babylon02
08-22-2002, 12:58 AM
Hey all, time to introduce myself and tell you all of my new
car. I am Greg and I live near Detroit. I'm a 22 year old former Marine that was stationed in Okinawa for three and a half years. I owned a Skyline GTS-t. That's old news.
When I moved back to Detroit last month, I just wasn't liking the American style like I used to, so I started hunting for a 240SX (or I wouldn't be here, would I?) After a few weeks of searching, I found one on AutoTrader on the internet...problem was it was in Dayton, OH (about a 5 hour drive from D-town). Well I called the guy up and figured it was worth the trip down there since there weren't a lot of Nissans in Detroit (GO FIGURE <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'> ).
I made the trip down there with a friend of mine and started going over the car. 185,000 miles on a 92 Base model with the original clutch. This thing was a DOG!!! The body was all dented and dinged. The car was so slow, and the suspension was worn to oblivion. The guy lied to me and tried to tell me he took "GREAT" care of the car by changing the oil every 7,000 miles or so, when I asked him if he ever changed the diffrential or transmission fluid he said he thought he did...once, around 110,000. And he had the nerve to ask for $2500. My friend and I conversed, and then went to lunch to discuss the car before anything was finalized. We decided to run past the local Cadillac dealership to see what this thing was really worth. Oh boy $2040 in Fair condition, $00000 in Poor condition. (this car was somewhere in between.)
That told me what I had to do right there.... I walked after I thanked the guy for his time.
We ran past a local gas station to buy cigarettes and a tradin' times. We looked at the 240's in the local area and left some messages on some people's voice mail and started heading home, planning to look a little in Lima, OH before it got too late.
Just as we got to the North end of Dayton, we got a call back... A nice lady by the name of Sandy gave us directions to her house about an hour SOUTH (read...away from home) of Dayton. We went and checked out this car thinking, "We're already this far from home, let's see what she's got."
We pull up in her driveway (it's dark by now) and already we can see that the car is in WAY better shape than the one we saw earlier in the day. And something else caught my eye in the upper right hand corner of the trunk deck...this car is labelled "LE" hmmm.
Going over the car, everything seems well taking care of. Power Everything, Cruise. Rear wiper. 5 Speed. This thing has it all AND a leather interior and sunroof to top it off. TOP OF THE LINE... WOOOHOOO.. I felt like I won at the slots like I did a couple of weeks ago. (9000 Quarters is a lot!!!<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> Anyway. Take the car for a test drive and it handles BEAUTIFULLY.
I go back and tell her I want it and leave her a deposit so I can pick it up early this week (yesterday)
Then I start my six hour drive home.
Monday I went and registered full time at the local college, but I didn't leave them a payment. It was due tuesday before the end of the business day. No problem I thought, just leave early on Tuesday and I'll be able to make it back in plenty of time. I also got Insurance for the car so I didn't have to tow it home.
An hour after I registered, my ride to pick up the car backs out. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cry.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':cry:'> . So here I am college not paid for, no ride to Ohio, AND the car I was borrowing sprung a leak in the radiator after the last trip to Ohio.
I give my dad a call and ask him if he can give me the ride. "No problem" he says. Ok, I feel better now and went to bed early anticipating the trip the next day. Nope, No sleep for me, I think I dozed off for about an hour. Argghhh
Well, I wake up in time and head over to my Dad's house. Oops...he's running late. So we left about 8:45. We get to her house about 2ish. The title transfer/ licensing took about an hour, and we started heading back. I did a couple calculations in my head and said at this rate, we wouldm't be home until about 9pm. This is not good. College Cashier's office closes at 7:30pm. We pull over in the first rest stop and I tell my dad what's up and tell him I'm going to go ahead. He says "Be careful, watch out for cops". My dad is so cool. About 30 minutes away from the college, I was going through a construction zone and of all things, I got a flat tire. Later I found the puncture, not pretty. Anyway, I got to the college parking lot and sprinted to the cashier's office about 5 minutes before they closed.
After all that, I want to thank you all for reading this far.
I hope my story interested you.
car. I am Greg and I live near Detroit. I'm a 22 year old former Marine that was stationed in Okinawa for three and a half years. I owned a Skyline GTS-t. That's old news.
When I moved back to Detroit last month, I just wasn't liking the American style like I used to, so I started hunting for a 240SX (or I wouldn't be here, would I?) After a few weeks of searching, I found one on AutoTrader on the internet...problem was it was in Dayton, OH (about a 5 hour drive from D-town). Well I called the guy up and figured it was worth the trip down there since there weren't a lot of Nissans in Detroit (GO FIGURE <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':angry:'> ).
I made the trip down there with a friend of mine and started going over the car. 185,000 miles on a 92 Base model with the original clutch. This thing was a DOG!!! The body was all dented and dinged. The car was so slow, and the suspension was worn to oblivion. The guy lied to me and tried to tell me he took "GREAT" care of the car by changing the oil every 7,000 miles or so, when I asked him if he ever changed the diffrential or transmission fluid he said he thought he did...once, around 110,000. And he had the nerve to ask for $2500. My friend and I conversed, and then went to lunch to discuss the car before anything was finalized. We decided to run past the local Cadillac dealership to see what this thing was really worth. Oh boy $2040 in Fair condition, $00000 in Poor condition. (this car was somewhere in between.)
That told me what I had to do right there.... I walked after I thanked the guy for his time.
We ran past a local gas station to buy cigarettes and a tradin' times. We looked at the 240's in the local area and left some messages on some people's voice mail and started heading home, planning to look a little in Lima, OH before it got too late.
Just as we got to the North end of Dayton, we got a call back... A nice lady by the name of Sandy gave us directions to her house about an hour SOUTH (read...away from home) of Dayton. We went and checked out this car thinking, "We're already this far from home, let's see what she's got."
We pull up in her driveway (it's dark by now) and already we can see that the car is in WAY better shape than the one we saw earlier in the day. And something else caught my eye in the upper right hand corner of the trunk deck...this car is labelled "LE" hmmm.
Going over the car, everything seems well taking care of. Power Everything, Cruise. Rear wiper. 5 Speed. This thing has it all AND a leather interior and sunroof to top it off. TOP OF THE LINE... WOOOHOOO.. I felt like I won at the slots like I did a couple of weeks ago. (9000 Quarters is a lot!!!<img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'> Anyway. Take the car for a test drive and it handles BEAUTIFULLY.
I go back and tell her I want it and leave her a deposit so I can pick it up early this week (yesterday)
Then I start my six hour drive home.
Monday I went and registered full time at the local college, but I didn't leave them a payment. It was due tuesday before the end of the business day. No problem I thought, just leave early on Tuesday and I'll be able to make it back in plenty of time. I also got Insurance for the car so I didn't have to tow it home.
An hour after I registered, my ride to pick up the car backs out. <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/cry.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':cry:'> . So here I am college not paid for, no ride to Ohio, AND the car I was borrowing sprung a leak in the radiator after the last trip to Ohio.
I give my dad a call and ask him if he can give me the ride. "No problem" he says. Ok, I feel better now and went to bed early anticipating the trip the next day. Nope, No sleep for me, I think I dozed off for about an hour. Argghhh
Well, I wake up in time and head over to my Dad's house. Oops...he's running late. So we left about 8:45. We get to her house about 2ish. The title transfer/ licensing took about an hour, and we started heading back. I did a couple calculations in my head and said at this rate, we wouldm't be home until about 9pm. This is not good. College Cashier's office closes at 7:30pm. We pull over in the first rest stop and I tell my dad what's up and tell him I'm going to go ahead. He says "Be careful, watch out for cops". My dad is so cool. About 30 minutes away from the college, I was going through a construction zone and of all things, I got a flat tire. Later I found the puncture, not pretty. Anyway, I got to the college parking lot and sprinted to the cashier's office about 5 minutes before they closed.
After all that, I want to thank you all for reading this far.
I hope my story interested you.