CHRIS 1.8

Get a job and stay home.

piscorpio

hmmm, I have a SOHC....I have a cold air intake.......now I have a naughty idea.


[Modified by piscorpio, 9:11 PM 10/21/2002]

thashadow

i got lucky and bought my 92 si with a b16 swap and some other goodies straight up.....i'm just a regular college studen though, so i'm still in about 1500 debt right now...

but saving, and doing it peice by peice is the way to go

94si94cx

I dont have my swap yet but it is on its way (literally). I did however pay cash for my 94 Si ($3200 in perfect shape). I work at Circuit City in Newnan, GA. I work part-time, about 25 hours a week and also go to school. We work on commission because I am a sales person (computers). I make about $1700 a month before taxes. It's a pretty sweet job, especially during the winter. I make closer to $4k a month during November and December. Wish I could use that cash for a new paint job, but I have to save for my summer vacation to Japan.

pkek

I was 19 when i started, My dad bought me my first $3000 integra, eveyrthign else I worked for saved or got help from insurance companies

I work now and go to school full time 15 credits.
I have no money now live on my own too

Kamin

I didnt eat (at school) for almost a month prior to purchasing my swap (was 17.)
work your *** off and just save save save.

stockegsix

couldnt have said it better

yeah dude you have to make sacrifices, i havent bought any new clothes in over a year, i can literally say that i dont have any nice clothes at all, i just borrow my brother's.
it took me some time to plan and do research about hybrids and saved up for about 6 months. then it payed off, i got the swap...save, save, save.

jas0n

im 17 work at publix im a stockclerk makin 8.00 and hour go to school full time
pay for all my stuff car insurance food etc... but the key to getting what u want is to save up for it took me 1 year for car around i was only working like 13 hrs a week making 6hr 1/2 year for suspension and year for motor and other goodies heh it takes a while but worth it

haloseven

wow, my dad SOLD me my first car...ive paid for everything i wanted since i was 14, only thing i got was lunch money in highschool from my mom, anything else, i paid for...and look at me, i just got a Supercharger. bought the car, drove it and saved for a year, (had it one year, come yesterday) and now i just dropped $4k into it, Cash. save you ducketts, and goto parties where the beer is free (or until theyre so drunk it doesnt matter if theyre charging...)

hatchback

be cheap, DIY, save, and enjoy.

Dr. EKology

In the summer i would work a 40 hour week and pull in about $520 every 2 weeks. Now i go to school and put in 30 hrs of work, including saturdays. I try not to touch the money i have saved up, which works for the most part. I'm trying to convince my mom, certified NYSE consultant, to help me with some stock market investments to try and maybe double or even triple my money. Bottom line, its all about saving and having a budget. Do not, and i repeat, do not go into debt for something like a car! It's just stupid. Keep in mind your future also and have reasonable goals. If you need to pay for your school, insurance, rent, utilities and all of that then maybe a custom B20 is a little out of your reach, while a B16 would be perfect.

jdm4dr

sell-everything-you-own.i-bought-my-car-for-$500-with-a-blown-motor-sold-my-98-CR250-bought-my-motor-$2650-sir2-worked-all-summer-at$10-a-hour-bought-my-coilovers-tach-exhaust-intake-etc.piece-by-piece-and-still-have-a-fucked-uppass-back-door-and-side-panel-but-my-car-is-still-running-15.3-when-it-didnthavesuspension-or-rims/tires-now-it-has-skunk2-coilvers-on-slips.-

graduate-hs-college-sell-your-soul-the-devil....deliver-pizza--CASH-IN-HAND.

speedaholic92

im 17. Sold my bagged Mazda truck then bought my hatch in May. I've been saving since then. I work at a golf course, cart attendant/pro shop asst. I make minimum wage...$6.75 an hour!!! I also have no real payments except for insurance-$260 every six months, gas- $15 a week, and a girlfriend $$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!! I've already accumulated enough to swap, now im just looking around to find one cheap........................

Dr. EKology

Damn man minimum wage sucks *** (no offence)! Especially when you got a girl! I say look for a higher paying job!!


[Modified by EKology, 9:01 PM 10/21/2002]

mantic6t9

You should be slaped for typing like that...............

1 2 NV

my first motor came from my mom kinda. it was my money that she got from my parents divorce. every motor since then i have paid for 100%. back in the day i was a tire installer livin at home. now im an electrician who gets paid well and has too much credit.

dirtySOHC's

i am 20 and i am still trying to save for a swap. its really hard. i am in the military so i have a garunteed check but still. i always seem to have something to pay for. its always somebody's birthday or anniversary. i send my parents money just because and i live on my own. i still pay for car and rent, utilities, all this ****. i also have girlfriend whom i love very much so we always do things together, its was a relationship is all about right? making the other feel happy and getting things they ask for. anyway, i feel like the guy that created this post. i get frustrated as hell when i know i wont have a b series motor in my bay no time soon. i hate when i see the threads "just finished my swap....pics". i love my car and i try my hardest to keep it up.....but i dont know when ill ever have a swap.

Dr. EKology

Damn man minimum wage sucks ***! Especially when you got a girl! I say look for a higher paying job!!

umop-apisdn

Maybe his spacebar is broken, most commonly broken key.

bey

my parent's bought the car for me($5500)..It came turbo charged aready.. I just had to buy the extra stuff..

Copy Cat

I worked two full time jobs over summer and i got enough money to purchase a bad motor (i didn't know it was bad till installed it) and rebuild it. Just save save save and beg boss for more hours.

hatchback

that sucks man, where did you buy it? and what was wrong with it?

LSturboHB

**** your complaining about not having money now , what till you get to be 24 and have a house payment and you have a wife and 3 kids, try my shoes on......yea its tuff **** but gotta be VERY patient

MHill

Ramen noodles and sit at home a become really good at the few video games you own.

sell everything you dont need. took me about 2 years to get my motor in the car but its there now and it was all worth it.

still_learning

Im 16, and plan on getting an EK Hatchback soon. How I plan on paying for my modifications is simple..Find a nice paying job, not fliping burgers, save for about a good 6 months you have a swap laying in your hands!
_______

Thats what i thought i would do, but it didnt work out, now im really putting off everything in order to do the swap ive wanted since day one..