I'm so pissed

[Fergus]

For the last year and a half, I have been looking for a 240. Lack of money, want to much, and multiple reasons has prevented me from owning one, untill tonight...or so I though. I find the perfect 240 for me. '93, Right color, no rust, good engine, coupe and right price. So last friday I call the guy up and tell him I want to go see the car. Call up a mechanic friend of mine, get both of our plans changed so we can drive the 2 hours to go look at this car. Get there, cars just what I thought it would be. Drive it, its great. Since he was asking fair price, I agree to buy it for the listed price on tuesday (today, the soonest I would be able to come pick it up). Didn't ask for anymoney down, and i wanted to get a carfax run anyways. Carfax comes back clean. Talk to him twice that weekend to make sure everythig is cool. Talk to him this afternoon to let him know I'm on my way. He says "Oh, sorry but I sold the 240 about an hour ago..." WTF??? No explination. He just leaves it at that. Here I am calling friends to get deals on wheels/tires, putting my integra up forsale and telling everyone about how nice the 240 is im getting. I dont even know what to do. If the guy didnt live 2 hours away I'd be at his door b!tching him out.

Like i said, I am pissed...

[own3d]

well thats better off than me, my dumbass didnt even look underneath the car before i spent 2g's on it, come to find out the frame is rusted completely through. live and learn i guess. then get a custom frame

[Bronze MFP]

That sucks man. It took me a few months to find my car, and even that was a freak accident. I don't know if you like convertibles, but there are 2 in your area on autotrader.com , fyi.They might require a little more upkeep than a hatch or coupe, but they look damn good and i'm sure are a joy to drive in the spring/summer/fall with the top down.

[Fergus]

Never been a fan of the convertibles, and i think 4k for a s13 is a little much anyways.

[Fenvy]

fool, that's why you leave a deposit for 100$... I always do that

oh well, look around some more, I looked at 8 s13s before I bought mine in a period of 3 months... don't give up

[biggie]

GA is where I had to go to get my current one. There are plenty around that area, just keeping looking.

[Stev0n]

i got mine two hours away from where i live...

1990 hatchauto78k miles when i got it 80,200 now900 bucks

I, like own3d, also didn't look under the car, the frame is okay but the body has rust all over the bottom... Good thing we'e doin a complete swap and takin my body off...

[Dattebayo]

lol, the second 240 i found was the one I bought. I didnt like the SOHC I found first, but the second one was great and had paint issues.

[turtl631]

First, if you didn't get it in writing, too bad. The 240 is a popular car right now, you can't expect someone to just hold one for you. That's totally unrealistic. Secondly....(sileighty steven) how can you swap the body of a 240? Its a unibody car...the frame and body are integral. Unless you meant body panels...

[yessir240]

dude that is BS how is the guy gonna straight up do that sounded like a sweet car dont stop looking !!!

i paid 6K for my 96 s14 with only 24k miles on it MWA HAHAHA from an old woman beat that suckers

[Fergus]

its ok, found one that better suits me today. Will upload pics when i can. '90 240 hatch w/ coilovers, strusts and sways, and lsd. only downside is no engine/trans/ecu. but was wanting to swap those out for my Ka-t plans anyways

[Kienai]

That sucked.. Well.. Glad you found another one.. Its alright though, I was stupid enough to buy a car off ebay, and ended up with f--kin' problems the guy never told me about, spent about 2k after and still have to replace the radiator support and straighten the frame.. F--k, I feel stupid.. I can't even get a hold of the a$$hole that sold me the car now.. Anyway.... Good luck...

[AkademikONE]

Sorry to hear your experience. My GF went through that experience recently when she was looking for a car. Just be patient and a better car will come.

[D Money]

u should have bought it the first time, first come first serve.

[Bruno240]

when buying cars you have to be patient, take your time on everything and dont get too excited from seeing a car that could possibly be yours soon. That happened to me and baught a car that had the whole rear end rusted out on it.

[nismofly]

i agree that you shouldve put a deposit down...then you have something to base your argument from

[Fat Felix]

i agree that you shouldve put a deposit down...then you have something to base your argument from

I've put a 50% downpayment on a car before... But the owner decided to sell it to someone else anyways.

It was a really good deal too, and I sure was pissed.. But I didn't want to piss the owner off too much since he still had my money.

Fortunately, I got my deposit back.

Like everyone said.. patience patience patience!

I'm happy the deal fell through on that 86 anyways... Especially since I got my s13

[TachyonS14]

I bought my Kouki S14 for a lady like 28 years old. She bought the car new. And when I got there I was checking out the car and gave her an offer of $4,800 and she went inside to call someone to see if it was a good offer and a car rolls up. They ask if the car was sold yet, and I said YEP, even though it wasn't. Had I been there 5 min's later, I most likely would not have gotten it.

Sucks to listen to your story because it seems like you invested a lot of time and effort for this guy and he screwed you over. Oh well, just keep looking.

[Fergus]

much happier now. Was for the best. got a shell w/ full suspension and clean body cheap. now i just got to find the Kade to go into it zerothread?id=111428

[574-240sx]

Good deal. I drove and picked up an auto 89 coupe about 5 hours away with 79K on it for dirt.

[frapjap]

I got mine for 1200. Then I found out why it was being sold so cheap. A month later the SOHC blew. That was f-u-n.