Sliders562

POST: [Question] Why did you get a 240sx?


I got a 240sx because my brother told me to! haha

[my first 240sx was a dohc 92]
[now i roll 240sx sohc]

reasons: I wanted a 2 door sports car, hatchback style

brother told me: hey its better then a civic stock hatchback and don't be like the other people in long beach with the hondas.

Therefore without my brother advice i wouldn't be here.

By the way the past:
i owned a corolla 90, AE91 heck yea.

honda accord 94-97 headlight conversion with wrx sti tail-lights
custom bodykit done by my cousins, nephew, relatives, and I.
Full Air ride Suspension.

Loved it, hate it, droved it.

Someone hated my ghetto style so much apparently they ended up smashing it to make me not want to go on, never found out who did it but it messed up my motor and ruin its true form.

i'll try to find a picture later on. and for the first 240sx looks i have to dig in the old ancient hard drives lol. and yes some parts of my car from 2004 are still intact = P

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buku_points

I got one because im a fan boy!

VROOOM

it was my first car back in 1996. no aftermarket at all back then.

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luisgonz

I dont even know why I got them, I love my fd3s more then these shit piles.LOL If I decided to sell them Im going to get a low ball offer, Fd3s will always hold its value.

Dousan_PG

easiest drift car to buy
abundant
parts easy to access
easy to mod
easy to drift
and looks awesome.
and cheap

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exitspeed

I wanted a inexpensive car that was run to drive and not FWD. My research brought me to three cars; 240sx, MR2 Turbo, and a Miata.

The 240 was the most affordable of the three and had/has the largest aftermarket.

Bought my first hatch in 03 and never looked back.

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Rob's S14

I got mine because not that many people had one, and they still don't. Although there are a lot more conversions now.

lovely240

cheap, and i knew i could fix it up NICE.
things changed and now I have NO CAR

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Sliders562

i remember back then when i saw a lot of 240sx @ east los angeles .. always parked on the side curbs with the for sale signs.

sold my corolla went around the block and found my 1st thats where i picked up my 1st hehe

you know whats the funniest thing ever, u guys and gals are gonna flame on me but when my bro first introduce me to 240sx i was like " whats rwd? "

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firelizard

I got mine because I wanted a RWD platform for cheap.
I was originally looking for an AE86, and had considered a 3rd Gen Camaro or Firebird.

The massive aftermarket for the 240SX was nice though, and it gave me a car to put my wheels on. Also, I knew I would have no trouble finding people who've done everything to the S13 platform.

Oh, and jDm tyte bandwagon etc etc. of course

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smellslikecurry

i got mine to attract my skinny jdm boys

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DreamN

An S14 Zenki passed me on the freeway over 4 years ago and I had no clue what it was. Started to doing some searching and found 240sxforums.com. Learned as much as I could. Wanted an S14, but was hoping prices would get a little lower. Drift craze hit without knowing diddly squat about it and just made it impossible to buy an s14 at a decent price. Did more research on the car and fell in love with the s13 coupe styling. Started searching for one in late '05 and finally found one mid '06. Been a happy camper since.

Oh and I just wanted a simple car to work on, have fun with, and make a weekend track car out of it. Wanted it to be RWD so it was a perfect option.

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shmiddy

i wanted a cheap rwd car that i can mod and work on with plenty of part recorces. plus its baller. i fell in love with drifting and its history, and after my 5.0 mustang was stolen (i know i know, found on road dead, fix on race day, discustang, 5. slow) i wanted to try something new so i got a 1992 hatch and i love it

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deadpirate

because its jDm TyTe yo!!!!!!!

no..honestly. i didnt know what a 240 was until i graduated high school. thats when i started getting into cars/drifting...at that point i finally knew what a 240 was...saw how good of a platform it would be for drifting..decided i wanted one...and because im in college with no job/money...i havent been able to get one...but..im finally taking ownership next month

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LongGrain

i had a friend who had always wanted one since he was like 14 or something, i thought he was stupid. and that 240's were just gay, shitty, old, what have you.

one day at autox there were 4 guys with 240's. for some reason i dont even know, i fell in love with them. made it my goal to find one by any means. finally found my old, gold, auto fastback which i crashed (no, i wasnt trying to be the DK) and now i have my new fastback which i LOVE every minute of, even when we disagree on things

CrimsonRockett

Cheap.

Easy to mod.

Put enough work into it, and it's immediate sexy time.

Can't wait to build a coupe.

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Koopa Troopa

My step-dad has been selling Nissan's since the beginning of time.. In fact I think he was genetically engineered to be some kind of super crime fighting car salesman...

Anyways I also played too much Tokyo Xtreme Racer on the Dreamcast in Jr. High and the two kinda worked themselves out.

Man speaking of back in the day... I remember the dude's I used to hang out with and talked to nonstop.. They had stock SR's or very minimal bolt ons and I thought they were Gods of the Nissan realm.. Now I'm a couple months away from finishing a car that'll be making 400 some whp and only some of them have progressed anywhere since 2004 ...

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eastcoastS14

lol they started showing up a lot in modified magazine and I kept reading what they were capable of and how easy to mod they were....I also wanted one cause its a car that no one around here has....since I started getting into 240s Ive really only seen a handful around and I like having something different

Bobafreak

I always wanted a rwd drive vehicle. I had a 240 before but i wrecked it touging. Now i have a 240 to just take my time and build as a weekend car. Though some buy because it is cheap and reliable and may sell it in the near future but as for me i plan to keep it till i hit the grave or a semi takes it out (god forbid.) To me the 240 is a all around good car. I wont call it a nsx or anything but its still something i can look at and be like wow i member when it looked like this to this.

Even with the whole emission laws and etc it doesent bother me. 1 i dont drive it everyday, 2. *shrug* dont care. lol

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CrimsonRockett

I second this.

Although I live in LA, I don't see S13's on a daily basis.

I mean, when there's a meet, everybody suddenly comes out, but on a day to day basis, I probably see 2-3 a week that are very poorly modified(err, look like shit).

Now JDM Fanboy Honda's is another story...

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DaPCWiz

In high school I used to drive a '93.5 Infiniti G20 and I started to learn how to work on cars and such on it. unfortunately it was automatic. I really wanted to get a manual car to drive. Having become comfortable with nissans I knew I wanted enither another G20 in manual, an SE-R, or 240.

I went out and test drove an '89 S13 and instantly fell in love with it. I took it out on the highway and knew the exact moment where I was like "so this is why people like RWD... its awesome!". I didn't end up buying that car, but ended up buying a red zenki S14, and loved every minute of it.

Had the car for ~2 years when some girl ran a stop sign and hit me. Loved the 240 too much to let go at that point, so I got me another S14 and swapped all the parts over. Then I decided to get into drifting and more track based events... so I've gotten yet another one (S13) to build as a track car. lol, what can I say - I'm an addict now.

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Daniel.

I'd have to say the same. I loved it when all the JDM kids were jocking.

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zaneithan

i think it was around the explosion of the drift scene that first sparked my interest. im pretty sure i just graduated high school and was driving just about the most mint stock crx SI i had seen in NY in a long while with plans to modify it, something about 240's grabbed me and i began my search for a clean body one, i found a manual 93 burgundy base model hatch with 161k in north carolina and picked it up, took a train down with my father and we drove it back without any knowledge of the car or anything, ever since then ive loved them and cant get enough. They are easily the most fun car ive driven (outside of a beat ass 86 corolla sr5) and ive owned 2 more after the first one and would gladly get many more.

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1993 240sx fastback (wrecked)
1991 240sx SE fastback Daily Driver status
1992 240sx fastback (???)
1986 Toyota Corolla SR5 Coupe (sold)

Vision Garage

I got one because my aunts neighbors daughter had one.

This was after i had gotten my first car. 1985 cressida

then from there a 1989 mr2

then picked up a zenki s14 RIP.

THen to the kouki i got now.

Plus the 14.5 project

to the fastback i got for 300 bucks

and to the sc400 for my girl to drive.

TOO many fukken cars! Well the cressida and mr2 are long gone. So 4. And i got my zenki before the 2nd d1 so you can call me a bandwagoner if you want!

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Matej

Saw an episode of Initial D when I was 14 or 15, started looking up drift cars on the internet, and learned of the 240, although I didn't get mine until I was almost 18.
Initial D was the Fast & Furious for drift fanboys.

BustedS13

it was june 2002. i was 17. my dad had given me his LeBaron as my first car, and to be truthful, it was a lot of fun. but i wanted something sporty. i read sport compact car religiously, and had recently read the issue with "BUILD A DRIFT MACHINE FOR $3000" in it, which endlessly praised the 240. i really wanted a z32.
so then some clown loses control in the rain, on the highway, and sideswipes me in his ford ranger. the insurance company pays out, and my dad gives me half the check in cash, which was a little more than enough to buy my 1500 dollar '92 hatch and title it. if i'd had more money i would have bought a z. but... it wound up being fun anyway.

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pbcstylez

i bought my first one back in 99, watched too much initial d n decided i needed to be drifter, than realized i cant drift... haha

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hijack3d

I got one 'coz I'm baller.

That is all.

(Not really ! I got it because I liked the body style and I got tired of my FC's blowing up...)

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BustedS13

you bought a car when you were 13?

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SHIFT_*grind*

I wanted a fast car, or a car I could make fast, or at LEAST a project car I could *kind of* make fast, and I didn't have much money. This is back in '01. So, along comes SCC with their feature on swapping an SR into an S13, and it sounded perfect. $1000 for a shell, $2000 for a swap, $3000 for a fully running "sports" car, where do I sign up?

I actually believed it was that easy. HA.

$1500 got me a riced out S13 coupe with rod knock, which we had to tow 6 hours home from Gaston, NC, in mid-2002. After de-ricing and yanking the KA, I found an S14 SR on EBay - I know, it's sad - and won the auction for $1550. This is how I learned why I should pay better attention to seller feedback and reputation.

Basically, I got thoroughly screwed. Motor arrived in ~200 pieces thrown into a big box and was utterly useless. Seller was based in WA state, so all I could do is correspond and file police reports and request investigations by phone. To this day I don't have anything to show for the whole mess, except some live-and-learn experience.

Meanwhile, I got interested in RB swaps. Eventually got an RB20 front clip from Venus Auto, NOT on Ebay, for $1500 (but shipping was $800 =-\). I have no experience swapping motors, and nothing but a driveway for workspace, so it took me forever. But I (and my friend) eventually finished it, and did it clean, and somewhere in early 2004, I had a running RB20 S13 coupe. Sold it in May '05 for something more comfortable.

Then the bug bit me again and I got an SR 'vert in Sept. of last year

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