new member and my soon-to-be 240sx

Post by **jere240vert** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:27 pm

hey everyone!

im new to the forums because im about to get my first 240! im buying it off my uncle for $7000. : )

its a 1993 nissan 240sx se convertibleit has the redTop engine in it now (swapped) with a turbo : )it also has the 5-speed manual trans from my uncle's other 240!!no problems and only 65,000 miles!beautiful car, beautiful rims im gonna be putting a lotta money into her

thanx!Jere

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Modified by jere240vert at 3:44 PM 10/26/2005

Post by **sleepyeyes87** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 4:14 pm

Welcome to the forum. Car looks nice

Post by **Shift_Oversteer** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 6:13 pm

Sounds good man welcome...

Post by **Eikon** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:44 am

hey... I know that car...

I've seen it advertised for sale in the past.

Does your uncle use the name Bigdaddyweave or something like that?

Anyhow.. congrats on a beautiful car.

I'm not too far away from you, so if you ever want to get together and talk shop about 'verts, let me know.

I'm in Green Bay.

Catch you later.

Post by **slownslurious** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 5:45 am

looks good, needs dropped. What wheels are those? they look like s15 wheels.

Post by **Eikon** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 6:59 am

those are B15 wheels. From a Sentra Se-R spec V.

I used to have a set on my Spec V. Then I had a set on my S14. They are pretty sharp, but the offset is too high to really look good on a RWD car.

Post by **slownslurious** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 12:42 pm

ahh, I knew they looked familiar.

Post by **jere240vert** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 3:26 pm

Eikon wrote:hey... I know that car...

I've seen it advertised for sale in the past.

Does your uncle use the name Bigdaddyweave or something like that?

Anyhow.. congrats on a beautiful car.

I'm not too far away from you, so if you ever want to get together and talk shop about 'verts, let me know.

I'm in Green Bay.

Catch you later.

yeah my uncle is big daddy johnsen .. i just got back home from visiting him up in wasau

yep those rims are off a spec-v

she's in storage for the winter right now .. so i wont be able to drive her until spring ill survive cuz ill be in the air force

Post by **wirelessalpha** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:13 pm

welcome. From one newb to another.

PS: Cool uncle.

Post by **AZhitman** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:21 pm

VERY nice.

Welcome aboard!

Post by **Shift_Oversteer** » Thu Oct 27, 2005 4:53 pm

HAHAA your uncle's name is BIG DADDY JOHNSON!

Post by **slownslurious** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 7:11 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...ZWDVW

looks like your uncle put it up on ebay... "butterwinkle"?

Post by **jere240vert** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:34 pm

what the F*****!?

Post by **Nismochick240** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 2:48 pm

haha that sucks... good luck w/ the airforce though

Post by **Shift_Oversteer** » Mon Nov 07, 2005 5:24 pm

lol someone beat me to it I was just about to break him the news....

Post by **jere240vert** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:50 pm

ah wellill just get a wrx stior a 350z

Post by **Eikon** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 1:06 pm

sorry about not getting the 'vert.

If you are interested in an STI... my buddy is planning to sell his this spring. I know it will be a very good deal. Shoot me an email if you are interest so that I can give him your name and you guys can keep in touch til your ready to buy.

Post by **Danrc30** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 5:38 am

My opinion: Your uncle is asking too much for the car... especially from a family member! Still no bids on the car and only 1 hour left at this time... Besides, I thought the family connection was a mandatory discount... just my .02...

Post by **slownslurious** » Wed Nov 09, 2005 7:42 am

yeah thats what I was thinking. no one won the auction so the car is still there. go get that summabitch.

everyone has an STI these days.

Post by **AZhitman** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:23 am

$7K is the LEAST he'll accept?

Someone needs to invite "ucle" in here and explain to him that convertible 240's are typically overpriced.

Show him what a new set of door panels costs.

The SR swap doesn't add much value, unfortunately. Even if that car is perfect (which I guarantee the interior isn't), it's worth no more than $5K.

Post by **Danrc30** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 10:28 am

AZhitman wrote:$7K is the LEAST he'll accept?

Someone needs to invite "ucle" in here and explain to him that convertible 240's are typically overpriced.

Show him what a new set of door panels costs.

The SR swap doesn't add much value, unfortunately. Even if that car is perfect (which I guarantee the interior isn't), it's worth no more than $5K.

I agree. If the car is clean and the conversion is flawless and the engine is in perfect condition and the wiring was done perfectly, I'd say 5k is a max price too. If the car has very low miles on it, it may be worth a little bit more, but not too much. Your uncle should be "hooking you up", not taking advantage... again, just my .02.

Post by **slownslurious** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 2:20 pm

I dunno about that I'm sure he has more than $7k in it, and it is a nice clean car, so I can't blame him for trying to get back a little bit of his money.book value for verts in near perfect condition is still 4-5,000... SR swap is still 2500 and up... professional install, 5 speed swap, anotether $1000 if you have it done at a shop....

Post by **e_c** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 3:14 pm

the sad part is that most custom/aftermarket stuff, does not add to the blue book price....

but again, value is only what someone is willing to pay for it

Post by **slownslurious** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:17 pm

aftermarket stuff adds to the value if you are selling to someone that will pay for it. Dealers TELL you that it doesn't, but go to a used car dealer and notice how much over book they ask for um... fox body mustands with catbacks and aftermarket wheels, or cavaliers with 18's and a body kit.

wow we are so far OT....

Post by **nissanconvert** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 7:26 pm

At a chevy dealer where i live last year they put 17s decals and a big platic wings on thier leftover cavaliers and sold them for more as a "sport package" people actually bought them

Post by **pancho y onions** » Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:25 pm

yeah i agree that is expensive. by the way i live in Delavan so if you live in walorth your mot far from me like 5min. weired huh

Post by **jere240vert** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 6:09 pm

i live in delavan too haha

Post by **pancho y onions** » Fri Nov 11, 2005 9:46 pm

thats crazy. wow

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