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cmoney · 08-12-2003, 09:14 AM

i'm "broke as a joke" ...i only have 3 grand to play with on a project car. I found a 240sx for 400 bucks with a blown motor, anybody think its possible to do a swap with the rest of the money?

I saw the article in Sport Compact where they did it for cheap, but realisticly, i dunno if i can

fastpace · 08-12-2003, 09:21 AM

no i don't think it is possible. SCC has hook-ups and sorts and can get a good price on almost anything. Your best bet is to:

1. Buy the car and put a stock motor in and drive that for awhile until you save up $5,000 bucks to take care of the sr motor and anything that will go wrong( always better to plan for the worst).

2. Keep the car you currently have and just save up more money for the swap.

3. Or just don't buy the car at all and forget that you read the article in SCC.

nismoboy · 08-12-2003, 09:37 AM

Im broker than hell i have no job all summer , about to start senior yr not being able to drive my car bc of insurance prices , ive only got about $100 to my name right now bc of car and school crap , and to top things off i have an old oxyacetylene rig sittin up that ppl say i can make money with but NOTHING is hapening. So yea im broke to.

cmoney · 08-12-2003, 02:32 PM

yeah i'm broke too. this is what i do all damn day :

Keisuke · 08-12-2003, 03:07 PM

$3000 to play with? are you kidding? thats more money than most people have. . ..

nokeone · 08-12-2003, 07:28 PM

^^ seriously...i have way less then that..lol..3K is not broke...

zero.counter · 08-12-2003, 10:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by cmoney
i'm "broke as a joke" ...i only have 3 grand to play with on a project car. I found a 240sx for 400 bucks with a blown motor, anybody think its possible to do a swap with the rest of the money?
I saw the article in Sport Compact where they did it for cheap, but realisticly, i dunno if i can

Are you serious? You sound like one of those ungrateful physicians I have heard complaining of only making $130K, while his colleagues are making more and he is broke, sheesh. Broke, wanna know what broke is? Its when you live on the street, have nothing to eat, no money to buy essentials with, no family to help, and getting happy when you see a restaurant throwing scraps out into the trash, thats broke. Or not knowing if you might lose your house or car because you just lost your job. $3k, that spoiled IMO.
No offense, again, its just my opinion.
Have a nice day!

GTGuy06 · 08-12-2003, 10:36 PM

Im broke, got about 400 in the bank. And to make things worst is that school is starting again. oh well I guess I'll just wait till this winter so I can work at the local ski slopes.

Kaede · 08-12-2003, 11:05 PM

3K? That's way better than me. I only have 500 in the bank and still owe my friend and government a total of 7K. No steady job and paying bills. Damn I'm screwed.

black s13 · 08-12-2003, 11:34 PM

i used to completely broke, but now i get social security payments (dads on disablility... blah blah) so basically i got $18,000 to play with, so i bought my 240.

Bill Roberts · 08-12-2003, 11:46 PM

ZC paints a vivid picture.

3k eh?

No income?

I would not spend a dime on the car and sell it and take the bus.

What cha going to do when you have nothing at all, no house, no car, no nothing at all?

Better get your life right.

I see a dude on the corner every morning. I finally got up the courage to talk to him. I got him a haircut, shave a new clothes. I took him to a hotel where he could get a bath. I took him to DMV to get a current ID. I gave him 50 bucks and told him to buy some paper towels, some windex and hang out at my buddys gas station and wash windows on cars for 1 buck each...to make 100 a day to get on his feet since my buddy gets 300 cars + a day.

He is on the corner looking worse than ever. fuk him. I tried, I did my gaddamndest, no dice.

You want to be that person one day?

You are not broke you even have web acsess..but you are 3 months away from it.

Get going, get going now..forget the car...get a life.

IF you are 18+ and living with your folks, get the hell out and make something of yourself before you can't.

The whole post is like...I am broke..I got 3000.00 my daddy had 20 million..I don't know what to do...I am sad..

ROck something while you can.

Try this when you are 40. I dare you.

nokeone · 08-13-2003, 12:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Bill Roberts

IF you are 18+ and living with your folks, get the hell out and make something of yourself before you can't.

hey i live at home and i'm 24..lol..so i resent that statement Bill...remember, not all people who live at home have yet to make something of themselves...

...for some it is the financially responsible thing to do...

cmoney · 08-13-2003, 07:44 AM

Yeah, well the whole deal is i'm 17. about to be a senior in high school, just got rid of my P.O.S Acura Integra. i paid for half of it and the car was 6 grand. I just got the book thrown at me for smokin pot all the time, so i have 3 Grand to find a mode of transportation. BUT- The good news is i got a job today. And as far as living at home till i'm 40? well my parents are kickin me out the day i turn 18

cmoney · 08-13-2003, 07:47 AM

..... yeah, most of you guys are right. I'm not broke, just broke compared to my friends who have everything handed to them

the head · 08-13-2003, 08:48 AM

the buy a car not a ****in project three wont get you a running 240 even with a 400 dollar car
i am at about five with a car that was 195 and mine is not finished buy a ****box an drive it aint no shame i rocked an 83 buick in high school it sucked but it ran still have it too because it is a pimpmobile
get yourself some reliable transportation

cmoney · 08-13-2003, 09:12 AM

it just seemed like a good idea. one of my friends just got a sentra and put a bluebird in it and for everything he said it cost him about 3 g's

the head · 08-13-2003, 09:15 AM

blue bird motors are a little less expensive plus there is little to no wireing or plumbing because the sentra already has an SR motor in it thus eliminiating most of the cost involved in the 240 swap

research research research

Andy5 · 08-13-2003, 12:28 PM

You think 3g is being broke?!? Dang, I got 118 in my bank and think i'm ahead of the game!

TheTimanator · 08-13-2003, 03:41 PM

hahaha, I have $350 that has to last me until December , when I graduate

I guess it's time to take out another loan

Maeda · 08-13-2003, 04:49 PM

Timanator- Dude if your going to graduate I wouldn't take a loan. Payments will be due in december. o.O Unless you need to eat and stuff, then it might be understandable. Then again debt is not a fun thing either.

Cmoney- If you smoke quit that, lots of car goodies to be bought with all that extra $$$.

I'm a f-in spoiled brat kid and you have 2600$ more then me.

(although I did drop almost all my savings on car parts recently...)

Patience man! I drove mom's minivan for 3 years, took the bus for 2. I went through all my highschool functions rockin' the minivan while my friends recieved new cars and one of them went through 3 new ones in one year (bastard). Spend the time researching parts, making up part lists, and install instructions, so one day when your father makes a bet about not getting certain GPA and not getting into a good school, you can shock him and make him keep his word, and recieve a 240

. Actually thats just what happened to me (I doubt anybody else is that lucky), but I also had 3 grand (working at mcdonalds!) in my senior year, and I waited on it for 2 years and found it was good money to make boost. Currently i'm going to school (18 credits! doh!) and working minimum wage again to buy food and car parts (usually car parts win).

Project cars are for the rich, or very hungry (literally).

Don't listen to SCC, their in another world when they talk about prices.

TheTimanator · 08-13-2003, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Maeda
Timanator- Dude if your going to graduate I wouldn't take a loan. Payments will be due in december. o.O Unless you need to eat and stuff, then it might be understandable. Then again debt is not a fun thing either.

They won't be due until 6 months after I graduate. So that gives me a little time. Plus, I'm in need of a new computer, a laptop since I will be on the road a lot. The loans are 9% interest or less....although I've already taken out $36,000

with the majority of that being a 4% rate. So, whats another $1500?

fastpace · 08-13-2003, 07:06 PM

damn I thought I was worst off with being nearly $10k in dept with school loans at a 3.5% rate and I have two more years left, so hopefully I won't have to take out anymore.

cmoney · 08-14-2003, 09:59 AM

i think i'm gonna go ahead and buy whatever i can for the 240 and just take it a step at a time. Pretty soon i'll have a car that looks like ****, but i'll have fun raping all my honda buddies :hammer:

08-12-2003, 09:14 AM	#1
cmoney Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south carolina Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Is Anybody Else Broke? i'm "broke as a joke" ...i only have 3 grand to play with on a project car. I found a 240sx for 400 bucks with a blown motor, anybody think its possible to do a swap with the rest of the money? I saw the article in Sport Compact where they did it for cheap, but realisticly, i dunno if i can

08-12-2003, 09:21 AM	#2
fastpace Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Age: 43 Posts: 689 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: fastpace Feedback Score: 0 reviews	no i don't think it is possible. SCC has hook-ups and sorts and can get a good price on almost anything. Your best bet is to: 1. Buy the car and put a stock motor in and drive that for awhile until you save up $5,000 bucks to take care of the sr motor and anything that will go wrong( always better to plan for the worst). 2. Keep the car you currently have and just save up more money for the swap. 3. Or just don't buy the car at all and forget that you read the article in SCC. __________________ life is what you make of it!!!! "well, I go out, I do the practice, I think about it and I concentrate on one small thing I can change that will have an effect. I make that change then I go out and drive to my maximum." -Ayrton Senna

08-12-2003, 09:37 AM	#3
nismoboy Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dallas Tx. Posts: 53 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Im broker than hell i have no job all summer , about to start senior yr not being able to drive my car bc of insurance prices , ive only got about $100 to my name right now bc of car and school crap , and to top things off i have an old oxyacetylene rig sittin up that ppl say i can make money with but NOTHING is hapening. So yea im broke to. __________________ carpe diem

08-12-2003, 03:07 PM	#5
Keisuke Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: representing 203 in the 301 Age: 44 Posts: 65 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	$3000 to play with? are you kidding? thats more money than most people have. . .. __________________ 2003 subaru impreza wrx sports wagon

08-12-2003, 07:28 PM	#6
nokeone on strike three. Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Santa Cruz, California Age: 46 Posts: 3,282 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	^^ seriously...i have way less then that..lol..3K is not broke... __________________ panda; rockin your socks from the Bay to LA to SD, yay! Pink GodziRa

08-12-2003, 02:32 PM	#4
cmoney Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south carolina Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	yeah i'm broke too. this is what i do all damn day :

08-12-2003, 10:36 PM	#8
GTGuy06 Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Cincy, OH Age: 37 Posts: 183 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Im broke, got about 400 in the bank. And to make things worst is that school is starting again. oh well I guess I'll just wait till this winter so I can work at the local ski slopes. __________________ Im now the proud owner of a 1990 Maroon 5spd Hatch [Drift]: 1: to move or float smoothly and effortlessly...2: to move along a line of least resistance...3: gradual deviation from an original course...

08-12-2003, 11:05 PM	#9
Kaede Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: S.F. Posts: 174 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	3K? That's way better than me. I only have 500 in the bank and still owe my friend and government a total of 7K. No steady job and paying bills. Damn I'm screwed.

08-12-2003, 11:34 PM	#10
black s13 Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: C'ville VA Age: 39 Posts: 555 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i used to completely broke, but now i get social security payments (dads on disablility... blah blah) so basically i got $18,000 to play with, so i bought my 240.

08-12-2003, 11:46 PM	#11
Bill Roberts Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: May 2003 Location: S FL. Posts: 1,538 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	ZC paints a vivid picture. 3k eh? No income? I would not spend a dime on the car and sell it and take the bus. What cha going to do when you have nothing at all, no house, no car, no nothing at all? Better get your life right. I see a dude on the corner every morning. I finally got up the courage to talk to him. I got him a haircut, shave a new clothes. I took him to a hotel where he could get a bath. I took him to DMV to get a current ID. I gave him 50 bucks and told him to buy some paper towels, some windex and hang out at my buddys gas station and wash windows on cars for 1 buck each...to make 100 a day to get on his feet since my buddy gets 300 cars + a day. He is on the corner looking worse than ever. fuk him. I tried, I did my gaddamndest, no dice. You want to be that person one day? You are not broke you even have web acsess..but you are 3 months away from it. Get going, get going now..forget the car...get a life. IF you are 18+ and living with your folks, get the hell out and make something of yourself before you can't. The whole post is like...I am broke..I got 3000.00 my daddy had 20 million..I don't know what to do...I am sad.. ROck something while you can. Try this when you are 40. I dare you. Last edited by Bill Roberts; 08-12-2003 at 11:50 PM..

08-13-2003, 07:44 AM	#13
cmoney Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south carolina Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Yeah, well the whole deal is i'm 17. about to be a senior in high school, just got rid of my P.O.S Acura Integra. i paid for half of it and the car was 6 grand. I just got the book thrown at me for smokin pot all the time, so i have 3 Grand to find a mode of transportation. BUT- The good news is i got a job today. And as far as living at home till i'm 40? well my parents are kickin me out the day i turn 18

08-13-2003, 07:47 AM	#14
cmoney Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south carolina Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	..... yeah, most of you guys are right. I'm not broke, just broke compared to my friends who have everything handed to them

08-13-2003, 08:48 AM	#15
the head Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: in a dark room mastering the art of typing with one hand Posts: 2,164 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	the buy a car not a **in project three wont get you a running 240 even with a 400 dollar car i am at about five with a car that was 195 and mine is not finished buy a **box an drive it aint no shame i rocked an 83 buick in high school it sucked but it ran still have it too because it is a pimpmobile get yourself some reliable transportation __________________ I never knew you could do that with an eggplant

08-13-2003, 09:12 AM	#16
cmoney Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south carolina Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	it just seemed like a good idea. one of my friends just got a sentra and put a bluebird in it and for everything he said it cost him about 3 g's

08-13-2003, 09:15 AM	#17
the head Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: in a dark room mastering the art of typing with one hand Posts: 2,164 Trader Rating: (3) Feedback Score: 3 reviews	blue bird motors are a little less expensive plus there is little to no wireing or plumbing because the sentra already has an SR motor in it thus eliminiating most of the cost involved in the 240 swap research research research __________________ I never knew you could do that with an eggplant

08-13-2003, 12:28 PM	#18
Andy5 Leaky Injector Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kenosha WI Posts: 94 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	You think 3g is being broke?!? Dang, I got 118 in my bank and think i'm ahead of the game!

08-13-2003, 03:41 PM	#19
TheTimanator Post Whore! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Nashville Age: 41 Posts: 2,535 Trader Rating: (1) Rides Gallery: TheTimanator Feedback Score: 1 reviews	hahaha, I have $350 that has to last me until December , when I graduate I guess it's time to take out another loan __________________ 89 S13 hatch/////98 Subaru 2.5RS

08-13-2003, 04:49 PM	#20
Maeda Nissanaholic! Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Camp Snake Bite, CA RIP Posts: 2,356 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: Maeda Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Timanator- Dude if your going to graduate I wouldn't take a loan. Payments will be due in december. o.O Unless you need to eat and stuff, then it might be understandable. Then again debt is not a fun thing either. Cmoney- If you smoke quit that, lots of car goodies to be bought with all that extra $$$. I'm a f-in spoiled brat kid and you have 2600$ more then me. (although I did drop almost all my savings on car parts recently...) Patience man! I drove mom's minivan for 3 years, took the bus for 2. I went through all my highschool functions rockin' the minivan while my friends recieved new cars and one of them went through 3 new ones in one year (bastard). Spend the time researching parts, making up part lists, and install instructions, so one day when your father makes a bet about not getting certain GPA and not getting into a good school, you can shock him and make him keep his word, and recieve a 240 . Actually thats just what happened to me (I doubt anybody else is that lucky), but I also had 3 grand (working at mcdonalds!) in my senior year, and I waited on it for 2 years and found it was good money to make boost. Currently i'm going to school (18 credits! doh!) and working minimum wage again to buy food and car parts (usually car parts win). Project cars are for the rich, or very hungry (literally). Don't listen to SCC, their in another world when they talk about prices. __________________

08-13-2003, 07:06 PM	#22
fastpace Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Houston, TX Age: 43 Posts: 689 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: fastpace Feedback Score: 0 reviews	damn I thought I was worst off with being nearly $10k in dept with school loans at a 3.5% rate and I have two more years left, so hopefully I won't have to take out anymore. __________________ life is what you make of it!!!! "well, I go out, I do the practice, I think about it and I concentrate on one small thing I can change that will have an effect. I make that change then I go out and drive to my maximum." -Ayrton Senna

08-14-2003, 09:59 AM	#23
cmoney Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: south carolina Posts: 30 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i think i'm gonna go ahead and buy whatever i can for the 240 and just take it a step at a time. Pretty soon i'll have a car that looks like ****, but i'll have fun raping all my honda buddies :hammer: