Scotty_Nooo

Stop telling everyone our secrets!!

blackout

Not many gigs that involve "federal" and "cyber" that allow you to work from home...

The best advice I could recommend is look into vendor sales/support.

Carnine

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".

92_SR20

I spent a bit of time in Fort Meade / surrounding areas, my uncle was stationed there ( CTR ) for a bit and my wife stayed with them while we were looking for a house. Area got even more shady after that casino went up by the mall =/

blackout

In my opinion the whole casino thing is/was a huge misconception. The thought process was "hey now there's this casino here, the mall already attracts all the riff-raff from Baltimore this is just going to make it worse"... but they also built the Horseshoe in Baltimore. It really hasn't changed a damn thing... and believe me I fell victim to the hype as there was a great house in a neighborhood right next to Arundel Mills mall that I passed on because I thought property values would shit the bed- they haven't. Still glad I didn't move there though because the school district is indeed shit because of the proximity to the fort... (also FWIW I was a CTN while I was in the Navy).

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.

Yardjass

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.

blackout

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.

Hooch

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

jarrett2k

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...

Hooch

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.