I've had an unhealthy obsession with cars for the last few weeks. You know you're obsessed with something when it gets in the way of other things in your life. This past Monday after being partially depressed from taking part 1 of my first Physics exam, I jumped on craigslist looking for springs/coils. I found someone in Westminister who wanted to trade his Neuspeed catback exhaust for my stock plus $50. I did research and the Neuspeed has a really nice pur on an EP, also originally it was $600+. I had to fucking jump on this deal asap. I postponed my springs for a catback. The guy I met was probably the most chill car-fanatic guy I've ever met, owning at least 30+ cars, ranging from eks, egs, gsrs, fcs, 240s, s2ks, etc. He ala\so showed me his NSX. This guy has so many hookups, it's fucking crazy. Anyway, he's a really nice Vietnamese man in his late 30s. His story was he bought an EP and it came with the exhaust and his wife was complaining to change it back to stock. He sold his s2k for an EP as a family DD, which I couldn't quite understand as it's not really a family-friendly car.
The next thing to divert me from my suspension operation was a 5-lug conversion from an RSX Type S 2005 for $300. Rarely will I be able to find a 5 lug conversion, and even more rare is that it's up for $300. Actually the guy isn't selling a complete swap, he was selling everything except the rotors and brake pads, but he lowered it to $200. Damn, I was thinking I could use the extra $100 for performance rotors and brake pads. My whole goal is to convert my EP3 to a CTR and I can't rock type R wheels unless I change my lug pattern to 5x114.3
Anyway, my point JDM is awesome as fuck, er wait not, I ugh. My point is that everything should be enjoyed in moderation. To be really passionate about something is to love doing it even whilst working toward your goal -no wait, especially while working towards your goal, not eventually just reaching a point where you think you'll be happy, then stopping. In my case, my goal for my EP3 was to convert it to a CTR, then I figured I'd be done. But some people do these things as a hobby. The thing is, cars are so expensive and I don't have the money nor the time to install a 5-lug conversion, coilovers (pretty easy but I'm a newb), and swapping a k20a import straight from Japan.
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