RB240zDET Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 When you look at your bank account statement and see that 90% of your transactions are parts for your Datsun.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nsm0l3m4n Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 (edited) When the general manager of the company you work for gives you a bonus check and says "We appreciate your extra hard work, this is for your Datsun. When one of your coworkers grumbles about your loud exhaust when you drive past his house on the way to work every morning, but then admits to missing the v8 exhaust alarm clock when you finally get a quiet daily driver... Edited January 21, 2012 by h4nsm0l3m4n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soga280z Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 You know you own a Datsun when you park in front of someone's house and they come out and say "I knew that wasn't a normal car I heard" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 (edited) You know you own a Datsun: when your 2-year-old daughter says "Daddy's home!" when you are still a block away. Rebekah is 18 and leaving for college soon; those were sweet days.... No lie: this morning, my Sunday school teacher saw me nodding off and asked why I looked so tired. I told him I've been staying up all Saturday night for the past 3 months trying to finish up my Datsun. He says, "You have a Datsun?! He goes on, "I've had 4 of those: (3) 240s and a POS 260!" I didn't have the heart to tell him that my 240 is about 50% 260 (floor pans, hood, etc)-you know, the conversation was going so well and he thought he was finally breaking the ice and gaining insight into my inner most being-my very soul...Neither of us really said POS, it was church and all...It really stinks that people so totally blame the 260 for something that was easily fixed with a carb swap. We'll see if he shows up this afternoon to hold something for me and give my wife a break. Edited January 22, 2012 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 When a kid selling chocolates in the Target parking lot says " uh yeah, we're selling chocolate. But I just wanted to ask you what kind of car that was..." (Yesterday, Moreno Valley CA. about 10 miles from where the girl at the Circle K says to her boyfriend: "Just like in the G6 Video, except just not shiny!" Boyfriend says "What's a Datsun?") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh280z Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 When people wave you over, so they can check out your car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR280z Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 You know you have a Datsun when everybody wants to race you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iBang Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 To be quite honest most of these are from my miata and 240SX since the datsun is still in the "collecting parts" phase, but they still apply fairly well. When the people at the auto parts store know you by name and still can never guess what car to enter in the system. When you've spent more than 30 minutes in the back of an auto parts store looking for that perfectly bent radiator hose. When you have an entire box of used intercooler/radiator/exhaust pips laying around and can identify what every piece is, when you pulled it off of the car, and what bits have been cut and used elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 When you want to buy every "rust-free" 240z chassis that you see listed on ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 When you want to buy every "rust-free" 240z chassis that you see listed on ebay. ...but have the good sense to know they ain't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VYN Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 You know you own a Datsun when you realize that the main character on the "Wangan Midnight" comic series could be you... And worst of all is that some of the episodes can be real trails of your Saturday night action with the friends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VYN Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 You know you own a Datsun when you buy parts that you do not need now but you when needed they will be hard to find!!! Hey PR280z... Give me a call. (787) 568-7146 and whenever you can lOg on to: www.zlegends.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 You know you own a Datsun when you buy parts that you do not need now but you when needed they will be hard to find!!! Yes, since 1985... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
260DET Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Yeh, you know you have a Datsun when you test an original untouched 260Z electric fuel pump and it still works works perfectly. Suck on that Euroboys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luseboy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 You know you own a datsun when you decide to sell your early 2000's german hatchback, worth roughly twice the price of a good restored Z, to fund your project, and you can't come up with a single reason not to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surpip Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You know you own a datsun when you decide to sell your early 2000's german hatchback, worth roughly twice the price of a good restored Z, to fund your project, and you can't come up with a single reason not to. And this dosent evan cover half the stuff you whant to buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeeboost Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 You know you own a Datsun when you talk yourself out of buying a newer, reliable sports car by saying, "But just think of what I could do to the Z with that much money." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenState Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 ...you own a copy of 'Wangan Midnight: The Movie' because it's about a S30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 ...when you have 5 sets of wheels for one car "because it's impossible to find wheels that fit a Datsun." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony D Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 ...you own a copy of 'Wangan Midnight: The Movie' because it's about a S30. Would that be the original one, or the current remake? Or the period-correct Manga? Don't forget "Circuit Wolf" or the "eX-Driver" Movie... And you know just how far to fast forward the Harry Hamlin movie "King of the Hill" to hear Dan Haggerty (the lead tuner at "The Small Fast and Expensive German Car Shop" from Santa Monica turn his head to the skies to listen to a distinctive exhaust note and proclaim "Sounds like a Datsun!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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