Sometimes it’s ok to say goodbye.
Last weekend I said goodbye to my very well-followed Nissan S15 Silvia. It only took a short Facebook status and 20 minutes for the sale to be settled, and an interstate buyer was quickly booked in for a weekend pickup! It was a fairy tale sale, and well, it was only suitable for this fairy tale car! I purchased the car pretty much as you see it; a freshly built, tuned and ready-to-go JDM masterpiece, bought with the intention of pulling some attention to put All Stars on the map. It’s surely done the trick! Since then, we have acquired a few other cars which we are building from scratch ourselves; but sometimes it’s nice to buy and enjoy a complete car. It’s truly an instant gratification.
So why would I let something so perfect leave my life? It was the addiction I had to the Silvia’s 516RWHP and the car’s ability to slide it out in any gear, at any time. It leads to a much easier path of spirited driving. It also lead me to the path of realization that it’s time for me to get back into motorsport; or at least get back into going for those late night Touge runs! The rarity of a clean, perfectly balanced package in an S15 is very hard to come past these days. I felt it was too perfect of a package to take to the edge; I didn’t want to be the one to ruin this.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t shed a tear as it pulled out of Zen Garage’s driveway, for what could be the last time. This car gave me the whole experience of owning a built tuner car, without the heartbreak that comes with unmet deadlines, R&D mistakes and other mishaps that come with a lengthy build. It makes sense to me now why tuner shops around the world are now offering so many levels of turnkey builds with drive in, drive out pricing. Nobody likes the bad times!
So cheers to this car for what it has done for me personally and for our All Stars label. It’s bittersweet to see it go, but we know it’s just an opportunity for new beginnings, and the new chapter for this already amazing build. I hated watching it leave… But sometimes it’s ok to say goodbye.
Full article on StanceNation: http://www.stancenation.com/2013/07/08/saying-goodbye-sergios-nissan-silvia-spec-r-200sx-s15/
Photos by Sebastian Voll exclusively for StanceNation.com.
