QuiCK_TiME

wuttup everybody,

jus want some input from ppl who have been where i am right now. im 19 and i bought myself a 93si coupe, modded cars have been a fasination of mine since early childhood. my car right now has 230km and is running very well, my dad has been a honda mechanic for many years as well. further more i'll prolly be going to university next year

basically what im getting at is...
~Is it worth it to spend the time and money on my car??~

i DONT want to go to the extremes in modding, jus a sleek profile exterior, and i guess i'll prolly have to replace the engine.

however, i have the oppertunity to drop an H22 in it...

i jus wanna know if i should spend money on engine and looks on a 93si, cos i have a feeling that sooner or later i will want another car, perhaps when its more affordable, iunno? wut you guys think?

Mr. Death

Mod your car. You're only young once so make the most of it.

DJTre

I am in the exact same position as you are in now. I am 19, going off to college in September...but I have been modding my current CRX for about a year now, and my old prelude for 2 years. I think it is worth modding your car as long as you find a way to divide your money for school too (that's what I do). But then again...it's all about priorities and how much you like cars.

Buff 'n Stuff

focus on your education first & foremost... after a few years of university, you'll still be young enough to 'enjoy yourself while you're young'... but you'll likely have a better job with more pay, and therefore be able to do more of what you want... maybe buy a better car all together. it's all about pain before the pleasure.

punkindrublic

i agree.. .school should be your first priority... if you have spare cash then sure spend some money on the car... but if you think of the money you'll have out of school you could do way more to the car then now

The G2 Racer

Like all the other said worry about school first. School is very expensive.
Use your spare money for doing little things to the car. Things you can sell off and make some money back when you sell the car.

imported_EG4door

Education always comes first, then money to keep your car running (gas, oil changes, brakes, bla bla bla), and if you have some spare cash then do what ever you wish.

imported_gatherer

education is very important and I'd say learn something useful first ... then mod cars ....just my opinion

scarlemthug

damian, if you can find a way to fit modding your car into your budget then I say do it. You are only young once man. Even just simple things like bulbs, stereo and cleaning up the exterior would be nice. Once your bit by the modding bug its hard to stop so just start small.

imported_dented dx

well if you can't do everything in one year its not the end of the world. right now i can't afford all the mods i want, so i have a two-three year plan for the car. my car mightr look like **** but its a work in progress.
remember not everyones mommy and daddy will build them a show car. most of us have to do it the hard way, and you'll love it more if you do it on your own, so take your time! no rush

QuiCK_TiME

thats some good input guys, schooling is a top priority for me now becuase in north america if you have "academic honours" then that pretty much opens alot doors.
so i think im jus gonna do the little things with the car, hopefully it will last me thru university, then when im finished that i can get a job somewhere and get a new car and repay student loan.

i guess that would work out nice cos there will be tons of time while im finishing high school and while im in university to mod the civic.

scarlemthug

yeah damian man, no need to do everything in one year. Remember back in grade 12 i had everything planned out and I thought I would do it all in one year. Now look where im at, I have a full sound system ready to be installed, my interior is gonna be redone and i have coilovers and rims. That may seem like alot but considering the plans i have I realized its best to just take things as they come. IF you can put aside $50 a month or something and just save towards something you want then there is a plan.

After talking with Nova Dust on Friday about how he is doing his car it seems like something you should look into. Just do some cheap stuff to tie you over during the year and plan 1 BIG mod a year.

First things first get your school and **** straight and then let me know when u wanna start work on ur car.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

absolutely do NOT "drop" an H22A in your car if you need your car and wanna go to university. I held off all engine mods till I was done school cuz I needed a reliable car. Just do your maintenance regularly and use the car through school, when you are done and start working, you can start giving back to your car for all the years of faithful service.

sir vtec

As everyone has mentioned above, school is number 1, and remember it is not cheap either, when you start modding your car it can get pretty expensive so you should have a good amount of money set aside so you can do proper mods. Don't waste your money on simple little things such as light bulbs because the cheap ones do nothing and burn out quick, in the long run it will end up costing you a lot. As some have mentioned above put some money aside for mods this will hopefully accumulate nicely until you have enough to buy something worth-while.

motti

Cars are money pits. If you have lots to spare, mod away, but you will never get your money back out of the car. It's like investing in a real expensive hooker. Lots of flash, but its expensive and the beauty almost always goes far far away in a few years.

But you're in school. Your time and money focus should be school and not your car. If you must have a car, it's in your best study interests to make the upkeep and time spent working on that car as minimal as possible. Your main goal now shouldbe to maximize your marks and learning experience so you are in a better competitive position when it comes time to compete for jobs on graduation.

And the car! Aside from routine maintenance, I wouldn't be putting any big money into a car with 230,000 km on it.

It may not be as "cool" as some other options, but the smart money bet is taking what you would spend on mods now and investing in small-cap equity funds. Let time work for you. Sticking a very few thousand into hig-return investments now now can net you a huge RRSP stake later in life.

Later when you're out of school, working with decent cash flow, and your RRSP stake created earlier is growing itself with compound return cycles, then work on creating your dream car.

spracingsports

very true, you apreciate things more if you worked your *** off to get them..

my plan is to never get rid of my 98 ex, so im modding slowly....i just have that "its my baby... my 1st car" relationship with it, and i dont think i could ever let it go..

imported_Torrey

Why stop there... swap in the H22a then turbo it! Then when that's done, *** some nawz.

Save your money and worry about school, that should be #1 on your priority list.

The Prophet

school comes first, im almost done my education and i recently came into a little cash so my tuition is paid for and i have money for the car.........

but my car was bone stock for a long time..... now that i have a little extra cash, i am slowly starting to work on it.....

barrieciv

Just a heads up... my car broke down mid semester, and I didn't have time to fix it... so I bought another one... now I can barely afford to put gas into it because I've spent all my money, and I'm stressin huge because I'm going to have to sell one of them to pay for next semester's tuition, but if I sell the Civic, I won't have reliable transportation... and if I sell the Jeep... well... I won't get as much as I could because it hasn't been fully fixed yet.

Focus on school... modding a Civic isn't as much fun as modding a nice M3 after 4 years of school.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

he's right except for this part. i took $6000 and invested it in stocks. not ****ty ones either... SUNW, AOL, KOPN,... **** I forget, there were two others I think. One fiber-optics company JDSU!!! ... and the last one I can't even remember what it was. Anyways, I lost all that money. In my case I would have been hella happier putting it into the car. At that time though, I prolly would have bought some nasty *** ricer body kit or something stupid like that. So I'm glad I didn't... Maybe in like 15 years I'll get a letter from TD Waterhouse saying "your account is worth $25,000" yeah right!!!

Anyways, point being, money is tight to begin with... you'll be better off keeping your *** outta student loans and other forms of debt, so when you start working you're not paying thousands of dollars back to various institutions. Just yesterday I got a letter from a collection agency about debt I didn't even know I had. Bastards never asked for money, how the hell was I supposed to know to pay them **** Canada Student Loan. Now my credit rating is FUCT cuz I'm pretty sure it's been at least 6 mos outstanding if it went to a collection agency.