What Would You Do...?

Ok I have an 03 with over 80k miles racked up. i've invested 10k in mods and I still owe the bank 28k. I'm in the military and what do all good service members do? Go overseas. I'm out of here in dec to play in the gulf from anywhere between 1 year to 3 years. the later being if i reenlist. if not then only 1 to go. No i will be makin a significant amount of your tax dollars thanx to tax free zones and lots of incentive pay. i can easilly save 50k+ a year. if i re-up i'm lookin at an ill 45k to do so. i could gross near 90k in 07 alone.
So here is the dilema. I love my G, and with all the options to keep building I want to do that. I mean with beefin up the engin, SC's & Turbos, suspension, interior, exterior mods I could really have that car show worthy and over all bad ***. I'd have the funding to do it.
On the flip side i could just call it a day and trade it in for a gen2 G sedan. I really am not sold on the gen2 because THAT is an old mans car BUT it would be the new new. The gen2 coupe is pretty friggin tight, but i'm not really a coupe guy. I could possibly, and most likely, be overseas until winter holiday season of 09. Buy then there should be lots of new mods to make the gen2 less camry-ish.
Should i keep the 03 and turn it into the show car and get a new daily driver. OR just pay off my G and use it as trade in bait for somethin else? Or do something i havn't thought of yet? lol

Help a dude out.

 

might as well keep it. hey i sold my show/race altima for a good price and spent lots of time and money invested into it. you'll never see more than $15000 if you sell your '03 G w/ those miles

 

u btr keep in touch lol...annd i would say keep your 03 sedan and drop a new engine in it with ur money..u can have a VQ engine built with a TT or SC alrady on it shipped..and u will have a beast

 

i actually said that what if i could put the new vq engine w/ dual intake, in my gen1? that would be the hottest thing

 

thats what i am saying =0)..so ur body is mint and u have all thsoe other modds..so do it that way

 

Just throw the new hr motor in it..!!!

 

i have a whole laundry list of things i'd love to do to my 03. I'm just tryin to descide if it's worth it. I love my 03 with a passion, and i know i could have her a freakin monster by this time next year. But i could also have her paid off to and get an 07 and have that thing a beast by 09, when i come back. this is actually a harder choice than yall think. I mean either way I will have a fresh new new when i come home. the 03 will either have been trade in bait or is sittin in the garage pimped out car show style. I guess i could always keep the 03 AND get an 07. so many options!

 

1995 Altima 46k miles done up 4k worth of mods- Hit and totaled by oui - payoff from insurance 10k
1997 White Civic done up with 68k miles 14k worth of mods- hit by oui- payoff 21k
2001 Acura TL 60k miles with Lowenharts- sold 16k
1995 Hatch done up- sold 7500
2000 JDM Type R- sold 8000
1997 Civic 74k miles done up with ls/vtec supercharged- sold 8500

Bottom line Juan Keep your car until you do it up and get tired of it. You will never get what you invest in it. I spent 1500 on a 97 shell 5k on parts (wheels, suspension, supercharger, motor buildup) and sold it but barely made a profit You always loose at least half of what you put in unless you get someone who just doesn't know to much about modifications and just wants to get their hands on something nice.
Me I am going to hold on to mine do the Q45tt swap

 

ok i think what i might do is keep my 03. I figure to have it paid off by the time I get back. So in the mean time I will go all out in my mods. evertime i come home on leave it will be more and more a beast than the last time. I hope to be back sometime in july/aug. I plan on supercharging it. my question is... which one should i get?

 

I'm in the military and get the same pay incentives. if i were gonna be gone for more than a year, i probably would sell my car, and save up for the new coupe or gt-r, imo. but that's me. g35's have been holding their value, so i know you would get more than 15K.

 

THE INCENTIVE PAYS DO MAKE IT WORTH IT. I'LL BE IN THE GULF SO I WILL MAX OUT IN THOSE. I THOUGHT ABOUT SELLIN IT BUT I AM JUST GONNA KEEP WHAT I GOT FOR THE SAKE OF HOBBY AND BUY THE NEW HOT **** WHEN I GET BACK. THAT AND PUT DOWN ON A CRIB. HELL IT'LL BE JAN 2010 WHEN I COME BACK WHO KNOWS WHAT THE GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION WILL BE IN THIS WORLD BY THEN

 

dam son..thats a long time without juans antics

 

90K? and you won't be here for 1-3 years?

save your money and buy the new GT-R.. keep the G as your beater

 

u guys really like the gtr..??? i must admit for the money ill rather have my g35 coupe and add a bolt on and i think it will still be under the price of a gtr..am i right ??

 

yeah but it still won't be a GT-R.. A GT-R to me is a Japanese exotic car.. like the NSX..

--mike