Help! I'm a pathological spender when it comes to my 240! :(

[mmdb]

I'm living paycheck to paycheck spending money on my car. Buying new parts or used parts. I got to have the best of the best when it comes to it. I recently spent a small fortune on an exhaust which I never would have justified spending on before. What's going on?? I need a hotline to call before it gets any worse! :cry:

[Realchaos1]

oh my GOD, he's a Zilvia Addict!!!

I'm feeling for ya man, I know there is not group meetings for these kinds of things, but for now, you have the internet.

Attend an AA meeting and play off your addiction like it were booze.

[94cc0rd]

I'm the same way.. I'm a college student, and I only work weekends... All my money goes towards my car. Sometimes I wish I was never a car fanatic...

[SochBAT]

I was in that phaze. Then i realized i was spending more on the car than i could see. That opened my eyes wide.

Honestly, i seem to have the most fun when i'm spending. I feel like a girl.

Even though i've got to start paying for rent, my state of mind is the same.

I need change, BAD!

Automotive celibacy!

[bing]

if you want some real help you can send your money this way and i'll give you better pricing on stuff...lol... at least your wasted dollars will go further...

btw, i got you beat anyways...i run a 240sx related business and all i keep doing is dumping thousands into this car when i should be saving for my wedding.

i've got at least $10,000 into the car since november and i have no idea where the money came from...lol...i've also only been driving it for 2 weeks and its still a piece of shit.

[mmdb]

^ Lol... I capped it to 8k to finish my car (motor built and turboed... to be competitive on the circuit). I think that's being generous... fawk i hope. My friend who spent over 20g's on parts alone tells me never to look back on whatever I buy. I'm trying to adopt that way of thinking towards my car. Afterall, it's funner than dating (at times).

[Realchaos1]

yeah right... after you build your motor, will will start buying interior parts like fancy shift knobs, italian accessories such as momo, genuine leather shift boot by momo, asian trinkets to hang from your Broadway Mirror, Spencer Airfresheners with a scent called Squash, Bride bucket seats and low pro slider rails, Defi gauges, and that sick Pioneer stereo you've been gawking over for months... *drools* then you buy a Dori Dori t-shirt to top it off!

[s14slide]

just remember that the sum of one's parts is never equal to the sum of his driving skills. If you want to stop spending money on parts, spend it on getting track time, no matter where, and you'll spend a pretty penny and feel like you got your money's worth. Now all you have to spend money on parts for is stuff you break.

[infinitexsound]

atleast its better then what i did, STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL!

[cosil8e]

i've actually cut back on beer so i can spend more on my car.

[Unholy S14]

get a girlfriend :bigok: :)

[ranisron]

Seriously though, you can afford to live paycheck to paycheck while you are young. As time goes by, it would be time to think what to invest, save, and play around with the car.

My car is nowhere close to where I want it to be, but somehow I know I will get there, couple years from now.

One advice I have to preach, don't spend the money you don't have (i.e. credit cards)

[NIK90s13]

get a girlfriend :bigok: :)
Yea that will do it, or get married and have a kid.... oh wait I am married and have a son and one on the way and I STILL spend to much on the car!!!!!LOL:aw: HELP!!!

[alexchanman]

when i was high school, i did whatever i could to get more money just to spend it on my car. note: i drove it only 5 times to school for the cool factor. when i did drive it, i was the man at school.

[Unholy S14]

you did anything for money......

[Slidin240Wayz]

you did anything for money......


Male whoring is where it's at. Sell your young self to older rich ladies!!!

[WilloW]

It's a damn disease.

[ManoNegra]

Happens to everyone when young. If it's not cars then it's clothes, shoes - you name it.You really have to pause and think about what is really imporatant in your life - family, career, security, etc and make the rigth decisions.

And like ranisron said, stay away from credit cards.

[lucky7]

i've actually cut back on beer so i can spend more on my car.


me too man. instead of blowing $200 on friday/saturday nights at the bar, i just go hang out on woodward (google image search - 'woodward dream cruise'). im sure it has alot to do with the weather being nice finally. but mostly i would say it has to do with this damn awful RB25 swap. ive spent way way more on it than i had planned. but i cant wait to drive the fucker. all my guilt and remorse (from dropping all the coin) will dissapear in no time.

i tell you what though. i WISH my 'addiction' was something like clothes or whatever normal people spend money on. instead im dropping $3000 on new wheels/tires. and before they arrive at my house, i already have a different set picked out. :bash:

[Dousan_PG]

f that
spend it all on your car
because one day you'll have kids and they'll take all your money, live with you unilt their 30 and leach and take loans.
the wife says you need to sell your car and get a minivan.

spend it all on you rcar, until you get married and the wife bosses you around. becasue its inevitible.


at least thats how i see it. i enjoy life now. haha..

[ManoNegra]

Also, if you spend all your money on the car no woman will want to marry you leaving more for the car... The problem fixes itself!

[bing]

me too man. instead of blowing $200 on friday/saturday nights at the bar, i just go hang out on woodward (google image search - 'woodward dream cruise'). im sure it has alot to do with the weather being nice finally. but mostly i would say it has to do with this damn awful RB25 swap. ive spent way way more on it than i had planned. but i cant wait to drive the fucker. all my guilt and remorse (from dropping all the coin) will dissapear in no time.

i tell you what though. i WISH my 'addiction' was something like clothes or whatever normal people spend money on. instead im dropping $3000 on new wheels/tires. and before they arrive at my house, i already have a different set picked out. :bash:


i think i saw you on the dream cruise last year, green S14 with RB, the plate said you had an RB in it i think..

yeah guys, just keep spending...reallly... as much as it is a bad investment financially there are few monye pits that are as all consuming as cars...i was about to slit my wrists when this rebuild and all the associated problems took over a month... but now that i get to drive it and the fact that it is balls to the wall fast... i cant look back... only forward.

i just put $5200 on the CC to pay it off and i'm gearing up for a power FC then driving like 8 hours to someone who knows what they are doing with it... then $1000 on a diff ,$800 on seats, $?XX on more wheels $?XX on more tires for said wheels, $?XX on having the body redone after 5 track events....lol

fukk it, if your young and can afford it just fukking do it.


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let me correct - if you are just doing this by yourself for something to do then stop spending all your money you dummy.

but, if you have a group a buddies and you're all caught up in a self-imposed battle of competitive consumption and helping and encouraging each other to take it 2 steps further, enjoying track days, giving it some gears on the off ramps, rolling 5 deep on random weekday evenings around the corner to get something overpriced to eat etc. etc. etc. then keep on keepin on..

if you are the type to pinch your pennies for that rainy day then you might as well go live in eastern Europe or mexico or some other place that sucks to live seeing as how you would pretty much be creating your own third-world post-adolescence anyways

[s14xman]

f that
spend it all on your car
because one day you'll have kids and they'll take all your money, live with you unilt their 30 and leach and take loans.
the wife says you need to sell your car and get a minivan.

spend it all on you rcar, until you get married and the wife bosses you around. becasue its inevitible.


at least thats how i see it. i enjoy life now. haha..

Very true, get what you can now!!! Ever since I bought a house and got married, my car has been on hold!!

[trsilvias13]

Get a job that let you have a 401k option. I opt to put 20% of my paycheck in there. At least that will cut down some of my spending. Booze and smokes will put a deep hole in your pocket as well (for me that is). I spend a lot on my car. I have 2. I am realizing that I should have two car, so I am selling one. And having an addiction to motorcycle too not good.

I think next time I going to put like 30% of my paycheck into my 401k.

[ManoNegra]

...to be young and reckless is true bliss.

[S13Eye]

I lived paycheck to paycheck for a year. Friday, i would get paid, and as soon as i got home i would be online shopping for parts. I would leave myself just enough for gas, and a couple packs of smokes. Buying crap i don't even need. I made myself a budget where i eliminated anything i didn't really need, like new clothes. I would be depressed if i didn't buy parts, and as soon as the parts came in, i would be happy again.

As soon as i get some money, i'm online buying stuff. Its horrible, and i can't stop. Its not just the spending either - the stupid car needs constant upkeep to keep going. The amount of time required to install parts, and keep the car maintained is insane. Sometimes i want to throw a hand grenade through the windshield, but then i look at it, and i just can't say no to those cute flip up lights.

Face it, it will never go away. You will stay this way until something horrible happens to you, like losing both arms, being infected with some awful disease, or getting married. It doesn't go away - sometimes it rests, but it never goes away.

[bing]

pppppfffff new clothes.... that's highschool $hit... who got DKNY?

i havent gone shopping for clothes in years, and if i do need something its usually online now too...lol

the best solution is to just make MORE MONEY...

yes you will still spend the same proportion on cars so instead of strapping a 2871r on a SR20 you are bolting up a GT35R on to your E46 M3, but the rest of your living expensives stay relatively the same... so you are the winnar

[ManoNegra]

^ +1 Making a good living should be goal number one since that will make everything else (family, hobby, etc) so much easier. But it's hard when we for the most opt to dedicate our free time to our hobby. It's a conundrum.

[daver903]

i tell you what though. i WISH my 'addiction' was something like clothes or whatever normal people spend money on. instead im dropping $3000 on new wheels/tires. and before they arrive at my house, i already have a different set picked out. :bash:


haha NORMAL peopel.lol
but really,its a dam sickness.im the same way.paycheque to paycheque,most goes to parts,tires,and track time(not latly). i need new clothes too :( gotta save for a trip to seattle for formula d too.daaaammmit.:2f2f:

[ranisron]

sigh, for those of you who need clothes, Walmart is your best friend. I used to buy A&F until I got hooked with my Nissans (opps!)

I will have a good life with my KA 240SX for now. couple years, here I come LS1.

I am still recovering from my credit cards misuse - GOSH, it is a painful lesson!

[alexchanman]

Happens to everyone when young. If it's not cars then it's clothes, shoes - you name it.You really have to pause and think about what is really imporatant in your life - family, career, security, etc and make the rigth decisions.

And like ranisron said, stay away from credit cards.

sneakers take up as much money as my car did in high school. i was all up into the dunk sb's and what not a couple years back.

and yes man whoring is where its at, you cant beat a 250/hour job :bigok: :bigok: :bigok:

[mmdb]

I'm going to take a previous poster's suggestion and spend more time in the driver's seat than building a motor (still going to do it... but pushed it back a few monthes). I drove around tonight learning to heel toe, and grinded some gears doing it. But oh so fun haha.

Btw, man whoring doesn't sound too bad. It's just the ideas of getting STDs that's slowing me down. That and morals. Can't ever sell those.

[S13Eye]

As much as i love driving my car, for some reason i enjoy working on it a lot more. It has always been like this with me. When i raced R/C cars, i had to have the most powerful engine and best equipment. When i played paintball, i couldn't care less about the sport but i loved the guns. When everything works perfectly, you realize that you engineered and built something that works flawlessly, just like an OEM car that rolled out of a dealership. I don't like factory stock cars, and i need my car to break so i can work on it. If its not broken, i have to buy parts so i can spend time installing them.

Its the time i spend alone, thinking and working with my hands that really counts to me. Driving is fun too, don't me wrong. The day i stop spending money on cars will be the day i die, whether its physically, or ceasing to be who i am.

[Unholy S14]

you can always buy me some parts :)