After holding out for what seems like forever, I finally sold my S13s.
The fastback I had stored in military storage for almost 4yrs sold to someone in CA, and I finally let a friend here in Japan buy my S13 Silvia. He was slated to move back to CA and he took the car with him. I think they'll both 'live good lives' with their new owners. I was saving them for a day when I could be an old man taking his 'classic' cars out on the weekend, but in the meantime they were taking up space and not being used. Maybe I'm growing up. Who knows. I had planned to sell most of the parts I had accumulated for the S13s, but I've decided to keep them for a rainy day. Maybe one day I'll get another, but in the meantime these parts are just going up in value.
For the record, I got my asking price in both instances. If you have clean, unmolested cars, do not let any manner of cunt try to fuck you out of you car's worth. I didn't even have to wait long to find buyers that were willing to pay for clean cars.
With the S13s sold, I helped my Mom get this:
We worked out a deal to where she gets a new, warrantied car for daily use and I get to essentially take over whenever I come back to the US. I was stoked to help my Mom out and get a Hakone car before they 'went away'. I've said it a thousand times, but I don't care about the HP figures or the rumors surrounding the next iteration of this car. Pair that with this rad color and all the tech gadgets, and I was sold.