dphillips2011's introductory picture story
dphillips2011's introductory picture story
Well, first off my name is Daniel, and I am 18 years old. I live in Kansas City Missouri and this is the story of how I got into my G.
When I was 15, I started working in Downtown Kansas City as a parking attendant, and when I turned 16 I got a stock 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse. I hated that car from the engine to the cheap interior, and set my sights on a G35 coupe and worked hard for another year to save. This is what it looked like when I sold it, and I had fixed up the exterior, and I actually sold it for $1,000 more than what I got it for.
After driving my mom's 2010 Corolla for a good month or so while searching for a "good" G with no success, I came across the perfect one. A 2003 IP coupe with 80k miles on it for $12,400 which I scooped up as fast as I could. This is what she looked like.
What a shock it was going from a 145hp turd to a 280hp G35! It was still snowy and all in KC, so I had been driving it very carefully. One night after a long shift at work I was a mile from my house and I hit a patch of black ice in an otherwise totally dry road going around 55 mph, and hopped a curb and collided with two different trees.
I don't remember anything leading up to the accident. I had not been wearing a seatbelt, and I regained consciousness and fell out of the car into the snow. I went to the hospital and besides a few cuts and bruises, and a nasty concussion, I was alright. These are pictures from the crash site:
<a href="http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx208/dphillips2011/?action=view&current=WP_000078.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx208/dphillips2011/WP_000078.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
This is what it looked like at the towing companies lot a few days later:
After it was all said and done, insurance gave me $1,900 more than what I paid for the coupe, and me and my family decided that with the winters we have here, something AWD would be a wise decision. Up until that point the G sedan didn't even cross my mind, but lo and behold a month later, I purchased a stock Obsidian Black 2004 G35x with 78k on it.
This car is perfect inside and out, and was obviously meticulously cared for by the people I bought it from. After some new wheels I took the picture below. Mods not in the picture are some 05 skirts, and a blacked out grill.
and /rant
When I was 15, I started working in Downtown Kansas City as a parking attendant, and when I turned 16 I got a stock 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse. I hated that car from the engine to the cheap interior, and set my sights on a G35 coupe and worked hard for another year to save. This is what it looked like when I sold it, and I had fixed up the exterior, and I actually sold it for $1,000 more than what I got it for.
After driving my mom's 2010 Corolla for a good month or so while searching for a "good" G with no success, I came across the perfect one. A 2003 IP coupe with 80k miles on it for $12,400 which I scooped up as fast as I could. This is what she looked like.
What a shock it was going from a 145hp turd to a 280hp G35! It was still snowy and all in KC, so I had been driving it very carefully. One night after a long shift at work I was a mile from my house and I hit a patch of black ice in an otherwise totally dry road going around 55 mph, and hopped a curb and collided with two different trees.
I don't remember anything leading up to the accident. I had not been wearing a seatbelt, and I regained consciousness and fell out of the car into the snow. I went to the hospital and besides a few cuts and bruises, and a nasty concussion, I was alright. These are pictures from the crash site:
<a href="http://s756.photobucket.com/albums/xx208/dphillips2011/?action=view&current=WP_000078.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx208/dphillips2011/WP_000078.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
This is what it looked like at the towing companies lot a few days later:
After it was all said and done, insurance gave me $1,900 more than what I paid for the coupe, and me and my family decided that with the winters we have here, something AWD would be a wise decision. Up until that point the G sedan didn't even cross my mind, but lo and behold a month later, I purchased a stock Obsidian Black 2004 G35x with 78k on it.
This car is perfect inside and out, and was obviously meticulously cared for by the people I bought it from. After some new wheels I took the picture below. Mods not in the picture are some 05 skirts, and a blacked out grill.
and /rant
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