Considering a budget dedicated track car, need a sounding board
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A friend of mine does this but with an oil company. Not "federal" but working remote and makes good money and similar benefits to "federal".
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The immediate vicinity of Fort Meade is not spectacular, especially Severn right around 175... but there are some nice spots in the surrounding areas within easy commuting distance. Everybody seems to like Columbia, I lived there for three years it was just too crowded and unnecessarily expensive. Odenton is ok and some new development is looking nicer year after year. Crofton, Severna Park, Gambrills, where I'm at in Pasadena... a little rougher than Columbia but there are pockets of nice neighborhoods that rival anything Virginia Beach has to offer. And surprisingly, less crime...
Andrews is right in the heart of Suitland/Waldorf, it's terrible. You can't use that as your basis of comparison. It's a suburb of DC and it's a hot damn mess. I'd pick Fort Meade over that shithole any day.
There's lots of great places in northern Virginia and if I were to move today that's probably where I'd end up because now my company offices are in Reston and Alexandria... but when I moved here I was still working in/around the Fort and now I work from home. I love my neighborhood, I may not move again ever. The 'Dena has its own character as well, but I like it here.
Andrews is right in the heart of Suitland/Waldorf, it's terrible. You can't use that as your basis of comparison. It's a suburb of DC and it's a hot damn mess. I'd pick Fort Meade over that shithole any day.
There's lots of great places in northern Virginia and if I were to move today that's probably where I'd end up because now my company offices are in Reston and Alexandria... but when I moved here I was still working in/around the Fort and now I work from home. I love my neighborhood, I may not move again ever. The 'Dena has its own character as well, but I like it here.
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Anyway. Looked at the 240, it's unfortunately a heaping pile of shit. Man pictures can be deceiving. The motor seemed acceptable but the interior wasn't nearly as clean as I'd hoped (not that it matters but still... gives an overall impression of the condition of the car), and rust had eaten through the undercarriage and most of the suspension components. I don't think I would have paid $1000 for it.
So now I'm back on the fence of just "dealing" with the M4 alone, or upping the ante a bit with the budget. I found another hopeful in an E30 with an M50 swap and tons of other work done to it. The hope/expectation is this car is nearly complete and is a turnkey track car that I won't have to dump more money into to get it ready. I'm still considering going the Miata route as well, but I'd need to find one that already has a rollbar/hardtop installed if there's any hope for me to actually use it this season, and that spikes the budget into the E30 range. I also will be very likely driving the car to the track and back as well so more storage space is a plus.
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The problem with the 240SX is that most of them are owned by noodle armed, turkey necked, flat billed, yoboy faggots who:
1. Beat the shit out of them on the reg, usually pursuing their faggot drift champion dreams.
2. Don't take proper care of them.
3. When they try to modify or take care of them at all, they do it themselves with cheap ebay parts and fuck it up. And God forbid they have to fab anything themselves. The booger welds and retard templating are real.
4. When they decide to sell their heaping pile of shit "drift hoon machine" that has been rode hard and put up wet, they do so while asking some ridiculous astronomical price and while trying to turn things like miscolored panels (becz JDM), no AC (becz add lightness) and smashed body parts (battle scars) into positives.
And the remaining examples are people with a lot of money and skill, who appreciate the vehicle. Usually there is some sort of RB engine, LSX, built SR, etc. and the whole car is simply immaculate. These people have no interest in selling their baby, and when they do, it isn't for less than five figures. You simply don't find these cars as one owner, granny driven to the grocery store and church, and selling for 3 grand, examples.
1. Beat the shit out of them on the reg, usually pursuing their faggot drift champion dreams.
2. Don't take proper care of them.
3. When they try to modify or take care of them at all, they do it themselves with cheap ebay parts and fuck it up. And God forbid they have to fab anything themselves. The booger welds and retard templating are real.
4. When they decide to sell their heaping pile of shit "drift hoon machine" that has been rode hard and put up wet, they do so while asking some ridiculous astronomical price and while trying to turn things like miscolored panels (becz JDM), no AC (becz add lightness) and smashed body parts (battle scars) into positives.
And the remaining examples are people with a lot of money and skill, who appreciate the vehicle. Usually there is some sort of RB engine, LSX, built SR, etc. and the whole car is simply immaculate. These people have no interest in selling their baby, and when they do, it isn't for less than five figures. You simply don't find these cars as one owner, granny driven to the grocery store and church, and selling for 3 grand, examples.
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That's why I let myself get excited... I thought I might have found one like this. "Garage kept" is very misleading... in this case it was apparently garaged immediately after spending the winter driving through New Jersey sludge that ate through the subframe like acid. I allowed myself to get my hopes up because I know how hard it can be to find one that hasn't been mercilessly abused by some drift kid... while this one was entirely stock, I couldn't see it being a solid base for a track car. No way.
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I know this made it to dook status but i still feel like its a viable cheap option for track use. If you were willing to deal with fwd
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5220334799.html
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5220334799.html
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Building a Miata may seem expensive at first, but the things are stupid reliable. "50/50" weight distribution, and easy to squeeze reliable power out of. I mean, if you're looking for a cheap, fun, racecar, did I not already mention a Honda?
I'm not entirely familiar with most track rules, but wouldn't that put him into a class waaaayy out of his league? And out of that car's league...
I know this made it to dook status but i still feel like its a viable cheap option for track use. If you were willing to deal with fwd
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5220334799.html
http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/5220334799.html
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Not to familiar myself but i was thinking just open track days. Wasn`t really thinking about classes when i posted it but yea you`re right.