Hey teens...
#46
04-14-2009, 12:32 AM
IMO, with a forum name like 155mph, I wouldn't recommend modding your car.. but do whatever you like lol.. but read a lot on the forum/internet before you waste your money on something stupid. and IMO don't start modding at all since you won't be able to stop.. my car is teh ghey =]
#48
04-14-2009, 12:35 AM
*grimaces*
i say u key his car
or fill his upper plenum with salt water
or steal his wheels and leave his car on blocks
or replace his air filter with an old, wet sponge
or steal his cat
or steal his car
or do this to him
jk jk, but i'd be pissed
i'll make a point not to take angry friends for drives from now on
i say u key his car
or fill his upper plenum with salt water
or steal his wheels and leave his car on blocks
or replace his air filter with an old, wet sponge
or steal his cat
or steal his car
or do this to him
jk jk, but i'd be pissed
i'll make a point not to take angry friends for drives from now on
#51
04-14-2009, 12:49 AM
I'm almost 35 and hardly considered old. I must ask what has changed between my generation's parents and the following generation's parents that kids these days are so "swamped" with school that they can't work? I hear this all the time on the web and from friends/family with sub 20 y/o kids.
I was raised in one of the richest counties in the country and went to some of the best public schools in nation. I worked 30+ hours in the summer and around 16 hours a week when in school. I started working at 14. Not because I was told I had to, but because I wanted money. I worked in grocery stores, mowed yards, and taught swimming lessons. I also found time to play football and run track and keep my grades in the A and B range. My story wasn't any differernt than any of my other friends either. We wanted money, we had to work. My parents gave me my first car which was a hardly used hand-me down 89 Accord hatchback. So yes, I got a really nice free car. But I had to pay for most things for it. If I wanted to go out on weekends, needed fuel, tires, insurance, etc, that my responsibility.
So what am I missing here? My friend in a school teacher as well as a couple of neighbors and they say high school is no harder than it's ever been. So why can't kids work while going to school? Same thing goes for college.
I guess my overall point to the OP is that if he wants to toy with his car, then he first needs to convince his parents that he needs a job. Jobs teach you how to value money, how to manage money, how to work with people, how to manage time, and you learn that hard honest work is rewarded. It also teaches you just how hard some adults have to work to barely get by. Parents do a great disservice to their kids if they never let them work until they get their first adult job. I've hired these young adults who've never worked before and they SUCK as workers. I'll never make that mistake again.
I'm also a parent and I would NEVER let my 16-18 y/o son modify his car to make it faster, especially a G35 which is way too fast for a begineer driver to have in the first place. I would let him do handling, braking, and simple styling modifications but that's it.
Cliffs- Convince your parents you need a job, BUT don't tell them it's solely to modify your car.
I was raised in one of the richest counties in the country and went to some of the best public schools in nation. I worked 30+ hours in the summer and around 16 hours a week when in school. I started working at 14. Not because I was told I had to, but because I wanted money. I worked in grocery stores, mowed yards, and taught swimming lessons. I also found time to play football and run track and keep my grades in the A and B range. My story wasn't any differernt than any of my other friends either. We wanted money, we had to work. My parents gave me my first car which was a hardly used hand-me down 89 Accord hatchback. So yes, I got a really nice free car. But I had to pay for most things for it. If I wanted to go out on weekends, needed fuel, tires, insurance, etc, that my responsibility.
So what am I missing here? My friend in a school teacher as well as a couple of neighbors and they say high school is no harder than it's ever been. So why can't kids work while going to school? Same thing goes for college.
I guess my overall point to the OP is that if he wants to toy with his car, then he first needs to convince his parents that he needs a job. Jobs teach you how to value money, how to manage money, how to work with people, how to manage time, and you learn that hard honest work is rewarded. It also teaches you just how hard some adults have to work to barely get by. Parents do a great disservice to their kids if they never let them work until they get their first adult job. I've hired these young adults who've never worked before and they SUCK as workers. I'll never make that mistake again.
I'm also a parent and I would NEVER let my 16-18 y/o son modify his car to make it faster, especially a G35 which is way too fast for a begineer driver to have in the first place. I would let him do handling, braking, and simple styling modifications but that's it.
Cliffs- Convince your parents you need a job, BUT don't tell them it's solely to modify your car.
#52
04-14-2009, 12:52 AM
On the dyno, it makes same power as the coupe and 05/06 sedans. The 260hp rating of the 03/04 sedan was merely a paper rating by Nissan to make coupe owners feel like they were getting more power for the extra money. The true rating of the 03/04 sedan is around 275hp.
#53
04-14-2009, 12:56 AM
Kid, you just started driving, and in a car that I couldn't afford until I was 30. My first car was an '87 Ford Escort hatchback with a 4-speed manual transmission and 112 HP. Enjoy what you have now, use your money to take girls out, and **** as many of 'em as you can while it's legal to do so.
Get awesome grades in school, get some college scholarships & grants & siht... college loans are a son of a bicth after you graduate.
Spending what little money you can come by on mods for your car is such a huge waste... I make over $38/hour before taxes now, I can afford any mods I want, but I still kick myself for not ******* more of those high school girls when I had the chance.
Get awesome grades in school, get some college scholarships & grants & siht... college loans are a son of a bicth after you graduate.
Spending what little money you can come by on mods for your car is such a huge waste... I make over $38/hour before taxes now, I can afford any mods I want, but I still kick myself for not ******* more of those high school girls when I had the chance.
Sex in HS is hilarious. Neither you nor her know WTF you're really doing 
#54
04-14-2009, 12:57 AM
but how much performance gain can i expect when putting those 4 things u mentioned together ?
so far i have only the plenum spacer on mine. and i've been told that k&n drop in filters are bad to the engine coz it doesn't trap dust as good as the oem air filter.
#55
04-14-2009, 12:58 AM
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I'm almost 35 and hardly considered old. I must ask what has changed between my generation's parents and the following generation's parents that kids these days are so "swamped" with school that they can't work? I hear this all the time on the web and from friends/family with sub 20 y/o kids.
I was raised in one of the richest counties in the country and went to some of the best public schools in nation. I worked 30+ hours in the summer and around 16 hours a week when in school. I started working at 14. Not because I was told I had to, but because I wanted money. I worked in grocery stores, mowed yards, and taught swimming lessons. I also found time to play football and run track and keep my grades in the A and B range. My story wasn't any differernt than any of my other friends either. We wanted money, we had to work. My parents gave me my first car which was a hardly used hand-me down 89 Accord hatchback. So yes, I got a really nice free car. But I had to pay for most things for it. If I wanted to go out on weekends, needed fuel, tires, insurance, etc, that my responsibility.
So what am I missing here? My friend in a school teacher as well as a couple of neighbors and they say high school is no harder than it's ever been. So why can't kids work while going to school? Same thing goes for college.
I guess my overall point to the OP is that if he wants to toy with his car, then he first needs to convince his parents that he needs a job. Jobs teach you how to value money, how to manage money, how to work with people, how to manage time, and you learn that hard honest work is rewarded. It also teaches you just how hard some adults have to work to barely get by. Parents do a great disservice to their kids if they never let them work until they get their first adult job. I've hired these young adults who've never worked before and they SUCK as workers. I'll never make that mistake again.
I'm also a parent and I would NEVER let my 16-18 y/o son modify his car to make it faster, especially a G35 which is way too fast for a begineer driver to have in the first place. I would let him do handling, braking, and simple styling modifications but that's it.
Cliffs- Convince your parents you need a job, BUT don't tell them it's solely to modify your car.
I was raised in one of the richest counties in the country and went to some of the best public schools in nation. I worked 30+ hours in the summer and around 16 hours a week when in school. I started working at 14. Not because I was told I had to, but because I wanted money. I worked in grocery stores, mowed yards, and taught swimming lessons. I also found time to play football and run track and keep my grades in the A and B range. My story wasn't any differernt than any of my other friends either. We wanted money, we had to work. My parents gave me my first car which was a hardly used hand-me down 89 Accord hatchback. So yes, I got a really nice free car. But I had to pay for most things for it. If I wanted to go out on weekends, needed fuel, tires, insurance, etc, that my responsibility.
So what am I missing here? My friend in a school teacher as well as a couple of neighbors and they say high school is no harder than it's ever been. So why can't kids work while going to school? Same thing goes for college.
I guess my overall point to the OP is that if he wants to toy with his car, then he first needs to convince his parents that he needs a job. Jobs teach you how to value money, how to manage money, how to work with people, how to manage time, and you learn that hard honest work is rewarded. It also teaches you just how hard some adults have to work to barely get by. Parents do a great disservice to their kids if they never let them work until they get their first adult job. I've hired these young adults who've never worked before and they SUCK as workers. I'll never make that mistake again.
I'm also a parent and I would NEVER let my 16-18 y/o son modify his car to make it faster, especially a G35 which is way too fast for a begineer driver to have in the first place. I would let him do handling, braking, and simple styling modifications but that's it.
Cliffs- Convince your parents you need a job, BUT don't tell them it's solely to modify your car.
You can buy your kids a beater. But it can be on YOUR mind having them drive some old unsafe piece of crap that wouldnt withstand an impact from a Modern VW Bug.
I have learned the capabilities of my car, and have taken a few courses with it. This car, its power, it really isnt that far out there, and if you have half a brain, and some common sense, it can be an excellent first car.
#57
04-14-2009, 01:10 AM
#58
04-14-2009, 01:17 AM
Its not like any of the modifying he can do at this point is really going to make the G really get up and go. These cars are no race cars... by any means. Without FI its going to be hard to get a big jump in power. They get around but if I was a parent I would be more stressed out on getting a kid a beater civic and seeing him slap on some ricer ****. This is regarding dave and wannabe.
#59
04-14-2009, 01:26 AM
