I think I have lost all interest in the car "scene"

**Julio** · 07-04-2005, 10:54 PM

When you like cars you like cars... In some way shape or form.. Doesnt mean, if you don't have a modded car you Don't know or have a pation for it...

I Showed for 5 long years with my 98 hatch.... I'm Sure I spend close to 30k... Do I regret it, NO, I had a blast,Got to Meet new people, When to out state events, IA.com was born, Photo shoots, TV ( yeah Hommie ESPN2 ) So to me..the memories are worth more.. My last show was NOPI 2003... I got my trophie, called pablo, told him, Thats It im done showing... NO MORE.... I said, Im selling the car.. hahah that didnt happened.. I said, theres one more thing I need to do.. took the car completly apart.. From a show car to a disaster in a few hours... Spend about another 6'xxgs with swap/paint/Seats/motor and other misc parts here in there and the car was done.. I was literally hitting the track almost every friday night abusing the hatch.. to me 20 bucks at the track was WAY better then 20 at a show. I drove my buddys 92 civic w/ a swap, i said fuck this.. I want an EG... got that now and thats my new toy...
Is never ending when you really enjoy this thing.......
Is funny, today I was looking at a magazine and looking at all the cars and stuff and telling The old lady.. this just makes my hand itch to go and build another show car.. Im over it, atleast for now.... I would much rather have function over show.. But looking clean is always a plus.. I don't care how fast your car is, If it looks like shit.. it is shit.

**bigb996** · 07-04-2005, 10:59 PM

i fade in and out on modding interest......but while im young im gonna enjoy it. Some people its jut not there thing but i like driving a flashy car on the w/e's and a beater during the week.

**Tracer** · 07-04-2005, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by girly_typeR

I guess I can agree. Cars are too much problems. They break, they make us mad/sad, we put money into it, it's okay again, then the cycle can continue...

What are you talking about???

You can't even drive or even see over the steering wheel. LoL

**AtifSajid** · 07-04-2005, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by Brett

I had a guy at a show today tell me how he was getting started on his Honda and he asked me what I had invested in mine, and I just said the exact same thing to him, I said I dont know, But I do know its a money pit...lol. I said it will bleed you of all money.

BUT A true car person will still be into it regardless. I am getting older ( Okay MUCH older ) but I still love it as much as I did when I started, Yes it takes money from other things, but we all knew this the day we started this game.

Yep well said Brett...adn you know what...as soon as I sell the Prelude completely, I am starting another car. More on the fast side, but its still gonna be show worthy...

**chnco** · 07-04-2005, 11:43 PM

It definitely is a money pit, no doubt about that.

But more importantly, it's a passion. I mean, if we work everyday, and do the normal 9-5, what fun would that be? I mean, sure everybody has their niche, whether it be cars, houses, gay porn, etc and everybody will get discouraged once in a while, but it's that's a part of the territory. I bitch about my pieces of shit all the time and then I realize what it could be.

The idea of what it could be fuels my passion.

**The Yousef** · 07-04-2005, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by chnco

It I bitch about my pieces of shit all the time and then I realize what it could be.

The idea of what it could be fuels my passion.

exactly!!!!!

that fuels all of our passions......

**girly_typeR** · 07-05-2005, 11:07 AM

Originally Posted by Jason_STI

What are you talking about???

You can't even drive or even see over the steering wheel. LoL

I can see over the steering wheel!!

I just can't really reach the pedels... lol jk.

And I can drive, lol I just don't have anything TO drive at the moment Jason. Arghhh!!~!

**simplyblurredmrT** · 07-05-2005, 12:29 PM

Having a family only slows down the mods you get. Trust me I have a family now and I thought I 'd never get my car ready but slowly I did it just took me longer to save up for the things I wanted, instead of blowing it and eating PB&J for the rest of the month.

**Brett** · 07-05-2005, 12:38 PM

Yeah when we get older and have REAL bills and kids and wives it slows down what we want to do, I know one day my civic will be where I want it, It has taken me 5 years to get this far and if it takes me 5 more I WILL GET IT WHERE I WANT IT!! lol

But we find a way to do new things when we can, and thats fine with me

**blacknightteg** · 07-05-2005, 12:49 PM

i jus started modding my car and wat not in january, but i the fact is, i know its going to be a money pit i knew it was going to when i first started, hell right now im trying to decide which thing i want to get right now so that i can have a lil money left over and not kill my bank account but i dont care, i im still living with my parents for right now im only 18 and i really have nothing else to do with it i mean yeah i got school commin up so i am goin to have to pay for my books but other thent that my car is where its at!

**4dmin** · 07-05-2005, 12:50 PM

I don't care how fast your car is, If it looks like shit.. it is shit.

lol

**JITB** · 07-05-2005, 12:55 PM

I sometimes dont have money to buy shit for myself, but it seems i always have some kind of money to buy something for my car when it breaks or i want to upgrade. Never understood that..

**Spyder** · 07-05-2005, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Julio

When you like cars you like cars... In some way shape or form.. Doesnt mean, if you don't have a modded car you Don't know or have a pation for it...

I Showed for 5 long years with my 98 hatch.... I'm Sure I spend close to 30k... Do I regret it, NO, I had a blast,Got to Meet new people, When to out state events, IA.com was born, Photo shoots, TV ( yeah Hommie ESPN2 ) So to me..the memories are worth more.. My last show was NOPI 2003... I got my trophie, called pablo, told him, Thats It im done showing... NO MORE.... I said, Im selling the car.. hahah that didnt happened.. I said, theres one more thing I need to do.. took the car completly apart.. From a show car to a disaster in a few hours... Spend about another 6'xxgs with swap/paint/Seats/motor and other misc parts here in there and the car was done.. I was literally hitting the track almost every friday night abusing the hatch.. to me 20 bucks at the track was WAY better then 20 at a show. I drove my buddys 92 civic w/ a swap, i said fuck this.. I want an EG... got that now and thats my new toy...
Is never ending when you really enjoy this thing.......
Is funny, today I was looking at a magazine and looking at all the cars and stuff and telling The old lady.. this just makes my hand itch to go and build another show car.. Im over it, atleast for now.... I would much rather have function over show.. But looking clean is always a plus.. I don't care how fast your car is, If it looks like shit.. it is shit.

exactly, all except for the build another show car part... that has never crossed my mind. Paying someone 20 bucks to look at my car and compare it to the exact same cars i was up against the week before is just stupid to me. but... to each their own.

**USDM TYTE HO!** · 07-05-2005, 04:32 PM

Yea its the way it goes, you spend money on your car to make it better, drive it harder then it breaks. I have a completely rebuilt engine in my car truck did some suspension mods and drove it harder and harder, now its broke. After dumping all my money in it, still not fixing the problem now im broke-lol. My job required me to use my car so now im out of a job and a car. Eh Im not mad, i figured it would break sooner or later, it was inevitable. So now im on the prowl for a new job and an EF. Am i mad? No. Do i plan on never modifying a car again? No. Its a money pit but its fun, and once you have other obligations just make the pit for you car smaller to keep it under control.

**HiPSI** · 07-05-2005, 05:02 PM

honestly, i find lots of enjoyment in both building and driving my car. i am an engineer at heart, i enjoy working out problems and coming up with new ideas to work with. but that test run after some new goodies is the payoff. all of the events i've driven in i've had a blast even though at most of them i've spent more time tweaking the car than drifting it. it's an expensive hobby, especially when event entries are $75+, then add tires, gas, hotels for out of town events, it's almost insane the amount of money spent on doing one event. but i love to do it and that's not going to change any time soon.

**Brett** · 07-05-2005, 05:28 PM

Originally Posted by HiPSI

but i love to do it and that's not going to change any time soon.

And thats the key point we all have in common, whether it be show or go, We do it for that exact reason

**4bangin** · 07-05-2005, 06:37 PM

Just to clear something up, I have not at all lost my interest in cars, just the whole "scene" shit. I lost my interest in shows and drag. I would love to have a close to stock car that had balls and handled well that I could take to road atlanta 2 or 3 times a year and have a great time giving it hell (without having to worry about it tearing up because the motor has been taken apart many times). Just like Corey/CMO, I do love to drive. It was always very rewarding to mod a car. But when you get deep into the motor work, it just gets too expensive to be worth it. Especially on a car that is only worth 3 or 4k.

**Brett** · 07-05-2005, 06:39 PM

Thats why I dont build up my motor and why I bought a civic...lol

**Marta Mike** · 07-05-2005, 06:41 PM

maybe im wrong but to me sounds like u ran out of money for car shit-lol

**Buford®** · 07-05-2005, 08:30 PM

I know I did.

**Bishop** · 07-05-2005, 11:14 PM

Chris is a baller. He throws around money like its no bodys business.

**SwiftGTiRacer** · 07-06-2005, 02:57 AM

I'm feelin kinda the same way. I'm not really tired of cars but i have other things i need to start saving my money for (house, furniture, etc.). I'm trying to sell my rice box now and my next car will probably just have wheels, exhaust, springs, ICE, and then i'm done. But of course i said the same thing when i got my EG. 4 months later it was a rice machine. Right now i'm trying to finish my Swift but each time i add something i think of another thing. Its like a chain reaction. If you upgrade your block, you need to upgrade your tranny. Things like that. So i guess only time will tell. I'm kinda addicted to this mess.

Swifty

**yerrow** · 07-06-2005, 08:21 AM

its called maturity, people get older, graduate from civics to g35's.
want a house, gotta make the house payment. moneys gotta come from somewhere

its not that you don't love your cars anymore, but priorities shift

**trythefly** · 07-06-2005, 11:17 AM

i stopped pouring $ into my moneypit a while back and sold it off piece by piece (hardest thing I have ever done I think). I did it for a BIG reason though, responsibility for my family. They come first in my life, not a fucking car. Does that mean I will never get back into it again, hell no. I will always have some sort of project going I'm sure but my motives have changed now. Never again will I mold an entire car, sure it looks pretty but damn it always breaks & is too unreliable. turbos, superchargers, etc will be the only route I take probably in the future. If you are tired of it stop bitching about it and just stop for a while. You can always go back into it later.....

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