Old timers club.

[jamescarter]

Just curious to know how many old farts (myself included) still role around in 240/silvia's on the daily or on weekends?

[Felipe]

At what age does some one become an oldfart? lol

but since your about my age, i guess i would be an old fart, but then again i dont have a 240 anymore so i dont qualify as an oldfart with a 240 lol

And theres lots of them...

[Phlip]

Bought my S14 in 2001 when I was 21, dailyed it until I almost died crashing it.
Got my S13 in 2004 with no engine/trans and in need of some stuff, then I dailyed IT from from 2005-2011...
...then my daughter was born and I bought a reasonable car, I might have put 3000 miles on my 240 in the almost 2 years since.

[jamescarter]

just wanted to make sure i wasnt the only "older" guy out there still enjoying my 240! lol

[DrtyRat]

I'm kinda in the same boat as Phlip. Once my daughter was born it was down hill from there. I'll have mine up forsale soon, because there's no more time for it.

[enriquetc240]

I'm a little older about to be 26.

Just currently finishing up my childhood dream build lol.

I daily a range rover though lol.

[w0nderbr3ad]

When it comes to age I might be in that phase where I start denying the fact that I'm getting older, but I still drive my 240sx around. This all may change when I have a kid(s).

[G240]

Eh 38, married. 3 kids with a graduated highschooler as of Sat. I daily my car and put close to 15k a year on it.

G.

[Phlip]

I'm kinda in the same boat as Phlip. Once my daughter was born it was down hill from there. I'll have mine up forsale soon, because there's no more time for it.

I am at the point where if the right offer came, I would let it go, then turn and get a fun car that I could actually carry her around in.
I have actually been scouting prospects for that
Sucks too, because I finally got it painted last year

[ZenkiKid]

I dailyed mine from age 26-32...
then my daughter was born and I bought a reasonable car, I might have put 3000 miles on my 240 in the almost 2 years since.

I have put less than 4k miles on my car and its been 2 years since its rebuild. It just sits pretty on the side of my house. I assume yours does the same now

[tdaffern]

Just turned 33 this month. I daily my coupe, and still building my hatch. Glad to know I'm not the only old saggy balls cruzing a 240sx haha.

[Felipe]

I dailyed mine from age 26-32...
then my daughter was born and I bought a reasonable car, I might have put 3000 miles on my 240 in the almost 2 years since.

I dd all of my cars.. Since 19 - 29.... Gonna be 34 in july :naw: lol

I'm kinda in the same boat as Phlip. Once my daughter was born it was down hill from there. I'll have mine up forsale soon, because there's no more time for it.

yes... then you will be like me... "no 240 but im still on here :tardrim: "

[brndck]

i bought my first s13 in '01.
next month i'll have been on zilvia for 10 years.
i still drive my car 3-4 days a week whenever i'm in town.

[gerardogomez0809]

I'm turning 28 this year, married and with a 5 yr old. I still daily my 240, can't let it go. Last year I put about 15k miles, the year before that about 10k miles. I'm on my 3rd 240,

the first one I had to let go in 2003 because I wanted to have a ninja 636 and wanted to only pay insurance for one (I know, I didn't realize it was so cheap until after I sold the car)

The second 240 I sold because my son was born and 2 family cars were needed. Strapping my son in the back was not an easy job being that I'm 6'2 :) (also sold my beloved Ninja)

My 3rd one came along when my son turn 3, now 5yrs old and he loves riding in the front with me (of course, carseat and all) also had to upgrade one family car to a mk6 GTI :)


All in all, I'm glad I found this thread.... Glad to hear I'm not the only one

I'm more of an enthusiast now.... No more messing around in it like I did 10 yrs ago (excuse the long story)


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[Felipe]

IStrapping my son in the back was not an easy job being that I'm 6'2 :)

lmao... I aint no 6.2 but that part sucks. When my baby was born her first car ride was in my 240...

[gerardogomez0809]

Ouch.I Know the pain......and I only did it for 3 days :)


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[Felipe]

Had to do deal with that for a while till i got a B13 sedan on the side to roll with lol

[gerardogomez0809]

That's awesome bro. My little one is stuck on Initial D that he wants me to sell my car and get an 86....kids these days... At least they'll keep it going long before we're gone lol


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[Agamemnon]

I turned 30 this year. I've been dailying an S14 since I was 20.

[jamg]

blows my mind to know some ppl have been on here for a decade..

[punn303]

I'm 38 and have had the same coupe since 02. Used to daily it when we had a secured parking lot at work, now I just cruise it on the weekends. Still fun to drive, don't see myself selling it anytime soon.

[silnv]

I DD my 91 coupe before I put it in the garage for surgery. I will DD it again when it has recovered.

I also have a 98 that is in the process of a full build.

Been on zilvia for almost 11 years.

[exitspeed]

Sold mine a few years ago now. Still kills me. I wish I had it.

My 09 Murano makes me miss it a little less though.

It's hard seeing such nice 240's though posted on FB though. Makes me want to go drop a few grand and pick up a nice clean stock one again.

[OnTheChip]

I say take it to the track! I made the mistake of waiting till I was 40 to start. Wish I had started much younger. Us truly old farts still love driving them. I have a 91 SR20DET swapped hatch and my racing partner, who is a year older than I am (we've been friends since high school), won the SCCA SE division ITA championship in his 90 KA24E coupe.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v424/RaceCity_USA/240sx/076.jpg

So yea, you're never too old to enjoy a 240!

Dave

[blkvrtswp]

I'm 47 and reading "I'm a little older about to turn 26" made me laugh. Anyone else remember the 240SX mailing list? I have no kids so that is probably why I still obsessively modify and drive my toy so much.

1996 Bought 1st S13 1990 hatch
1998 Nitrous on the SOHC KA
2000 SR Swap
2002 Opened Heavy Throttle
85 customer swaps, 17 240sx bought & sold and 129 JDM engine sets later
2006 sold my original S13 for $12k
2007 bought current convertible for $2600
2008 closed HT
2013 1st time painting a car myself - about to begin June 5th!

[silnv]

2002 Opened Heavy Throttle
2008 closed HT
2013 1st time painting a car myself

I bought a few random swap accessories from you back in the day. Used the wiring information numerous times. Sad to see the shop closed.

I am about to lay my first paint as well. Good luck to you!

[gerardogomez0809]

This topic reminds me of when I was younger hearing my dad talk to his buddies about their love for classic cars lol awesome


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[koukikat180sx]

I'm 31 and still daily my streetable S13. (I refuse to drive my husband's '97 Avalon... Now that's an old fart car. -_-') Sadly my track S13 hasn't seen the light of day for the last 2.5 or so years. :( I usually save the Evo for weekends or for a good 'pick me up' when I need it.

BTW... Being in your 30's isn't really old... Think of what you'll be saying when you're 60. :P

[g00se]

30- been DD my S14 since i bought it new in high school...

＼(*T▽T*)／

[jamescarter]

Was thinking about selling mine and picking up a s2000, but you guys and gals have restored my faith!

[DRFT180]

I'll be 28 at the end of this year and have been daily driving a 240 for my entire driving life so far. Bought my S13 when I was 17 (same time I joined Zilvia, 2003), and my S14 when I was 22. Still driving and building the S14 daily.

It's been a very fun 10 years.

[Ramonesfreak2010]

theres a guy that comes to the local meet around here in his S14. He is a lawyer in his 60's.

[orion::S14]

Anyone else remember the 240SX mailing list?


Ha...I think that's THE qualifier for "old timer" around here.

Amarok.org 240SX e-mail list...before forums, 56k was as good as it got, and we chatted 240SX stuff by group e-mail.

The good old days? haha...

...

On topic: I don't daily mine anymore - It racked up 100,000 miles from 1997 to 2004 as my DD...and has been a weekend car (HPDE, autocross) since.

- Brian

[Wake]

I guess compared to the current demographic here on zilvia im an old timer.

In the grand scheme of things i would like to think im pretty young.

End of the year will be 10 years for me. Been lurking since 01, crazy.

[Felipe]

theres a guy that comes to the local meet around here in his S14. He is a lawyer in his 60's.

I think we got a winner lol

[gerardogomez0809]

Lol


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[Felipe]

I know there is alot more on here... Not calling any names n stuff but there not on here as much.

[EvilRB]

Does my Cefiro still count?

[kandyflip445]

Do I count as old? I hadn't driven my 240 for over a year and just got it inspected and registered today to get ready for autocross next week.

EDIT: Sometimes I wonder if Phlip still has those injectors I bought so many years ago and never picked up. LOL

[Felipe]

Im waiting for some one to say....

"i had my 240 since i was 18"

Me: dude your 21 :picardfp:

[jr_ss]

I'm 47 and reading "I'm a little older about to turn 26" made me laugh. Anyone else remember the 240SX mailing list? I have no kids so that is probably why I still obsessively modify and drive my toy so much.

1996 Bought 1st S13 1990 hatch
1998 Nitrous on the SOHC KA
2000 SR Swap
2002 Opened Heavy Throttle
85 customer swaps, 17 240sx bought & sold and 129 JDM engine sets later
2006 sold my original S13 for $12k
2007 bought current convertible for $2600
2008 closed HT
2013 1st time painting a car myself - about to begin June 5th!

Ah, Heavy Throttle, those were the days... I was sad to see it close.

[RU4REAL]

I bought her brand new in Sept 1995. I've been daily driving her since:

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/Realncarrie/null-106.jpg

Original paint aside from the kit.

http://i287.photobucket.com/albums/ll124/Realncarrie/S14/8AB74D47-FF44-4703-A83C-322007B69326-7482-000007FC1CEA08FB.jpg

I have an endless love for this Silvia. Oh I'm 42. Lol

[ka24et]

I've had a S13 since high school. Test drove a few from the dealerships. Still remember that new car feeling.

Bought a "test" version of lowering springs from suspension techniques in 1990. Bought a NEW set of SSR EX-C fins in 1991. Was pretty tough to get parts back then. Took a while for the US market to fully embrace the S13/S14 aftermarket. Had to import stuff directly from Japan.

Owned 15 cars since then (4 of which were S13's). Still drive one every other day.

I am 40 now. So that makes it 2 decades. Wow how time flies. No plans to ever part with the S13. Maybe give it to my son if he wants it. :)

[enriquetc240]

I'm 47 and reading "I'm a little older about to turn 26" made me laugh. Anyone else remember the 240SX mailing list? I have no kids so that is probably why I still obsessively modify and drive my toy so much.

1996 Bought 1st S13 1990 hatch
1998 Nitrous on the SOHC KA
2000 SR Swap
2002 Opened Heavy Throttle
85 customer swaps, 17 240sx bought & sold and 129 JDM engine sets later
2006 sold my original S13 for $12k
2007 bought current convertible for $2600
2008 closed HT
2013 1st time painting a car myself - about to begin June 5th!
A little older than majority of the ones here. Lol

I have 4 year old and a wife. He loves working in the garage with me.

[LigouriRd]

I bought her brand new in Sept 1995..Oh I'm 42. Lol

Caint hold a candle to that but, I'm the second owner of mine, bought her in the summer of '02. Joined this site and been lurking around shortly after. She gets less and less miles put on her every year...that kinda crap happens when one gets married and has a kid on the way.

[silviaworks]

I'll be that guy to say I had mine at 18. 26 now. Wrecked the first, got another and have been daily driving her till just a couple months ago. Bought a FR-S.

[FaLKoN240]

2004 I got my first 240 at 18

Crashed it a couple of times trying to be a cool mountain racer.

2006 Sold it, bought a black 93 in Pacifica, turned out to be a rust bucket. Sold it a week later.

Used the money from selling the rust bucket to buy my favorite S13, it was a perfect super black hatch. Had it for a year before it was taken away from me (asshole MKIII Jetta crashed into it while it was parked)

2007 bought a modified shell swapped over parts from my favorite s13 and made it KA-T with my insurance money. Sold it after it kept blowing $350 ecus from Enthalpy because of a chassis short.

2008-2010 Messed with a bunch of shitty RWD i6 Toyotas

2011 bought a white 1992 with a S13 blacktop SR, sold it at the end of the year to pay for college. Daily drove an Integra for a year. Sold that Integra and bought an Accord wagon that I drove for a year.

2013 Flew to LA to buy and drive back home the S14 that I own, dd, and modify currently.

I've tried to get away. But I know in my heart that I love these cars. I can't find anything close to replacing it.

[blessedhellrider]

ahh man ,thought this was about old timer knives lol. !

naw have had my s13 for 11 years now. :P

[blessedhellrider]

when teens call you an old fart .lol .or when you talk about a cassette tape or even an album.

haha my lil cousins looked at a manual car door window handle and said " what's that thing ,2 handles to get out?"

[Felipe]

haha my lil cousins looked at a manual car door window handle and said " what's that thing ,2 handles to get out?"

lmao...


Try explaining pagers to them lol

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4yjsnd4IT1ruhgggo1_500.png

[blessedhellrider]

^ oh yeah . dude i remember the clear or neon caces you could get for them at the mall!!

[FRpilot]

Try explaining pagers to them lol


well son, you see, before there were smart phones and even regular cell phones... we would communicate with each other by using these things called pagers and text each other using pager code...

[chato de shamrock]

Try explaining pagers to them lol

LOL. That picture got me laughing. I remember back in the day when kids would walk around with their pagers on their waist. Many of them didn't even have them activated. Just carrying it to look cool. LOL.

I'm 33, but i don't think of myself as old. I daily drive mine up until last Wednesday when I got into my first fender bender. It's going to get back on the street though and i'll continue to daily it.

[redline racer510]

Do I qualify, been driving 240's for 8 years and been a zilvia member since 06?

[BossHogg]

Have had a 240 for 12 years now. Parents bought one brand new in 92 so naturally I inherited it when I turned 16.

[SimpleS14]

At 30 I don't consider myself an old timer, but I've been around for a while to see quite the amount of changes throughout the community. Still have the 240 (bought in 2001), but now that I'm in a city environment it's locked away in storage at the moment.

[DrtyRat]

Do I qualify, been driving 240's for 8 years and been a zilvia member since 06?

If you have to ask......:rolleyes:

Lol...I think it has more to do with age than anything else.

[fliprayzin240sx]

At 30 I don't consider myself an old timer, but I've been around for a while to see quite the amount of changes throughout the community. Still have the 240 (bought in 2001), but now that I'm in a city environment it's locked away in storage at the moment.

Whoa...you're still around. Talk about a blast from the past. :bigok:

[SimpleS14]

Whoa...you're still around. Talk about a blast from the past. :bigok:

Likewise....I still remember doing the roller paint job after seeing your other car. A shame I left VA after you moved there or else I would have met you in person too. :)

[DALAZ_68]

do i count? i hate my coupe, cant wait till i have enough to buy something newer...not s chassis, built the track hatch and dont have money to fund it, so most liekly its getting torn to pieces...and that is life...

[Yuri]

Did Norm post yet? lol.

How the crap did we all get so old so fast?
Oh well. I'm 32, everyone thinks I'm 24 when they see me, and I fully intend to stick to that as long as possible.
It's surreal to see how many people on here have actually gotten umm.. "mature" and stuff, what with your talk about suvs and baby seats.....

[dorkidori_s13]

Hi all, my name is Lenn aka the guy who owns/designs DorkiDori. Ive owned a 240 since I was 19, Im now 31 and Im on my 5th one that is my daily driver/restoration project. Been on Zilvia since 2003 (I haven't used my old user name in 6-7 years). Ive been making/selling shirts since 2007 and for some odd reason I still have hope that one day the 240sx scene might go back to the way it was in the good ol days when it was trendy to build clean cars, wanting to be hellaflush wasn't the reason you bought a 240, V8s were blasphemy in an s-chassis and tuning your motor was the proper way to do things...












*snickers*















*bursts into maniacal fits of laughter at the idea of the 240 scene ever returning to the way we remember it being*

[exitspeed]

Did Norm post yet? lol.

How the crap did we all get so old so fast?
Oh well. I'm 32, everyone thinks I'm 24 when they see me, and I fully intend to stick to that as long as possible.
It's surreal to see how many people on here have actually gotten umm.. "mature" and stuff, what with your talk about suvs and baby seats.....

Lol. Yeah, me and my Murano with 2 baby seats in it...about to trade it in for a new Pathfinder.

We are getting old. I'll be 34 in Aug. Ouch.:ddog:

[jamescarter]

Seems like my thirties are flying by, why do my knees hurt in the morning?

[OnTheChip]

Seems like my thirties are flying by, why do my knees hurt in the morning?

You're not on them all night, are ya? :nono: jk...

2 hrs. of chain saw and I'm whopped! :faint:

[FRpilot]

Seems like my thirties are flying by, why do my knees hurt in the morning?

dam i'll be there soon and i've been randomly pulling my back in the last year. i guess the knees are next..

[Jay Gadsby]

I am only 32, but 12 years in the Army has broken me down pretty well. Wetsanding my car right now with a separated shoulder is probably a bad idea :) But if I dont do it, who will? My wife? HAHAHAHAHA....

[pitchlock]

Both my wife and i are 33. We have 2 s13's and i just sold my wrx for an old rundown early 260z

[stinky_180]

I'm 29 this year, does that count? lol

[DALAZ_68]

Did Norm post yet? lol.


hes busy being a pedo... :ddog:

[WilloW]

Do you guys remember sr20.hybrids.jp? That was when I got started with my S14.

[AsleepAltima]

im 40 and i still roll mine just about every day. still do all of my own work too. :)

[jamescarter]

[QUOTE=OnTheChip;5324612]You're not on them all night, are ya? :nono: jk...

lol, it aint that type of party! I know we have a dedicated section for pics, but would to love to see what some of you old timers are driving.

[Jay Gadsby]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/js9krcr01040/temporary_zps2cfc908a.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/js9krcr01040/media/temporary_zps2cfc908a.jpg.html)

Finished buffing and such yesterday.

[jamescarter]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/js9krcr01040/temporary_zps2cfc908a.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/js9krcr01040/media/temporary_zps2cfc908a.jpg.html)

Finished buffing and such yesterday.

^ Looks amazing sir!

[Mikester]

42 but I look 32 and sometimes act as if going on 23. My 19 yr old son informed me recently that I am going to be a grandpa in January.

Still building & playing with my beloved rice-mobile.

I assume I qualify for the Old fart club; even though I would never admit it aloud :hide:

[AsleepAltima]

my old timer car

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/988247_10200169548137262_257980609_n.jpg

[Mrpopo]

I'm 33 with 2 kids, but I don't consider myself old. I got my first 240 in 1996 and since then I've owned 19 240s and 6 z32s. I still work on my cars all the time. Makes me feel young. In my first car 1989 se hatch I had a car phone. Remember the ones with cords and big battery packs? Yeah that one. The scene has changed so many times I don't even care anymore. I just keep building 240s that I think are fun and look good to me. I can't post pics on here but I currently have a 89 hatch with s14 SR being built for amateur drifting and a 90 z32 na slammed that I daily.

[jamescarter]

42 but I look 32 and sometimes act as if going on 23. My 19 yr old son informed me recently that I am going to be a grandpa in January.

Still building & playing with my beloved rice-mobile.

I assume I qualify for the Old fart club; even though I would never admit it aloud :hide:

^congrats on the soon to be new family member! Anyways heres my pain in the arse.
http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m125/hnic514/carfever0224_zps4b76246c.jpg (http://s103.photobucket.com/user/hnic514/media/carfever0224_zps4b76246c.jpg.html)

[mr_eh]

jesus. 31 checking in... just "finished" mine.

[Felipe]

jesus. 31 checking in... just "finished" mine.

Look its jesus!!!!! lol

............


You know your old if you ate the cereal on my avatar :facepalm: had that for a while just notice how fits in this thread lol

[mr_eh]

:| I've had the split box nintendo cereal, fml :(

[Felipe]

I've had the split box nintendo cereal, fuk yeah

http://cdn.alltheragefaces.com/img/faces/png/fuck-yeah.png

.....Fixed lol





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[Def]

I guess next year will be 10 years that I've had my S13. Doesn't seem like that long ago, but I guess it's been with me through a lot. Recently it suffered a fire at the track (grass fire... blew an oil pump o-ring and then it caught on fire shortly after we spun off - freaked my student out). That junkyard SR went through A LOT, and still ran great except for the original 20+ year old o-ring (it was an early redtop).

I'll be bringing it back better than ever in the near future. My goal is just to keep making incremental improvements to it, keeping it reliable, making it faster. It was already about the fastest thing out on track most weekends, and this includes crazy modded GTRs, 911 GT3s, old Busch series stock cars etc. - so I think with another 100-150 rwhp and more downforce, while dropping about 75 lbs it'll be that much nuttier.