Introduction

Hi, my name is Mike and I am an addict. Now that I have accepted it, I am able to share this with everyone else without being scared. Now, my addiction isn't what most people would consider a need to attend a support group of any kind, but I typically find my way into one, either on 240atlanta.com or Zilvia.com, or the biggest and best, Nicoclub.com. If you haven't quite caught onto it, I am addicted to cars, most especially cars badged with the Nissan emblem. My first Nissan was an Altima. A four door get me here and there and everywhere car. It just so happens to be my very first car that I paid for with my hard earned money. I've explained most of how and when I found my first 240sx so I won't waste your time with that here, but if you haven't got word about it, you can read it on my cardomain journal linked to the side. After that first one, I was hooked. I now have acquired my seventh 240sx. Including my Titan, that makes the total of nine Nissans.

The focus of this blog and my current venture will be the effects and performance of ebay purchased items. I can not even begin to explain how many times I have read "you get what you pay for," and "don't buy the cheap ebay ones" when reading posts on numerous enthusiasts sites. I soon came across one where the original poster of the thread replied to those comments with a "why, did you have a bad experience?" I became very intrigued with the response that followed, "No, but it's ebay stuff." Being the curious one for most of my life, and maybe a little bit stubborn some may end up pointing out, I have given myself a mission. It is my mission to ask the community of automotive forums what they want to know, and after I find out, it is then my mission to report my findings.

Of course this will not be easy. First of all, I can not afford every kind of car that ebay stores provide cheap parts for. It's just not in the cards for me to become that rich to not only buy the cars that I will end up taking questions about. Also, I am on a lower middle class family budget, I have five kids, I work full time and I go to school a few days out of the week. However, because I am what our modern culture would call a "Car Nut," I have plenty of experience in driving for sport. I understand, and have taken classes on, much of the mechanics on a vehicle. I have been behind the wheels of a car or truck as much as I was able to for the past 13 years. I also served in law enforcement for a long part of my career and have been able to participate in a couple Emergency Vehicle Operators Course's. I know how a car drives, I know how to make a car behave in a manner to put stress on specified parts. I know my 240sx. It is my sincere hope and number one goal, to provide accurate reports of performance from the point of view of a typical driver involved automotive sports, and leisure/recreational driving