240's overpriced.

[jskateborders]

I remember when I bought my s13, I drove It home. I got It for 350 dollars. The going rate for stock 240's was like 500 bucks. Now I want another, and these things are stock with like 200000 miles and dents out the ass, and people want 2500 for them? Blue book on one, in good cosmetic and mechanical shape is at most 1300 dollars. I love s13,s. Before drifting was cool. I dont knock drifting, its fun as hell. But damn overpriced for these cars. If I woulda seen this coming, I woulda bought like 20 s13's for ten grand, and waited to sell them till now.

[EJ253]

good call. but i think they'll go up even more.

i just sold an S13 coupe chassis for $800
it has a blown head gasket

i bought it for $130

[MAGILLA]

well look at it this way. At least if you have had yours for a while and bought it for peanuts. It is worth some thing now.

[downshift_sideways]

well look at it this way. At least if you have had yours for a while and bought it for peanuts. It is worth some thing now.
Agreed,

and love the sig. haha rep to you

[jskateborders]

well look at it this way. At least if you have had yours for a while and bought it for peanuts. It is worth some thing now.
Thats true. That reminds me of when I almost bought a 1984 ae86 in pretty good condition with like 80k miles cause I needed a daily. She wanted 500. I went and bought a teg for 2k instead. That would have been a great investment. Drove it for a while and turn around now and sell it for what like 3k? Isnt that what those things go for? Now to figure out what the next fad car will be. Fuck a job. Ill just buy a bunch of up and coming fad cars and sell em for the rest of my life.

[Psycho 240 Freak]

That's funny. Atleast you didn't drive 4 hours to Atlanta to buy one only to find out the [email protected] owner who you made a deal with over the phone, sold the car right before you got there. Then the next day drive 2 hours down to Jacksonville to be able to find another 240.

[sleepy_s13]

supply and demand

[DataXUnknown]

i got majorly ripped on mine....

bought a bone stock 89' s13 fastback SE for 3k. found overheating problems that i had fixed and engine blew a few months down the road. had 170k miles on it. in california, everything is a fuckload of money.

[jskateborders]

exactly. the fundamentals of business. How long do you guys think the drift thing will be popular before it dies out. I wish I knew. Shit, I would sell my s13 and Then buy it back a few months later for alot cheaper when the fad dies.

[jskateborders]

i got majorly ripped on mine....

bought a bone stock 89' s13 fastback SE for 3k. found overheating problems that i had fixed and engine blew a few months down the road. had 170k miles on it. in california, everything is a fuckload of money.
3k... holy shit. I remember a while back my g/f almost bought a good running CA swapped s13 for that. Actually, that was only like 7 or 8 months ago.

[heiyuu]

Two months ago 91 180sx with 68,000kms for $7,200 CND + tax
$450 to fix 2 rust holes
$130 for ghetto daytime running lights and module
$free castrol syntec oil change.
$10 oem nx sr20det oil filter

oooh yeah with the availability of 180sx/silvia/skylines and other cars from japan the prices of 240sx have dropped signigicantly.
Before 89 cars could become legally brought here, but after the drift craze catched, rusty dented up stock 240s easily went for 10k, now slightly dinged up 240sx with sr's go for 3k.

[[email protected]]

what about my car im selling? yeah it needs a wash n a tune up like every used car you buy but yeah $2500 is that a rip?

also to add YES it runs and it ran great when i drove it. no heating problem, no engine problems, leaks oil, like all 240sx do, and some random electrical nuttin major in my opinion.

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=159392

[holybushoffire]

what about my car im selling? yeah it needs a wash n a tune up like every used car you buy but yeah $2500 is that a rip?

also to add YES it runs and it ran great when i drove it. no heating problem, no engine problems, leaks oil, like all 240sx do, and some random electrical nuttin major in my opinion.

http://www.zilvia.net/f/showthread.php?t=159392

My 240 never leaked oil. hmm might have something to do with taking care of it properly...:loco: :loco:

[drift freaq]

240sx prices are relative. It all depends on the popularity in your area. Socal prices have always been at a certain level. At first they sold below blue book. Though a good one was not cheap.

Then the market value dropped a bit but the blue blook value dropped as well. Average prices for a decent one have always been around 2500 for a 91 up. Used to be a 89-90 had a max value of $1500 even with low mileage.

Then they shot up. a Decent mileage 89-90 was around 2k and 91 ups were like 3k. Though at the same time a ceiling appeared for the low mileage 91 ups of around 3500. Before that a low mileage 91 up could cost as much as 4500-5k or something around 60-70k( circa 2001) Of course during all this time deals could be found sometimes on ones with around 120-130k .

Now we have every yahoo under the sun trying to sell his car for 3800 because some kid has told him its drift car and its cool so its work money.

[ayuaddict]

i bought a shell several years ago for $300.

sold it (as a shell) in worse condition for $800 recently

[LA_phantom_240]

Well.. I drove 12+ hours to Boca Raton, Florida, had my friend's truck break down on the way there... and the s14 I bought has more body damage than what was described... typical heat shield noise, a finnicky tach, and a few other small problems... I paid $2200 for it, so good deal I suppose for an SE with a 5 speed and fogs intact.

[thejapino]

I remember in '03, I bought my second S13. A mint-green two-tone coupe for $500 running! Sold it with an SR 9 months later for $5200! Nice come-up!

[downshift_sideways]

Just bought an s14 se w/sunroof. Mint mint fucking condition. for 3.8k
Drove all the way up to sac. Sometimes you gotta go far for good prices.

Its like gas prices.
The average dollar goes up, aint no more .99 cents/gallon now adays.

[[w]hite[r]abbit[x]]

i got my 98 240sx kouki for $2155 from a collection agency because the original owner didn't make a payment on his car loan for 3 years.

[ayuaddict]

hite[r]abbit[x];1618891']i got my 98 240sx kouki for $2155 from a collection agency because the original owner didn't make a payment on his car loan for 3 years.

damn! came up!

[240trooper]

i bought my first 89 240sx s13.5 lowerd midnight blue s15 front end ka24e with 190k perfict body int and strong eng for 1200 in 2005, over the summer i bought a p.o.s 93 hach that was swapd to 5speed and faded paint for 1800 and it borke down the way home.... man i miss my 89, its the its the one in the pic <<<<<<<<

[downshift_sideways]

Ayuaddict
Dude those eyes are fucking sexy in your sig...turns me on~

[Anto]

got my 1993 5spd Coupe, in white with all the features
S14 seats installed
& exhaust

virtually unmolested


for $2700

right about when F&F 3 came out

[TRU_DAH-V]

wow thats pretty cheap people over here try to sale there s-13 for 5,000 and s14 for 6-10k :eek: bone stock cars.

[Omarius Maximus]

Got my 98 S14 for 2400 bucks, with a bunch of crap stolen off it. After replacing all the stolen items, it came out to about 3500. Drove it for 3 years, 35k miles, turned around and sold it for 5000. I would have charged more, but it was a salvage title...and automatic.

[GabeS14]

exactly. the fundamentals of business. How long do you guys think the drift thing will be popular before it dies out. I wish I knew. Shit, I would sell my s13 and Then buy it back a few months later for alot cheaper when the fad dies.

If you think like this you shouldnt even be on this forum!:mrmeph:

[mrizsuki]

you guys got it good, bought a 95 s14 with front end collision for $2k back in March. well i got hooked up with parts, but the labor was hell. then fixed the front and new interior, and still in process of an ka24de engine swap cause the stupid guy that sold it to me didnt tell me the engine was blown. total so far without the engine swap is 3.7k. it has a salvage title. how much should i sell my car for after the swap, which is gonna cost another $5oo. give me some prices, i want to get back at least 4.5k for it cause i might head to japan to grab a 06 s15 or a 98 kouki with s15 front. need some help with the pricing. thanks guys

[Omarius Maximus]

as long as its a manual, you can probably squeeze out 5-6k. All these kids want are a manual transmission, doesn't matter if its attached to a pile of shit.

[GabeS14]

salvage title. how much should i sell my car for after the swap, which is gonna cost another $5oo. give me some prices, i want to get back at least 4.5k for it cause i might head to japan to grab a 06 s15 or a 98 kouki with s15 front. need some help with the pricing. thanks guys
Its salvaged title, so you wont get that much, depends on how clean the body is, any pics would help, i am thinkng you could get up to 4-5k for it.depending on condition.

[RUTH'LESSDET]

as long as its a manual, you can probably squeeze out 5-6k. All these kids want are a manual transmission, doesn't matter if its attached to a pile of shit.

An automatic kouki in a rare color ,clean with jdm aero I think would go for the same

[opponheimer]

90 red 240sx at $100

92 black 240sx mt $250 (mint cond)

90 red 240sx mt $400

93 white 240sx at $150

96 chamelion/green 240sx SE $1100 (mint cond) <- what i drive now

there are still good deals out there, half these cars were bought within the previous year.. well only two of these cars had running motors. and they were removed very quickly after purchase.

[mayco_86]

not overpriced just getting harder to find i think

[eastcoastS14]

got my 95 from the original owner with 96k on it super clean interior etc for $2500 prices in new england are pretty low....still not $300 but they're still cheap

[drift freaq]

I actually purchased my current project car right here on Zilvia. Local Thousand Oaks person. Had actually done some dope shit to the car and barely drove it. Took it to the track once. Chassis was in excellent condition and the price with the mods made it a steal. $2250! 91 Base fastback SE'd!
Ksports I sold them
FNO 1c's I sold them
ST swaybars
digital climate control installed and working
S 14 seats sold them
strut braces
S13 JDM seatbelts
plus other stuff

[jackjack]

you should come to chicago
good condition s13.... 3-4000. rust bucket 1-2000
good condition s14.... 6-8000. rust bucket 4-5000

:fawk2:

[hijack3d]

240sx prices are relative. It all depends on the popularity in your area. Socal prices have always been at a certain level. At first they sold below blue book. Though a good one was not cheap.

Then the market value dropped a bit but the blue blook value dropped as well. Average prices for a decent one have always been around 2500 for a 91 up. Used to be a 89-90 had a max value of $1500 even with low mileage.

Then they shot up. a Decent mileage 89-90 was around 2k and 91 ups were like 3k. ...

This "phenomena" in SoCal is helping me a little right now, though. Someone ran into my car, first damaging my door, and then moving on to the rear quarter. The estimates I got for fixing it are more than the car's supposedly worth, so it's getting totaled, and insurance only wants to give me $800 for it before buy back. But with the modifications I have, I've seen similar cars on craigslist go for $3500+ (coilovers, vlsd, big brakes)... So even though the car is supposedly only worth $800, to buy something similar to it would cost me over $3500 judging by how much they're going for within 50miles from residence...helping me get more money out of insurance. So it's a seller's market right now, but there's some good coming from it (at least for me).

[exitspeed]

you should come to chicago
good condition s13.... 3-4000. rust bucket 1-2000
good condition s14.... 6-8000. rust bucket 4-5000

:fawk2:

Yea in the Midwest 240's are outrageous. I say fuck these guys up here trying to rape someone on price. I drive down South and get mine. First one I bought had 83k on it and I got it for $1500 in very nice shape. My current coupe I got for $1700. Tons of miles, but it's a relatively rare white coupe, no sunroof. Still, up here these same cars bring twice that much easily.

I remember a few years ago before F&F3 came out there was a discussion about if that movie or drifting would have a impact on the value of 240's. Everyone said it wouldn't. Well, guess they were wrong.

[bigOdom1]

in 02 i bought my 95 for 3000 my clip for 3000 now when i see what tey go for it amazes me

[ilovecoupes]

My friend bought a 90' for $100 with a broken timing chain, and some rust
About a year ago

I got my 93' coupe SE for $2900, with a brokend sunroof, bad HUD and a bad Rear main seal.
Almost 3 years ago.

[LongGrain]

you guys are complaining about them being overpriced. well...bad news. their obviously not overpriced if your still paying whatever people are asking for them. they must be worth every penny if people arent even hesitating to pay big money for 240's

i bought my 90 coupe with 90k miles from the original owner, in bone stock and MINT, and i mean MINT showroom condition for 2,850. and i think it was worth every penny.

[bigOdom1]

i still see shells go for 400 dollars in pretty damn good condition. and i hear of repos all the time being bought on the cheap

[INeedNewTires]

i bought a bone stock 91 coupe 5spd from an old dude with 177k on it for $750... turned around and sold it locally for $2500 without doing ANYTHING, not even putting gas in it, flipped it in about 2 weeks no prob. it was awesome........ so yea i'm capitolizing on this deal.

[morbid]

You can still get them cheap at auctions... good news for dealers. A white '96 went for $1400 with 120k on it the other day. I have no idea if it was auto or 5spd, or the condition of it though. Could have been a big POS. On the other hand, could have been a mint 5speed... I wasn't there to see it. Wish I was.

[UfoZ8myCow]

Did a quick search on Kelley Blue Book just to see out of curiosity how much the stock version of my car is worth: '93 SE Coupe, 5 speed, 140k miles in SoCal. Came up with this:

http://img482.imageshack.us/img482/6503/240kbbym5.jpg


So I guess when you see SR'ed S13s with suspension and other mods going for $5k+ its not all that bad. Like it was said before, supply and demand.

[VROOOM]

payed 6700 for my 89 240sx in 1996

payed 8000 for a 98 silver moss kouki w/67k in 05

[noturS14]

Bought a Kouki back in March, Deep Fuschia with all vin matching panels, 157k, and like 30 hail dings(20 were on the hood) and a blown headgasket, for $1300

[kingyogi]

That's funny. Atleast you didn't drive 4 hours to Atlanta to buy one only to find out the [email protected] owner who you made a deal with over the phone, sold the car right before you got there. Then the next day drive 2 hours down to Jacksonville to be able to find another 240.
whats funny is i drove up to atlanta to buy my 240. the guy didnt tell me all this was wrong with it. he didnt mention it had been wrecked before, he also didnt mention that it had an after market ignition (which doesnt hold the key the whole time). he also didnt mention 2 wheel studs were striped, and he also didnt mention 3 of 16 wheel studs were broken. he also didnt care to mention the crack on the dash, or the stain the back seat. ive fixed everything, but ive put so much time and money into this car its almost not even worth selling. radiator blew up. altenator broke. timing chain snaped. leaks oil a small bit. exhuast had 4 holes in it. over hauled the motor. the radiator was bone dry when i bought the car... what an idiot. it looks good, but its been under the knife for a few weeks now and almost up to tip top shape. ill never buy a 240 before asking everything from dents, scratches, to wrecks about a car again.

[exitspeed]

Here's (http://www.zilvia.net/f//showthread.php?t=159392) a good example. $2500 for ass load of miles, flat paint to math the flat tire, cracked interior. Yea, that looks like a good buy.

[[email protected]`S13]

i think this post just makes a lot of ppl sad that they spent a grip on there car when they could have got it a lot cheaper 5 years ago.

[status:one]

I remember when I bought my s13, I drove It home. I got It for 350 dollars. The going rate for stock 240's was like 500 bucks. Now I want another, and these things are stock with like 200000 miles and dents out the ass, and people want 2500 for them? Blue book on one, in good cosmetic and mechanical shape is at most 1300 dollars. I love s13,s. Before drifting was cool. I dont knock drifting, its fun as hell. But damn overpriced for these cars. If I woulda seen this coming, I woulda bought like 20 s13's for ten grand, and waited to sell them till now.

It has everything to do with the rise in demand... there are a lot more people in the past few years who are buying them as a project car rather than a ratty daily driver and are willing to fork out the cash. The shitty condition shells that are going for so much are being targeted towards people who modify the 240sx.

[steve shadows]

well look at it this way. At least if you have had yours for a while and bought it for peanuts. It is worth some thing now.

I beg to differ.

When I bought my first one in 01' they wree around 2-3k for one in good shape.

You could find semi-running for 1k-1500

now its actually about the same + money is worth less now (dollar dropped).

[jskateborders]

If you think like this you shouldnt even be on this forum!:mrmeph:
I dont think that makes me an asshole. I sell my car to someone who wants to drift. They buy it, drift it, prolly dent it up a little. Then drifting is no longer cool. They want to go get this sweet b16 civic, and no one wants to buy a 240 since who the hell drifts anyways. Wait, Ill buy the car back. Everyones happy.

[[email protected]]

Here's (http://www.zilvia.net/f//showthread.php?t=159392) a good example. $2500 for ass load of miles, flat paint to math the flat tire, cracked interior. Yea, that looks like a good buy.

yeah my car is an example. you want a SR in it then you'll buy it for $2500? thats a load of crap good lord. i've noticed there is a new trend of 240 owners within the last 3 years. CHEAP ASSES. Add up all the crap i have listed in the car do the lowest price u can find and it'll add more than $1500 plus the time i put in it.
you talk about mileage. many people will just put in a SR. $1300 for a front clip install it yourself get some better suspension its track ready. or u want someone to have it all done and put it on here so all you can talk shit n or low ball them. thats why i didnt want to post my shit on here cuz idiots like you. go ahead ban me. zilvia is known for having low ballers and idiots anyways.

[guitaraholic]

Just bought a 98 SE in almost new condition, clean title, (LOTS O' MILES though), for $1500. Swapping out my SR20 in it over this weekend.

[Bushido]

bought my 91 in 2003 for $1500 bucks. It had 117,000 miles on it then, I haven't touched the stock KA except for oil changes every 4,000 miles, and I just turned 167,000 today

[RUTH'LESSDET]

i got my 91 240s back in 2001 for $800

[CKAMC]

I bought my 90 hatch for 2500 back in 03,

kinds was a rip off but it was all that was around within my price range back then... everything else was s14 and going for 5k or was some busted up shell.

only thing it had going for it was a nice stereo system, KYB's and tein's along with some decent 17's. I had to clean up the engine bay was the con because it was the dirtiest SOHC I ever seen.

[joe_and_roxanne]

I kinda seen this coming.. you should remember everything comes circle and look for cars that are cheap and will have a following.. i been buying and selling awhile and have never lost money since 2002 on a single car.. they will keep going up, and in 10 or so years they will be worth a lot if you keep them original because everyone and their brother are wanting to muck them up (me included) so if you can put some aside and not touch them.. just see what happenes... i would like to have a acre full of festivas

[LB.Motoring]

got my s14 back in 02, for 3,600,

black/black 5spd zenki 26,000 miles.

[pnoynation]

paid 2400 for a 91 hatch in 06'
included ebay front and rear strut bar, four slot/drilled rotors, eibach/tociko setup, tanabe bushing, 180xxx miles, xplod mp3 deck, clean title, altima fans, the owner also did something with the wires so i dont need to step on the clutch to start the motor, and yes it is manual trans. my friends tell me its a steal price. wat u guys think?

[jskateborders]

Just bought a 98 SE in almost new condition, clean title, (LOTS O' MILES though), for $1500. Swapping out my SR20 in it over this weekend.
That is a good ass deal right there. shit, I wish I could find something like that.

[drift freaq]

paid 2400 for a 91 hatch in 06'
included ebay front and rear strut bar, four slot/drilled rotors, eibach/tociko setup, tanabe bushing, 180xxx miles, xplod mp3 deck, clean title, altima fans, the owner also did something with the wires so i dont need to step on the clutch to start the motor, and yes it is manual trans. my friends tell me its a steal price. wat u guys think?

lol he did an auto to 5 speed swap conversion is what he did. Most of time when we swap auto's to 5 speeds no one bothers wiring up the clutch lockout/neutral safety switch. The result is you can start your car without stepping on the clutch. Though I should remind you. Who in there right mind starts there car without stepping on the clutch anyways? See it used to be no cars had the clutch pedal lockout switch. So all manual cars could be started without stepping on the clutch. Then the car manufacturers realized there were some fools out there that would start there car without stepping on the clutch so they installed so the fools would not run into shit.

[GabeS14]

lol he did an auto to 5 speed swap conversion is what he did. Most of time when we swap auto's to 5 speeds no one bothers wiring up the clutch lockout/neutral safety switch. The result is you can start your car without stepping on the clutch. Though I should remind you. Who in there right mind starts there car without stepping on the clutch anyways? See it used to be no cars had the clutch pedal lockout switch. So all manual cars could be started without stepping on the clutch. Then the car manufacturers realized there were some fools out there that would start there car without stepping on the clutch so they installed so the fools would not run into shit.

Thats a funny one to see, for the people that leave the car in gear !