me these "option" VHS tapes of cars driving around tracks and mountain passes, when I was in Grade school (GR 7-8). I had a S14 for a few years out of high school then sold it.

That being said, I'll always be tinkering with cars till I'm old and grey. It just might not be a 240...

Quote:

Originally Posted by didderson (Post 4396187)
I see youngsters everywhere in the scene. They just don't post in threads like these. Check the stanced photo/ drift missle or drifting threads.

It is comforting to know a mature majority owns them now. I assume we'll make better decisions in terms of clean mods and no more garbage.
This is probably also why you see some good $$ in builds now. We're all doing better financially as a whole lol.

Thank god!

z32ttvert 12-08-2011 03:47 PM

As long as you can't differentiate between we're and were, no one on the internet will think you are old.

sterlinge 12-08-2011 05:26 PM

Had mine for a little under 3 years. Im 22 now and have 2 40s

ladyzx 12-08-2011 05:48 PM

had z32 and 240s since i was 16 yrs old now 27 stiill own a s14

Broadfield 12-08-2011 06:02 PM

I'm slowly closing in on 40 and love the S-chassis. I've owned some pretty dope vehicles and my S13 is my favorite.

Chaluska 12-08-2011 06:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadfield (Post 4396500)
I'm slowly closing in on 40 and love the S-chassis. I've owned some pretty dope vehicles and my S13 is my favorite.

with one as clean as yours, anyone would love the s13 more.

rb20240sx 12-08-2011 06:06 PM

16 when I got my first one had a s13 hatch with rb20 the car I learned to drive stick on. Now I'm 22 and have s14 with rb25neo. I cant ever see me not having one.


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