what was your first love?

[s14silvias14]

ok, now many of us who own a car, or dream of owning a car have come to realize that you can't always get that Über car they always wanted; regardless if it is a Corvette, or a Koenigsegg. There is always something that gets in the way, like school, family, MONEY (being the biggest factor) you don't have.
I have had many loves that I still wish got and yes, I wish I had them over my 240. Now, I'm not saying that I had to settle for my 240. I just simply found it to be within my price range and within my range of interest. It had the 3 basic things I was looking for: 1. Cool design and a coupe. 2. It is RWD. 3. It is rare enough (in my area for my year and even color). My first love and this may have been because my father had one was a Camaro. But he had a '73, and I wanted a '68-'69 SS. Then, it was a Chevelle SS, then a Buick GNX, then an RX-7.
Now, I'm at where I am at and I am satisfied. I think the 240 has what I need and the abilities that I want. But the whole point of writing this is to see what everyone else's first love was and if there are any people out there who actually had the 240 as their first love and have it now, or something else....mind you I'm poor to the point where I need to save a lot before I can do anything.

[TheLogikal1]

i used to want those big ugly mkiv supras.

then i wanted an fd rx7..i still want an fd rx7 but im too poor. so i got a shitty s14 instead. i love it though, cause its better than s13's

[rps13freak]

At first I was in love with those huge ass redneck trucks(still am just cant afford it ) And then it was a 2nd gen supra. Now ive loved 240's for a long while. But instead i get stuck with a 97' Oldsmobile Silhouette (even though its pretty fast for a van). I still love it though.

[TheLogikal1]

13freak...i dont know how this idea got stuck in my head, but i alwasy thought you lived in japan and owned that s13 with the ssr professors on them...

i was even gonna ask if you could buy those rims...


silly logik...

[rps13freak]

lol damn i wish i owned that thing man. i would love it. but ya i love everything about that car man. its sexy

[youngvr4]

my first love was actually the 3000gt. every since i was 11 years old, no lie.
but my love now is the pagani zonda

[SR20DETpower]

I always liked the 300zx twin turbo

[SHO411]

1st was TT porsche (bad boys), when it sank in that I wasn't rich, I looked for dream cars in my budget. I liked the eclipse 97-up, and Stang Cobra, ended up settling for a 90' taurus SHO, as I took interest in performance, started realizing about platforms of cars, I wanted a Supra, but the price was too high, so I bought a 95' T-ram I wanted a GT mustang but they were 5speed, after really doing some research I learnt the price of performance parts, weight, handling etc, and I came to the conclusion, there was no car out there in my price range that had everything I wanted, it was either the engine, the looks, the weight, etc, leading me to my conclusion, get parts from diff cars and build the of my dream. I liked the 240, so I bought one at a salvage that had been in a very light wreck, costed me $600 without the engine and tranny, but didn't want them any way.
Sold my T-ram, stripped my SHO, now I have no transport, I am slowly trying to finish my project but it is pissing me off that it is taking too long, but, it is my fault for not having enough cash.

[s14silvias14]

well, its a dream and you're doing it. I kind of get a little angry at the ones who say 'don't make your car something its not'...in some ways they are right, but sometimes they are dead wrong. You want to make your car the way you want it. However, the bad part is, is that when you do that, a lot of money and mods have to be done in order to fulfill that dream. But this contradicts my hatred for the ones who don't know what they are doing and just happen to have the money to do whatever, plus the ones who just totally make their car ugly as hell. There is a right way and a wrong way. Let me know if the SHO40 (or whatever you would call it) is done.
Which reminds me...I need to stuff an sr20 into my car...

[nicerydez]

well my favorite car was always a 97 and up eclipse, and well i got one and now it's my girlfriend over my car cuz i love her too much so i have to sacrafice my car for my feelings and sell it, i don't want to cuz it is my one affordable dream car of mine, but instead i will buy a diamond ring for my girlfriend and buy my next most favorite car, the 96 240 sx with the s14 headlights, i like these cars simply cuz they are fast and they are rear wheel drive and they are as close to a skyline i will ever get.... hehehe i would love to have a 99 skyline gtr but i doubt that i will ever get one in my life so i will make do with the 240....

[Miata Master]

First dream car was a shelby cobra. I love the fact it's a motorcycle with for wheels. Light as hell and nice power, amazing handling. My current dream car is a salene S7 loved it since it was in the design stage. it is featured in Bruce Almighty fun Jim Carey. Anyways my current vehicle(s) are a pair of Adidas size 10 1/2. resently sold my miata for college money but now going to spend it on a 240. And my dream car I will own some day is a pontiac GTO vintage '66 drowl with a nice 400+ c.i. engine.

[logik23]

I used to love Dodge Viper, but I outgrew that fantasy, then I moved on to the Skyline, which is my dream now, any year GT-R looks damn sexy and is a beast of a car. And I also would love to have a 2001 BMW 750iL...very pimpin'. If I had money and time and tools I would love to restore a Chevelle SS, but the early ones, when they weren't to big.

[s14silvias14]

Originally Posted by Miata Master

First dream car was a shelby cobra. I love the fact it's a motorcycle with for wheels. Light as hell and nice power, amazing handling. My current dream car is a salene S7 loved it since it was in the design stage. it is featured in Bruce Almighty fun Jim Carey. Anyways my current vehicle(s) are a pair of Adidas size 10 1/2. resently sold my miata for college money but now going to spend it on a 240. And my dream car I will own some day is a pontiac GTO vintage '66 drowl with a nice 400+ c.i. engine.

so, what's the horsepower rating on those Adidas? haha.
I'd have trouble going without my own means of transport. In fact, I am doing that right now. I haven't been able to drive my 240 since the first week of April '04 because I got into an accident 300 miles away from my house...and guess what...i drove it back...no headlights (anymore) and a bent up hood held down with a bungie and duct tape (man's universal tool). And its been sitting in my garage since because I'm stuck in a monastery in Italy studying, plus I've only seen 2 ferrari's so far. But what a great place to be.

[SHO411]

The top cars on my list of over 50 cars are
#1:- 69' Shelby GT500 and R34 (tie), #2:- 04' porche GT2 TT,
#3:- 69' Yenko Camaro or the 67-69 Z28, #4:- 93-96' Supra TT, 6 sp.
#5:- 95-98' Nissan 240.
I love cars, but funny how I'm not into exotics so much, I like them, but I like doing the work, it plays a very important role to me, that is why I took mechanics. You could modify a Lamborgini or Saleen S7, but you tell me what engine swaps are on the menu????? The engines suspension and setup they have are top notch. A complete engine rebuild could net you and extra 150hp for maybe $20K, its worthless, unless you swap an F1 motor into them. A complete rebuild of a small block could get you an extra 100-400hp depending on how you do it for 2-10K.
That is why I kinda liked lower priced cars, e.g 240sx, I'm doing a SHO swap, when I finish, I would like to experiment with a BMW V12 in a S14, I know this is kind of a dumb idea, but I always wanted a V12. It would be kinda stupid to remove a ferrari V12 and swap a BMW V12, or remove a ferrari modenas 3.6L V8 to put a V12 when the V8 is capable of 9000rpm. Am I making any sense to anyone or is this just jiberish to you all???????????????? I don't know, maybe I got some screws out of place. Don't get me wrong, if I had the cash I would buy me a 360Modena and the Porche GT V10, I like them too.

[logik23]

I hear you loud and clear SHO, I love cars, but I outgrew the whole dream of having a Ferrari or Lamborghini. I'm thinking more into the sub 100 grand range for my fantasies.