When will you move on from the S12?

[30psi]

Just wondering how long people expect to keep their S12's for?

And what will encourage you to move on?

And what car do you aim to own next?

[s13eater]

i'am keeping mine for another few months, then i will be moving on to my mk2 silvia the rot on my mk1 has encouraged me to move on.

[30psi]

Didnt know it was rotten? Surely it can be sorted. Whats happening now with your engine, any takers?

[s13eater]

back arch needs sortin,but my mk2 is solid, no takers for the engine, but maybe tomo200 will need it one day, i'am not in need of the cash, so i can store it,

[30psi]

Yeah, that engine may be a struggle to sell.

There is a bloke on Z*** (EDIT - ZXOC) who has bought that DET S12 that was on ebay for about £3k, so it goes to show some will spend the wonga.

EDIT - XOC is on the swear filter. Weird, coz I thought the C and the F word would be the common words to be filtered

[s13eater]

i only want £700 for the bare engine, which is a good deal as i payed £2700,£50 for a spare head, then £400 to have the head ported, £130 for the ajustable cam pulley.

[Japster]

Originally Posted by 30psi

Just wondering how long people expect to keep their S12's for?

And what will encourage you to move on?

And what car do you aim to own next?

I have to admit that I can't see myself getting rid of mine until it collapses underneath me someday...

I'm in this relationship for the long-term...

Seriously though, if I got another car, it would HAVE to be something different (i.e. not a more common car like a Soob, Skyline, or SX) - and quite frankly, I haven't found anything where I like the overall package more than the Silvia...

...ie - The shape of the Silvia (esp. when tweaked to increase the already sleek and agressive stance - compared to most cars!) - and the stealth-kills factor, etc... (I mean, people love the scooby's, evo's, R32, R33, R34 etc... but I think that the actual shape and styling of 'em only looks better to us, because we know what's under the hood) - I will admit that the R34 / R35 (fake photo?) look nice n' aggressive in their own right, but I liked the Silvia even before I saw the magic words "1.8 Turbo"...

Yup - It'll probably be electrics if anything that cause me to move on (to another Silvia, no doubt!) - but then again, I have to see a certain Deity soon enough to resolve those issues...

[Excite]

i'll only sell mine if and when i can afford a R33 v-spec skyline...not soon i can tell ya...lol

it's only used for drifting at the events i organise so i dont drive it alot so it always feels new to drive

[datdrift]

well mines had a season of abuse and is starting to fall apart but i'm sure i'll sort it out over the winter & unless i bend the chassis i don't think i'll get rid of it....and even then i'd probably just reshell....

if i do move on i would'nt want to get anything newer, i fancy a cadet in my 910, or a caet in a 310 or similar but rust free examples are thin on the ground so other options would be s13/r32, its got to be a nissan tho

[JackieFan]

Not sure about that one! I currently share the car with a mate of mine (helps with the bills!) but I've also got a Honda CR-X that's my own and a Prelude that I do the work on (where possible) So I'm not gonna get bored anytime soon. It's nice to have the variation.... oh yeah, there's also an S14 Silvia waiting on a full rebuild!! (It's the guy's who I share the 12 with, I think he's looking at getting as many Silvia variations as he can!)

I'd like to be a sheep and own a Skyline R32/33 GT-R (binning the 4wd/4ws and any other driver aid I can take off and shoot!) but that's a fair few quid away yet! I'm also really tempted buy a Caterham/Westfield/DAX/Ginneta type thing or ultimately a ..... I could go on forever! But to sum up, the S12 isn't going to be sold in the foreseeable future so sorry guys you're stuck with me!!