[cnichols]

I'm old. Hell, look at my join date <----

I bought my first S14 in 1996 and have had one ever since which puts me right at 20 years. I fell in love with the car the first time I ever laid eyes on it in a magazine while I was 15. I still own my 3rd S14, which I bought in 2002.

I remember being in college which was so long ago that it was before forums even existed. Anyone ever hear of the old 240SX Amarok.org mailing list? I was on it...didn't contribute much because I knew next to nothing. But, man did I read. You actually had to sift through e-mails and the responses to follow a "thread"!!!

Like someone else stated, the scene has definitely changed, but I know that I sure have as well. The one thing I will say is that I've made a ton of friends over the years just because we both owned a 240 (DriftKngIII among them), but I can't remember the last time that has happened. That simple observation right there tells me that the scene has gone downhill. I won't sit and try to figure out the exact cause(s), but I will agree that it has definitely changed for the worse. However, that' s not going to stop me from fighting the good fight. Because, like Mike said earlier, I'm still doing this for me and not for anyone else (okay, maybe just a little, but hey, I'm only human).