no 240 love anymore.........

[Onizuka]

I think in the past few years alot more than 1% of 240 owners bought their cars for the reason of drifting. I'm not saying that there's anything really wrong w/ that, I was speaking more out of frustation for the fact that since drifting has become "trendy" so has the 240

Drag racing is trendy, lets all say "everyone and their mom wants to drag race" and speak of it in a condisending tone of voice.

[deftdrummer]

I have no problem getting sideways in my car (when it runs) I just dont care to watch it or anything...and the name...drifting...why not just call it fishtailing? that's all it really is is several variations of a fishtail, something I could do in my 90 camry and my old blazer...heck, I could even sustain it in the blazer (yes, it felt like it would tip over at any moment)

they made RWD camry's in the 90's??? i think not....

[TrunkMonkey]

they made RWD camry's in the 90's??? i think not....

you can fishtail...i mean drift with a fwd car.

-demetrius

[gunclap]

MORE AFTER MARKET PERFORMANCE PARTS!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOO!!!!

a lot more useless after market "performance" parts. boooooo!

i love my s13! i didn't even know they were popular until my friend recently told me about how they were featured in a magazine. all for the good cuz i have one and those who want one don't have it. what pisses me off isn't that the 240 is getting popular, but the fact that these owners don't take the time to learn ANYTHING!

[Doriftomodachi]

Hello,

You know, I used to be all about my S13 coupe. I purchased it about two years ago with the intention of making it a bad ***, SR22 (yes 22) powered beast that could hang with the best of them. However, as a college student, it's tough to put away enough money to purchase all of the cool components that I need. As such, things have been pretty slow going.

The reason I bought a 240 in the first place was because NO ONE had one, didn't know what it was, or cared to own one. Everybody was talking about modin' out Civics, ect. and I thought that I would be the odd man out with *different* ride. All of that seemed to have changed when drifting suddenly became popular all of a sudden. Now I get these punk *** high school kids asking me if I'm going to "drop in an SR" and "go drift D1 style".

All of a sudden driving my car makes me like everyone else and it sucks. I know that really isn't true, but I'm in a bad mood. I guess that on the plus side, a lot of the kids that talk about doing something are just talk. Why buy a 240 when you have a cold air intake on your mom's civic?

I've already started to feel better about the whole thing!

Stop whining about it. :nopity The s13 and s14 are terrific cars so people were bound to discover them. If you want to have a one of a kind car get a kit car like a Morgan or get a Pontiac Fiero and do a Testerossa conversion on it. I can almost guarantee you'll be original

[op.tic]

dude i hear you on the popular issuei wanted a 240 way before anyone else even had one around herethen my friend got one and now everyone thinks im just gonna copy him (even tho he has an sr, to4e, lsd, and everything else).. but he blew the engine and will swap in a ka and sell it to me for like around 3k.. not bad, otherwise he will go on ebay and sell it for like 10k+ with a rebuilt sr

and everyone ive talked to who dont know anything about 240's think they are really ugly looking, my parents are like "why do you want to buy a 12 year old car for 3 grand"

[Onizuka]

tell you parents "because its a 12 year old car for $3000 that will last another 12 years with no problems because it is a nissan"

[op.tic]

tell you parents "because its a 12 year old car for $3000 that will last another 12 years with no problems because it is a nissan"

yeah reallyim just gonna have my friend explain it all to my dad, my dad grew up with muscle cars and doesnt know much about turbos and whatnot i guess..

[krazy skwerel]

I really can't see the "another 12 years with no problems" as being realistic at all.

[shane bigler]

I think many of you are having the wrong attitude. Ask yourself this question. What kind of affordable car worth having do you think people will NOT want to have? There no such thing. Its inevitable you are not going to have the only one of a kind car out there. If you want something no one else has build your own. Just have fun and enjoy what you own and just realize people arent going to change. They will always be those like the H.S. Kids and those who jump on the bandwagon. These cars were produced and sold in the thousands. Also...stop being all high and mighty just because you happened to have a 240 before they got popular...you just got lucky. Just be glad you managed to spend waay less money than the current 240 buyer.

[krazy skwerel]

I still don't see these "Insane" prices people talk about. I saw a really nice 95 se 5-speed for 4800 obo the other day. I see more and more auto s14's go for 3k-3500 hell sometimes even less. Just because a few people have stupid prices don't mean they are all like that. I got a friend looking at an s13 hatch right now for 1k DOHC has slight body damage and needs a clutch. We have an 90 model s13 hatch that will have new paint, the 93 front end, and new bearings and timing guides for 2500 or less.

[Bubba1]

I disagree with the "popular" issue. Call me crazy, but I thought most people like owning cars that are coveted by others. I've had many people ask me questions about my old 240sx, both young and old. I enjoyed the attention. And if kids asked I drifted it in parking lots or made an SR swap, I'd happily say "no" and "no". The next question was almost always if I was going to sell it anytime soon or covert it into an ITA racer. I don't know about you, but I think that's flattering.

[Repo Man]

I disagree with the "popular" issue. Call me crazy, but I thought most people like owning cars that are coveted by others. I've had many people ask me questions about my old 240sx, both young and old. I enjoyed the attention. And if kids asked I drifted it in parking lots or made an SR swap, I'd happily say "no" and "no". The next question was almost always if I was going to sell it anytime soon or covert it into an ITA racer. I don't know about you, but I think that's flattering.

And when that exact same 240 was in the Cadillac detail shop yesterday getting purty it got many compliments on it's condition and how well kept it was. These are the same guys that detail $60k vehicles on a daily basis. I told them it runs as good as it looks and when I told them what I paid for it, they just couldn't believe it.

They did ask me if it was fast, and I said it wasn't really fast yet. "Yet?" was the response I got and I said that is correct. I asked them if they had ever seen the Jim Carrey movie, "The Mask". They did, and I said "Remember the little dog when he put on the mask? Well this car is going to put on the mask."

They thought that was cool even though they really didn't know what the hell I was talking about. Hehe. It's good to be a gangsta...:ylsuper

repo

[krazy skwerel]

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

[Trppen37]

when pple ask me about the 240 and say if im gonna drop in an sr...i bullsh!t them and say something like....im goin ca18det...then they dont kno wtf im talkin bout LOL even better if you have a 91+ 240 say ur gonna drop in a ka24e-t !

[deftdrummer]

Ill probably sell my S14 sometime in the next year for sure. How much could I expect to get for it? On the bright side of the 240 explosion, you can sell your car for a lot more than it's worth these days!

I looked up the bluebook for my manual 95 and it said $7300 even with the 202,000 miles the original engine has. Why you may ask??? because the engine is great and they run forever!

So anyways, as 240 owners and past 240 would anyone like to throw up some numbers for what my car's worth approx??

http://www.cardomain.com/id/gold240

[groundhogday1976]

The 240 isn't that popular everywhere. Come to eastern Kentucky if you wanna get one. Mine was $2500. Barely noticeable parking lot dings. Runs perfect, uses no oil at all. A paint job and re-covering the front seats and it'd be in perfect condition. I see maybe six 240s here, mostly S13s. My car and the one S14 in town are the only two that have seen a coat of wax this year. It kinda pisses me off that people don't take better care of their 240s, but it goes to show you they aren't all the rage everywhere.

[PapaSmurf2k3]

I hear that, come to the east coast, 240s are still damn cheep, i bought mine (91 5 speed coupe) with damn near perfect paint, 132k miles, no radio and the tear in the drivers side seat (i swear it came like that from the factory cos they all have that) for $1600. it had a little rot on the rocker panel, but i fabricated a new one and put that one on, then put my exhaust through it.

[Bubba1]

I ran Edmunds.com for my zip code (SE PA) selling a 1995 240sx coupe in "good" condition with every option and 202,000 miles. It said trade in value $2196private party sell $3074retail sell: $4663

Of course you should get more money for yours living in California, where they're more popular. But I think you might be disappointed if you think you're sitting on a goldmine with that car. As great a car as it is, it's still not a collectible. It's certainly more popular now than it was when it was in production, but unless you're an obsessed teenager, I don't see them bringing in a huge premium when you go sell them. A modest one maybe, if you find the right buyer, but not a big one.

[znoam]

Everyone needs to stop complaining about it cause I want my already soooo badly. It'll be the day when I get mine. Who cares what everyone thinks...as long as its not a civic its alright. Plus you have all the power and availabilty with the car. Its such a great car and I cant wait to get my hands on it.

[TrunkMonkey]

wow, talk about bringing back the dead. i forgot about this thread.

for those of you who don't know already, i lied (to myself mostly). i said i wasn't going to buy another 240, but i just got a 93 convertible.

-demetrius

[krazy skwerel]

Word pimpin a vert 240 welcome back to the dark side. No more saturn I assume.

[w1ngzer0]

heh... you guys are funny. If you want a unique car get a lambo. I meen you see a million mustang owners on the street but you don't see the old domestic guys complaining about it now do you?

i replyed without seeing the date on the orginal post daym

[TrunkMonkey]

Word pimpin a vert 240 welcome back to the dark side. No more saturn I assume.

i still have it. i drive it back and forth to work.

-demetrius

[Altiman94]

I wish I had a winter car, first snow was today and it was hell getting to school.

[book-ends]

Just load up the trunk with sandbags and drive in reverse.

[DR1FT3R]

Now you know how the true honda guys felt.

[n00b240]

Ah, its been a while since I have been all active on the 240 forums. but wtf happened here. many people been here for a while, and i just dont see them postin anymore. what Im seeing here are a buncha teeny boppers who watched initial D, and decided to get a 240 after reading about them in the mags.

Now these teeny boppers spent they cash and dont have any money left over for so called "cool honda mods" like hood lights and the various rear light mods. are they even mods? all this talk from the original post about gettin I/E in your moms civic is complete horse---- maybe some whited out lights and hood lights and now they car just got an additional 40hp? wtf

If you guys feel cheated by gettin a 240, well got damn go get that honda. cheap, affordable and useless. You bought something off of hype and regret it? im sorry to be flamin but for real man, these posts are useless, grow up kids.

edit: Holy **** this thread is old...

[nightstepper]

Although i have noticed a recent increase in prices and popularity of the 240's, I however was one of the lucky ones to live in a small town where no one really knew what it was or even cared. Due to this i was able to get my 1991 coupe se for 50 dollars becasue some dude did not want to fix it becasue it had a blown engine. Lucky me. :ylsuper Further more, i do understand how most of you would feel frustrated about it becoming too popular and all the ricers give it a bad image and all. But really the fact of the matter is that it is your car and why should you really care about them making themselves look like jackasses. Just laugh and shurg it off and know you are one of the few whom actually know the potential and reason behind having it. YEs i get mad inside when i see a 240 with a jet wing on the back with neons that add 500 hp, but really i just laugh inside. thats how it has to be.

[dima]

How cares if they becom popular or not. The only thing metters if you like it. And if you do than drive and enjoy it. And by the way, they are nolonge in production so theirs number will constanty decrease and some day you will end up with only 240 in the block.