simmode1

Oh shit yeah... I forgot about the IS300. Just found a couple a 5spds for sell under $9k. Nice.

I guess you should not forget about BMW 3 series too. 330ci isn't bad at all & can be found under $10k too.

TougeLove

Haha I was just looking at those last night. 2003 330ci with 98k for 8900. Not a bad track car haha.

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HyperTek

stock s13s should only cost $800 bucks, so we can all buy them and become the next ken block. =)

Its ludicrous to ask for more, I can only afford $800 so I can put the rest of my money on godspeed coilovers, weld the diff and xxrs. =)

I saw that craigslist ad yesterday and knew some kids where gonna complain, i thought it was fare, good luck finding an unmolested S13.

You can always buy one of these for cheap, im sure this is more up your alley.

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simmode1

Damn that fools spring popped out! lol

tiggertsi

i've been looking for about 14 different cars for the last 4 months before i finally bought a 96 240sx. i have been to look at more than a few modifed 240's and all of them were utter garbage, as in ruined frame rails and dented body panels. also all of the ones i walked away from shared this in common as well, they were owned and operated by younger "drifters". not one of them would i have paid half of what the buyer was asking after crawling underneath the car and checking the condition of the frame rails and overall health of the chassis.

i finally found an unmolested, all stock, all original, clean titled, 96 240sx base that i paid $3900 for. it runs good, it shifts smooth as silk, it has a crackless dash and more importantly the frame rails have not one dent or scratch on them and the chassis, including body work, is straight. now for the bad; along with a few other minor problems the rear shocks are shot, it has minor timing chain rattle and the clear coat on the roof is peeling. all of which, except the clear coat, will be taken care of in the next week. Just waiting for all the parts to arrive.

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h2v7

lol nice snag! may try this someday

KiwiZenki

I agree tiggertsi, clean, stock s14s should be priced around 3-4k. I got mine for 3500. The real dilemma is when you throw money into the thing and can't get what it's worth to you back.

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Kingtal0n

thats why/when you do everything right, and keep it.

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FRpilot

That car actually looks pretty clean and stock. If it was a clean title, I would gladly drop up between $3000 - $3,500 for it. With it being salvaged, I would not pay more than $2,500 for it (Yes, salvage title makes that much difference to me) and even then, I will not buy it.

I think even ordinary people check craigslist to see how much their cars are going for and be like “whoa, people are asking 4000 for these cars, I may as well get mine too”

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wangan_cruiser

broke asses will always complain about the price of the car.


peasants haha

tricky_ab

I usually stay out of these conversations, but this part gets me....

Cars in general are the WORST items (Won't use the term investment since there's no real monetary gains) that you could throw money at. Seriously, if you're planning to modify a car, pay to play and enjoy it while you own it.

Driftwurks

1994 240sx s13 hatch PEARL WHITE 5-Speed manual

There you go.

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240boi115

im actually going to top you and say a boat is the WORST item to throw money at but cars come pretty damn close lol i asked the OP to post pics up and its pretty clean but its salvaged which is a nono for me

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240boi115

my god.......its sooooo cleeeean!!!!!!!!!!!!

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tiggertsi

yeah you are right. cars are bad investments. unless you can see into the future and know which cars to buy that will increase in value way down the road. there are plenty of muscle cars that i could have gotten "cheap" when i was younger that would have increased in value IF i had a place to store them and not drive them more than once a month and kept them all original.

and you'll never get what you think a car is worth after dumping a lot into it. sometimes, at least this is the case for me, an unmolested, clean titled, stock car is worth far more than a car that has been modified. some mods are just annoyances to the majority of people that are going to buy said car.

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KiLLeR2001

Must be a typo because they never made hatchback models for 1994...

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theronin

What I was gonna say, but good lord, that's a steal right there. Someone better snatch that up quick.

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05subysti

id pay 2500 for it lol forreal the car is really clean tho.

TougeLove

i believe in japan there were a few hatchbacks that were officially '94.


edit. found a "source"

First generation
(S13)

Production 1989–1994
Body style 2-door coupe
3-door hatchback
2-door convertible

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_240SX

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2slow2go

damn that hatchback is clean. Fair price for 5 lug+ pearl job+ kouki tails

the rest of the cars in this thread are fuken junk overprice shit. fuck your supply and demand. whoever buys that shit is retarded and not what a normal educated person would buy

and salvage title? you fucken high

LB 180SX

i remember i bought my first 240. similar to the one OP put up.. for $500. i guess times have changed.. i think most people that have been around 240's for a while got used to the cheap prices they were going for and the fact that you can find anything you wanted anywhere from forums to junk yards. now days the people new to the 240 scene dont mind paying the 2500 for stock cars people are asking because they never saw how cheap they used to be, so i dont blame the people selling it for that price because they know someone will pay it.. i know it wont be me though! lol

KiLLeR2001

In Japan they made the S13 hatchbacks until 1998... They DID NOT produce any hatchbacks for the USA in 1994. If someone can get me the VIN from the vehicle in question I can confirm this through the Nissan FAST database.

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imotion s14

I paid $13,500 for my kouki. I got ripped off.

KiLLeR2001

Nah. I'm sure you bought a 1998 5 speed, LE, Deep Fuschia, mint conditioned with less than 15,000 miles. Right???

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Driftwurks

1997 Nissan 240sx

This is the biggest joke of all. Flat black paint with what i'm assuming is the original Cobalt Green on the door jams, "SE" model with base model interior. This car is complete trash.

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theronin

Automatic, ewwwwwww

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imotion s14

pearl white automatic with 64k on the OD of course that was 14 years ago haha

Kingtal0n

yall are forgetting something about the cost and value of storage. Take a random SE model Kouki for instance. One sits outside for years and the other sits in a garage.

Today both are for sale. One was beat on by the sun and rain the other sat in a cool calm environment. They both cant be worth the same price? Obviously the one that sat in the garage is worth more. Now, imagine a single owner that also never drove the car. Say he bought it brand new, put a couple miles on it, THEN let it sit in the garage for 16 years.

Now, isnt that car worth MORE than when he bought it originally? forget about color/transmission/5lug/etc. The price of the chassis has gone up because it came through to us from 16 years ago untouched.

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VNG704

It depends on why it was salvage titled. Was it in an accident or theft? What was damaged during theft? What kind of accident? Did it roll over? Frame damage? Because an insurance company will salvage title a vehicle based on cost to repair vs a certain percentage of the car's price. That means the car isn't necessarily f*cked up just because of it being a salvage or rebuilt titled. In fact, the cheapskates should be looking into a salvage or rebuilt titled car. Especially since most these guys will ruin it anyway. Prestine condition cars, majority of the time, will come with a premium price. Specialty cars will hold value to certain people. I bought an e36 m3 sedan for $6k and sold it for $5.6k, 5 years later at 150k miles. How? I sold it to someone who was especially looking for exactly what an e36 m3 is. The general population would look at kbb and turn away but not the enthusiast who knows what to look for. Hell, e30 M3s cost more than e36 m3s these days. I don't know if a 240sx is a specialty car but I know that for the most part, only certain people search for a 240sx, so in a way, it is a specialty. That is why their prices stay up there. Basically, if you think the price is too high and others think it's fair, then the car isn't for you.

FRpilot

Is that from that one shady shop in socal that list themselves as a dealer on CL ads and has a ton of s14s, s13s, and AE86 in stock? It sure looks like it based on all those s14s in the background and the location.


I get what you're saying, but to me, salvaged is salvaged. Even with theft, some dude has violated that car and you don't know what they did to it or with it. Some people with OCD will never get over that fact.

It's like if a girl got raped, would you call her a virgin still? Some people may consider her a born again virgin if she was celibate for a few years, but I think most people wouldn't. (I know this analogy sounds harsh to rape victims, but it's a fact by definition and how each person interprets things. I guess that's why I am an Atheist)

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