How do you feel about "Classic"?

[JKL1031]

Just about the entire Z series is/ will be.

[OutToWinPAHC]

i kind of consider my Z32 a classic... That may have something to do with me being 3 years old when it was made in 93.

Feels kinda like a time machine now but definitely will even more in like 5-10 years

Nah, I just think its ugly

[badbob2121]

i kind of consider my Z32 a classic... That may have something to do with me being 3 years old when it was made in 93.

Feels kinda like a time machine now but definitely will even more in like 5-10 years

Nah, I just think its ugly

[WhiTTe Z]

i kind of consider my Z32 a classic... That may have something to do with me being 3 years old when it was made in 93.

Feels kinda like a time machine now but definitely will even more in like 5-10 years

Nah, I just think its ugly

pshhh you wish your 240 was as sexy

[simmode1]

pshhh you wish your 240 was as sexy

Properly done S15 front + LS1 swap > Z32.

[WhiTTe Z]

i guess but thats way more money than a stock z32...

Compare that to a built Z32 with twin 35R's

But to each his own, not hatin' on 240s i love them

[OutToWinPAHC]

But to make a a reliable VH handle those you need to build, as would I..... so in theory I say I do it and you too... were still on different playing fields.

[sci2000tech]

does anyone else think the z32 is a "classic"?

I think the Z32 is like the MKIV, timeless





I would not consider the Z32, 240SX, MIKIV, etc as classic, though.


And I would take OTW's s13 over any Z32, but that's just my personal preference

[WhiTTe Z]

does anyone else think the z32 is a "classic"?

I think the Z32 is like the MKIV, timeless

I would not consider the Z32, 240SX, MIKIV, etc as classic, though.


And I would take OTW's s13 over any Z32, but that's just my personal preference

Thank you. the design is timeless IMO and timeless cars turn into classic cars... eventually...

[Crazyirish]

It can't be a classic unless it was manufactured before I was born. Anything newer than that is "recent".

[krash]

Also, I feel like the lack of updates on the 240sx keep it from being viewed as a classic. Cars like the camaro, mustang, etc had a couple of generations going, so an older one could be seen as really old to an owner of a newer one. In the US all we have is 2 gen's of 240sx. So compared to a Z car, etc, its going to take a while to be called a classic.

[hbpignosePA]

^ Totally unenforceable.

No disc brakes on a '67 Camaro? Pffft. They can shove that part of the law all up in their a**.

no PA is really strict with its classifications.... my uncle has a 76 912e its a limited run of 3000 cars porsche made in 76 as an entry level car when they had no new model after the 914 was discontinued. He had period correct vinyls on the side windows, and had to remove them to get issued plates. best part is once you have these plates, you have zero inspections, but it cannot be a daily driver.

i would love to get classics for my 240, but if its modified it isnt going to pass.

[krash]

I'd love to have Historic plates, just because its badass. But that prevents it from being a daily driver in MD.

[wingFeather]

After owning an S14, I don't feel it will ever be a classic. It was just too much of a misfit... entry sports coupe which Nissan tried to market as a sport luxury to compete with the Sc300. It also was the beginning of disposable car design... whereas cars from the 80's still had a little quirkiness to them, as if car makers still hadn't figured it out yet. Meh. The S13's definitely have their place in history. I regularly get old timers telling me how they owned one 20 years ago & miss "them days" greatly.

[Caveit77777]

I don't think any 90's car deserves a "classic" title. I was born in the 90's and only 17. I'm young and my car is even younger. Just feels weird that a 20 year old is still considered young yet a 20 year old car is a classic. Obviously cars don't live on average to be 70-80 years old but you get the point.

[rsmithdrift]

After owning an S14, I don't feel it will ever be a classic. It was just too much of a misfit... entry sports coupe which Nissan tried to market as a sport luxury to compete with the Sc300. It also was the beginning of disposable car design... whereas cars from the 80's still had a little quirkiness to them, as if car makers still hadn't figured it out yet. Meh. The S13's definitely have their place in history. I regularly get old timers telling me how they owned one 20 years ago & miss "them days" greatly.

I couldn't agree with that more.... My grama is an antique collector and I know a thing or two about what makes anything "classic" It has to be special. It has to be distinguishable and not just garbage when it was made...

Lets be honest... all a 240 is... any 240. is a rwd econo box that just happens to handle good and drift good.

Most cars in the late 80's early 90's started turning plastic and disposable and were only meant to last for about 15 years... you can make a 240 bad a** or nice or whatever... it'll always be a disposable econo box from the 90's.

That said it's my favorite car ever and I will keep an s13 hatch for as long as I possibly can. Newer cars just continue this trend of being disposable however the technology has made them like driveable computers now.. it's getting rediculous. Every once in a great while will an automaker make a REAL CAR. A car is a machine. These new cars arent machines anymore. Theyre technology on wheels that takes you places. And the ones that don't have the technology are just plastic junk with a motor. Life expectancy keeps shrinking on low end cars..

Also a classic car "feels" like a classic car. Like my old z. It feels different to drive. It feels like a classic. My 240 just feels like a suped up econo box to drive... mainly since that's what it is... haha.

Now don't get me wrong... I of all people know that s13 especially will be memorized for all time for being the drift car of choice when the sport was new (still kinda is) and the car that really jump started the sport. But even when people will collect them in 20 years or so they will still be remembered as coming from the plastic disposable econo box era of the 90's... However it'll be remember also for being the last of the cheap rear wheel drive true sports car era. Just like when people collect cars from the 50's and 60's, the winged, unsafe at any speed, boat car era. It's still like wow look how far we've come and how much things have changed. 240's will be like that.

[s13sickboi]

After owning an S14, I don't feel it will ever be a classic. It was just too much of a misfit... entry sports coupe which Nissan tried to market as a sport luxury to compete with the Sc300. It also was the beginning of disposable car design... whereas cars from the 80's still had a little quirkiness to them, as if car makers still hadn't figured it out yet. Meh. The S13's definitely have their place in history. I regularly get old timers telling me how they owned one 20 years ago & miss "them days" greatly.

I couldn't agree with that more.... My grama is an antique collector and I know a thing or two about what makes anything "classic" It has to be special. It has to be distinguishable and not just garbage when it was made...

Lets be honest... all a 240 is... any 240. is a rwd econo box that just happens to handle good and drift good.

Most cars in the late 80's early 90's started turning plastic and disposable and were only meant to last for about 15 years... you can make a 240 bad a** or nice or whatever... it'll always be a disposable econo box from the 90's.

That said it's my favorite car ever and I will keep an s13 hatch for as long as I possibly can. Newer cars just continue this trend of being disposable however the technology has made them like driveable computers now.. it's getting rediculous. Every once in a great while will an automaker make a REAL CAR. A car is a machine. These new cars arent machines anymore. Theyre technology on wheels that takes you places. And the ones that don't have the technology are just plastic junk with a motor. Life expectancy keeps shrinking on low end cars..

Also a classic car "feels" like a classic car. Like my old z. It feels different to drive. It feels like a classic. My 240 just feels like a suped up econo box to drive... mainly since that's what it is... haha.

Now don't get me wrong... I of all people know that s13 especially will be memorized for all time for being the drift car of choice when the sport was new (still kinda is) and the car that really jump started the sport. But even when people will collect them in 20 years or so they will still be remembered as coming from the plastic disposable econo box era of the 90's... However it'll be remember also for being the last of the cheap rear wheel drive true sports car era. Just like when people collect cars from the 50's and 60's, the winged, unsafe at any speed, boat car era. It's still like wow look how far we've come and how much things have changed. 240's will be like that.

240's are still built pretty damn well, and the easiest car that i have ever worked on.

[speedeast]

When I hear "Classic," I think of Bel Air Chevrolets, James Bond's Aston Martin in Goldfinger (without the guns of course), and pre-Stingray Corvettes. When I think of antiques, I envision 3-inch wide tires and manual crank starters.

[gigabit240]

A 240sx will not be a classic car until it looks completely different from what everyone else is driving.. It still looks to modern to be considered a classic car.

[Lobo240sx]

240's are still built pretty damn well, and the easiest car that i have ever worked on.

^ This is why I will continue to tote my ODB 1 hunk of junks around longer. Modern cars aren't designed for shady tree mechanics.

A 240sx will not be a classic car until it looks completely different from what everyone else is driving.. It still looks to modern to be considered a classic car.

You see that concept 2010-2011?? 240sx/z car looks like an Altima in the front and a mini G35 or a S2000 in the back. CRAP!!!!

http://www.worldcarfans.com/10711273024 ... 0-comeback
http://www.germancarforum.com/nissan/20 ... 240sx.html