typhoon1588
New member
Some of you may remember me, others may not. It makes little difference. It has been over a year and a half now since I sold my trouble-ridden yet impeccably clean Typhoon off and more or less left this community. I have spent some time in the seat of a Nissan Sil-80 and most recently a 2005 Pontiac GTO, and it is starting to dawn on me how incredible this community is.
I spent many a night cursing my truck up and down, what with damaged parts and shoddy engine rebuilds, but behind me I had this community, always willing to answer technical questions, even if i were the thousandth person to ask, and always giving a resounding thumbs up when I would put up new pictures, even though we have seen thousands of black Typhoons before.
And then, NASTE. These guys recently spurred me to write up this post. I have kept in constant touch and made pretty darn good friends with guys like Eric Manfra, Morgan and Dennis Kaese to name a few. And a few weeks ago I was at the Englishtown Swap Meet, as usual for me, and out of the blue Morgan gives me a NASTE T-Shirt. It doesn't sound like much, but go join a 240SX or GTO forum and see if people will extend their kindness far after you sell that vehicle. It will never happen.
I think if I ever get the notion to buy another Syclone or Typhoon, undoubtedly a large chunk will come from knowing that I will have a forum and community behind me that is unrivaled in terms of comraderie, activity, and an overwhelming lack of egocentric asses who would rather be your competition than offer help.
So it has been a good long while, but Thank You for leaving me with a great impression of what a car community should be.
Mike Salkewicz
Graphic Designer, SPYLAB
Ex owner, 1993 Typhoon No. 1588
2005 Pontiac GTO
I spent many a night cursing my truck up and down, what with damaged parts and shoddy engine rebuilds, but behind me I had this community, always willing to answer technical questions, even if i were the thousandth person to ask, and always giving a resounding thumbs up when I would put up new pictures, even though we have seen thousands of black Typhoons before.
And then, NASTE. These guys recently spurred me to write up this post. I have kept in constant touch and made pretty darn good friends with guys like Eric Manfra, Morgan and Dennis Kaese to name a few. And a few weeks ago I was at the Englishtown Swap Meet, as usual for me, and out of the blue Morgan gives me a NASTE T-Shirt. It doesn't sound like much, but go join a 240SX or GTO forum and see if people will extend their kindness far after you sell that vehicle. It will never happen.
I think if I ever get the notion to buy another Syclone or Typhoon, undoubtedly a large chunk will come from knowing that I will have a forum and community behind me that is unrivaled in terms of comraderie, activity, and an overwhelming lack of egocentric asses who would rather be your competition than offer help.
So it has been a good long while, but Thank You for leaving me with a great impression of what a car community should be.
Mike Salkewicz
Graphic Designer, SPYLAB
Ex owner, 1993 Typhoon No. 1588
2005 Pontiac GTO
