Questioning S13 Popularity

[Chingon]

I guess so, now it's up to the viewer to believe it....I do but I'm known to be gullible.

[NeedCAforS13]

lol, matt just got :owned now sign on AIM foo!

Sean

[Chingon]

another proof..if you want to call it that...is that gran turismo only uses liscenced cars for its games...and the sileighty is in there..

[Onizuka]

yeah i saw that in the article, Very good point.

[Chingon]

another link that pretty much says the same thing....seems reputable.

http://www.japmobiles.com/cars...ID=19

[180fan]

"fable" to be tossed into the same bin as santa claus and the easter bunny indeed. Chingon right on dude for knowing better and finding that site with the article that was shown a bit earlier.

[gtune4]

no sil80

no drifting

read this article above

also not one of the ones i have read

thank you chingon

doesn't that mean ****er in spanish

[hadokenny]

I DIDN'T LOSE ALL FOUR TIRES DOING THAT... I SAID I HAVE PROOF THAT I HAVE DONE STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE I HAVE FOUR BLOWN APART RIMS. ONE RIM IS NOW A THREE PIECE, THE OTHER IS MISSING A CHUCK THE SIZE OF MY FIST, ONE IS BENT IN HALF, THE OTHER LOOKS LIKE A CLAM SHELL. DUDE I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU GUYS THINK I'LL PROVE MY STUPIDITY TO ANYONE IF THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE! I'LL DO ANYTHING ONCE AND COMING FROM A BACKGROUND OF STOCK CARS, FORMULA FORDS, GO-KARTS, ETC. I'VE BEEN THROUGH TONS OF ACCIDENTS AND NOTHING REALLY SCARES ME ABOUT SPEED ANYMORE. I HAVE THE MOTTO "IF I DIE, ATLEAST I WAS HAVING FUN!".

thank you projectorb240sx. I can now feel comfortable calling you a dumb ***.

[240sxin]

Hey guys, first off 38 pages since this thread started, wow lots of people have an opinion on this lol. Anyway i just got my 240sx like maybe a moth ago, the only reason i got it was i was driving a 95 mitsu montero befor that, and let me tell you that thing is a beast. Any way i love my car its hte best thing ive ever bought, i got it off a dealer shiup lot. Anyway i didnt jump for this car cause ive heard abotu itm in fact i wasnt even lookign for it, i was lookign for a celica gt or a RX-7. After may hours of looing at dealerships and papers and not finding anything but a 90 celica gt that when we took on a test drive it over heated missed in one cylinender and what just flat out ****y, i brook down and went to a honda dealership. When i got there i said (in my dissmay and lost hopes of finding a good gt or rz-7) where are you 2 door civics and what not. Well when i got back to where they were low and behold BAM there was the 240. Not only did she look beautiful but she was a way better deal then any of thee hondas. i got her for $4000 and i least here and she had no problems and only 80K miles on her. Plus she was im better condition then any of their used civics for the price i was willing to pay. Anyway to make this story shot i got her and love her to death, i dotn plan to rice her out but i have put better exshaust and a cai, i do plan to lower her and what not but by no means will she be a ricer, and the exshaust i put on is a very deep sound even when on the throtel its not high pitched at all. But as for band wagoning i bought her for pure looks and for that fact it was a great deal. Plus they are great cars(found that out from this site) and alot of fun to own. Any ways sry for being long winded but i love my car. . take it easy all and have a great day.~Jon

[180fan]

J-Spec Tuner, sorry bout the cheap shot I took at ya earlier. It's been in the back of my head for the little bit I was working on my paper and I feel bad bout it.

gtune4 I see you have kept your word about changing your sig but seriously, if you're doing research at a university, shouldn't your maturity also be up there? Checking through this thread, all you've really been doing is insulting people. Although I do have to agree with you that taking a 90 degree turn at 90mph does sound a bit far fetched (assuming that it was a city corner).

projectorb240sx, that's cool that you've been through some of that stuff as there's no better teacher than experience. Just that I gotta say that I hope those experiences have taken place on a track instead of on the street where then you truly become a bastard for potenitally risking the lives of others.

[Chingon]

Mustangs, Camaros, Mercury Marauders, old-school BMWs, old-school Mercedes, all drift JUST AS WELL as any Japanese RWD car.

And here is the video to prove it..

EURODRIFTING!!

although wet road lends itself better for losing raction.

And yes, chingon means ****er in spanish..(as in badass)

[180fan]

oh man that guy in the jag gets a piece of cake for not losing the bouquet! Although he probably had something to hold it on, but still! Yeah man pretty badass.

You want to see some American cars drift? Go check out some of the drivers training that law enforcement have to go through. Secret Service has to make the president's car be able to do a 180 and speed away in the opposite direction along some other crazy stuff that they have to learn to become a driver (saw that on discovery channel). Pretty impressive stuff, and I guess it's something that you shouldn't knock until you've tried it (although I'm guessing some of you have).

[Chingon]

by the way, I never said the 240 or s13 were made for drifting or will never say that,...just the sil80..

By the way..Here's some videos...that shows even taurus can drift...http://www.optionboyonline.com...7.wmvhttp://www.optionboyonline.com...2.wmvhttp://www.optionboyonline.com...3.wmv

although it's a little crazier..

[240sxin]

That was awsome man, very very cool vid.

[gtune4]

i never claimed to be mature.

i just start taking offense when people can't admit they don't know everything. i ask questions on this forum on all kinds of things. and that is because i don't know everything.

neither do any of you so nya nya nya i win

hows that for mature

[Sircnay]

Bah, I have a video of pro drifters drifting two Vitz... now that's crazy.

[Chingon]

wait,... taurus are fwd....well, i wonder what kind of ford that is..

[JustinStrife]

I didn't know much about 240sx's till I saw Initial D at a friend's house. Before I saw that anime, I was hooked on Supras(Before F & F). Due to the incredible cost of a Mark IV TT supra though, I've had to look at less expensive alternatives. The 240sx is the best alternative I could find that was within financial grasp. I since bought a 90' Hatch and have been replacing things here and there, planning for either a CA18 or RB25 swap. However I have been toying with doing a KA24 turbo to it.

Then again, I saw a really sweet S14 and have been toying with upgrading to the newer model.

Ahhhh the choices.. I love 240's but which ones do I love the most?

And I admit when I saw Initial D, I did decide I wanted to learn how to drift. Both for the fun factor, and to be able to have so much control over my car..

[Hellion240sx]

ow some of you took this discussion to heasrt huh? well im sold heh or gulable (sp?) i like how they put sileighty on the middle panel and the emblem on the upper left corner. if i did that would it be considered rice???? more vids!!!peace

[PROJECTRB240SX]

ALL MY RACING ACCIDENTS HAPPEND ON THE TRACK, TWO OF MY ACCIDENTS HAPPEND ON CLOSED STREETS. I'LL NEVER PUT SOMEONE ELSES LIFE ON THE LINE, ITS NOT WORTH IT. I DON'T CARE IF YOU CALL ME A DUMBASS, ITS MY GOAL IN LIFE! ANYWAY YEAH I DON'T STREET RACE EXCEPT FOR THE OCCASIONAL HONDA ODDESSY ON THOSE FREQUENT "I THINK MY CAR IS FAST" RACERS ***-WHOOPIN'..... "OPPS, DID YOU THINK THIS VAN WAS SLOW?"

[tl1000sga]

gtune4

Please explain to me why a mustang can't be drifted just as good as a 240

[Dattebayo]

Chingon...its a contour, not a taurus.... i think the new jags are the same thing since ford bought 'em. And people sure do like to rice 'em up here in D.C.

[vexajin]

I Also got my 240 because i liked nissans after owning a sentra nissans were my love and pride.But around here i dont know how popular they are.. not too meny people own S13 240sxs and even fewer people own S14s......... But i did just read an import tuner, I think it was... and they had a S13 on the front cover all duked out.. I mean LOADED..But alot of people around here have a Honda 1.5 with a body kit and think they're all bad *** i see it too often.. Sometimes before i goto bed i cry a little at the fact that my home town is a bunch of meat rockets in 1.5 L hondas... but then i thank god that i have a brain..

[Dattebayo]

...meat rockets...

HAHAAAAAAAAAAAA

By the way, that wangan in the article is waaaaay to big...

[Onizuka]

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i wonder if those rear glass panels say sileighty on them, if they do, I wonder how much those would go for on ebay

[The Mic]

Anyone know where i can get this black panel???????

[Neejay]

Well, I decided to buy (and Im still saving/searching for one) a 240sx before I even knew it was RWD or that everyone was scrambling to get one.

All I knew (after totalling my car HERE ) is that I wanted something different than a civic/integra. Personally Im tired of seeing civics everywhere I turn. I asked someone and they mentioned a 240sx, so I looked into it, and I liked what I saw.

I dont want the car to drift, autox, or anything like that. I just want a fun, strong enough car to lightly mod. I wanted something that I could get under 3k.

Where I live (suburbs of Atlanta, GA), I NEVER see 240's fixed up, only stock, the only one Ive seen even remotly modded, had a universal muffler on it.

Thats why I want one...

[Flipflop]

The dark purple Sileighty in that article (damn, that's an old article!) is a re-panelled 180SX that belongs to these guys in South Australia.

The real Sileighty only ever had kouki tail lights, just like the white one. The tail, sideskirts and wheels are standard 180SX Type-X parts, and the headlights and front bumper are early Silvia parts, I think...

[Twintip_yeti]

Man i didnt even know 240s were becoming popular until i read all this sh**. Really makes me not want to get one but then again i dont really give if theyre popular as long as they dont become too damn expensive for me to get one(limited income). The reason i want on is b/c ive heard so much on how theyre great cars, can handle really well (modified), are rwd and are in my price range. End of story for me really.

[LE240]

Bought my 91 240SX LE 5spd brand new back in late 90 or early 91. Loved it then and even more now. I sold it in 96 or so, tracked it down through three states and a few old owners and bought it back in 02 !!!! In the process of renovating/restoring it now.