Daily Driver?

[cmkelly]

How many of you drive your 240s as your main ride? 8 months out of the year are top-down months in NC and I love to drive it everywhere but I was wondering how many others do the same. Do you worry about finding parts as these become more and more scarce? I understand the standard engine is a workhorse and see them with 200,000 miles and more but how's the longevity of the SR20DETs and is there an endless supply?

thx, cmk

[Eikon]

I would drive my 'vert every day if I could. But I don't drive it in the winter cause a rwd 'vert is not so nice when it's 0 degrees and snowing. Plus I can't drive it to work because that back seat is no place for my 6 month old baby.

So my car is delegated to evenings and weekends. But, not by choice!!

KA's are certainly good for 200k+ if maintained. I would say the average NA car will last a bit longer than the average turbo car (ka vs. sr). But, there are no rules to that. It really just depends on how they are treated. People tend to want to up boost and beat on a turbo engine, so they often are abused a bit more than a normal n/a engine.

Anybody else lucky enough to get to drive their 'vert every day?

[Rey78]

I drive mine daily. I put 140 miles PLUS a day. I commute from Spring Hill, Florida to Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. I love this thing... I wish it was a little better on gas tho.. It currently has 151k on the odometer and only has an intake...

[KA-Te]

I only have a Jeep Cherokee as my other car, so unless it's raining, I'm driving my 240. The 80+ mile round trip to work sucks when you're getting 16mpg in a Jeep!

I don't drive my car in the rain because I only drive it with the top down. I only drive with the top down because I can't see out of my faded rear "window".

I love my car!

Oh yea, and I have almost250,000 on a stock ka.

[nissanconvert]

Daily driver and only car right now since i sold my integra. Haven't used it in the cleveland winter yet, this will be interesting. Finding scarce parts is part of the fun! It's nice to have a car that nobody else up here has.

[Malac0da13]

i drive mine all time time rain snow whatever...snow is deffly scarey tho...but its all i got till i finish my colt...my gf spun the 240 around 3 times in one...she vowed to never drive it in the snow again lol

[ca18datsun510]

i daily drive both my cars. 93 vert, and i also have a 99si. just depends which has gas in it.

[45guy1]

Every day, commuting and outside sales, about 1200 miles a month.Have about 190K on it

[cmkelly]

I just added the Front End Bra by LeBra! God, I'm so 80s. I'm like Don Johnson in Miami Vice. Flame me!

I added the bra because the $70 was cheaper than the $450 to have the front end painted (after I "slid" into the car in front of me.) Man I wish the ABS on my Pathfinder.

I love this car!!! I get paid $.445 a mile to drive to the beach to work on networks. I'm getting paid to drive this car.......

[ashtonorlan]

I drove in Cleveland with a 94 vert for 3 years..it can be done..Minneapolis now...she sleeps in the winter with the Delorean, 97 Chevy Astro for the snow...woo hoo

[RedShred]

I live in AZ.I just got the Vert the other day, but when we go somewhere, the top is down. When my wife drove her Miata, the top was down unless it was a bazillion degrees or raining.

[sci2000tech]

I also live in AZ and my vert is my daily driver. I keep the top down because I cant see out of my rear window either. The 110 degree weather doesn't bother me when the car is moving, but stop and go traffic sucks.

[2face]

i live in southern cali so its sunny almost all year. this car's perfect for drivin top down on summer nights. i'd drive it anywhere cuz it's great on gas and it's fun to drive plus this is my only car. it sucks now that gas prices rose and that SD county has the highest prices in the nation. i used to be able to fill the tank with 20 bucks but now it's about 40. it only sucks to drive it between feb and apr cuz that's the rainy season and my windows don't work good.

[SR20Essex]

My mountain bike is my daily driver but I always come home at the end of the day and take a joyride in the 240. There is just something great about that car, love driving it. The SR swap made it a guilty pleasure I don't know what I did without. What also helps with that perception is the mile long list of other refinements. Bring on the flames for the next statement because I’m sticking to it: I’ve sat in several Lamborghini’s, Ferrari’s, and the Porsche Carrera GT, and driven a Ferrari 360 spider and Corvette C6 Zo6, all I have to say is they are just names. From my experience there is no difference (if you did it right, and I mean right) between the driving experience of a high end name brand sports car like those and what I have. I mean sure it doesn’t have Italian leather or carbon fiber all over the place or some V8/10/12 screaming under the hood; but the power, stiffness of the chassis, breaks, creature comforts, and just overall quality of the ride are comparable (to me).

I’ve put 12k miles on my S14 SR powered 1989 S13 in the past year, and I’ve loved every minute of it. As far as reliability its been amazing; I’ve overboosted it, ran it too lean, tried different oils, raced the junk out of it till the turbo turned bright orange, over revved it by miss shifting, had coolant leaks (all my fault), had boost leaks (again my fault), and a myriad of other miscalculations that other motors would have just folded up on. But not this one, it just keeps on going with perfect compression (just checked it yesterday), and now that I’ve learned from these mistakes I am going to give it the best chance for a much longer life by continuing to dial in the perfect setup… its almost there.

[erica]

I drive mine daily as well, in fact it's the only car I have I've already put 20k mi on it in the past year, and it still hasn't had any engine-related problems. I love my car.

[Eikon]

I drive mine daily as well, in fact it's the only car I have I've already put 20k mi on it in the past year, and it still hasn't had any engine-related problems. I love my car.

Awesome! Welcome to NICO erica!!!

Remember to register your 'vert.zerothread/165498

Got any pictures of your car? Post them up.. .zerothread/77879

[AZhitman]

Welcome aboard Erica!

Awesome vert, good to see it get some REAL use!

[dickie]

welcome and such.

[KA-Te]

Hi Erica!

Any mods, pics? Poste em' up!

[NISXAN]

I’ve put 12k miles on my S14 SR powered 1989 S13 in the past year, and I’ve loved every minute of it

I think the thread was meant for daily-driven verts, but that's good to hear.

I live in Alabama, so the weather is perfect for top-down lovin' about 300 or so days a year! My car has been my daily driver for the past 7 years, and I've put more than 130k miles on her since then for a grand total of 220,xxx miles now. All on the original KA with no major engine problems to speak of (unless you count a mysterious oil leak)!

[erica]

Awww you guys are so nice! Thank you! I will post a picture in the picture forum I suppose

[Hijacker]

Awesome vert, good to see it get some REAL use!

we know who wouldn't use it!

[240sxRAOR]

I drive mine daily. I put 140 miles PLUS a day. I commute from Spring Hill, Florida to Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. I love this thing... I wish it was a little better on gas tho.. It currently has 151k on the odometer and only has an intake...

Buy a Custom intake filter, it helps you get better gas milege and adds 10 hp. It doesn't hurt then engine at all either, just helps it breath better and its smaug legal. But the best part is the noise the engine makes in the high rpms, it just sounds awsome.