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ONYX S-13 · 05-04-2004, 04:42 PM

Around one month

TachyonS14 · 05-08-2004, 03:07 AM

1997 Base 5spd for $4,800. Took me 7 months.

wingsnthangs · 01-04-2005, 05:25 PM

About two months of hard daily constant searching in newspapers, autotrader, recycler, and forums. In the last week of that 2-month period, I actively went out to see cars and test drive them. The last one I saw was the keeper.

w1ngzer0 · 01-04-2005, 07:38 PM

2 weeks, $900

Jessi · 01-05-2005, 12:51 AM

Not even a week. I was driving around and stopped at the used car dealership just to look at cars and I saw the 240SX sitting there. I fell in love with it right away, test drove it, and bought it. :P

driftyour40 · 01-19-2005, 04:17 PM

Found it in a few days took a month to get funded to buy. Then I bought it.

armand · 01-19-2005, 05:22 PM

took me one day, called a old friend of mine that owns a car lot to see if he could find one for me, he just happened to have one. a 90 model 5speed 160,000 miles perfect body and no rust. the price he wanted was 1,500 but he let me have it for 1,000. i went and picked it up as soon as i got off the phone with him.

nlzmo400r · 01-20-2005, 01:30 PM

took me about a year or so to finally find one for the right price/condition.

evrae205b · 01-21-2005, 10:04 AM

i jus asked everyone i saw driving around if they wanted to sell it and finally found one.

blackbeltx · 01-21-2005, 11:59 AM

After looking for a few months, a friend of mine followed some guy with an s14 home to offer to buy his car, and it turns out he had an s13 for sale. I got his number, drove it and bought it.

drewtoes · 02-22-2005, 11:37 AM

i been saerching for months now...man and i am still looking...hella sucks...people post their damn cars on craigslist but dont even return your e-mail or phone calls (punks!) i can understand that they migth have sold it but a reply would be nice.heh. o well...ill keep searching!

AlligatorBling · 02-27-2005, 07:50 AM

i never lost it

woody · 03-05-2005, 01:04 PM

I don't know what is with all you guys not being able to find 240s. Just this year, my friend got a fastback and coupe, I got a S13 coupe and S14, my friends 2 brothers got one each, my cousin came up on two, and my old roomate already went through three.

...then again, maybe it's us that's preventing you guys from getting yours. heh heh heh.

CMO · 03-05-2005, 01:39 PM

It took me a year and a half to find my s14 cause I didn't wanna buy just anything. Plus I already had 2 hondas at the time. The s13 that I just bought I saw it sitting at alot and asked how much they wanted for it. Found out it was cheap so I picked it up.

Irving18m · 03-10-2005, 01:24 PM

I wasnt looking to buy a car (I own 2 others right now) but I frequent craigslist.com and one bright day I went into the cars/trucks 4 sale section....and

I saw the 1990 s13 I own now (I previously owned a 91 240 when I was 16), posted for $1100. The couple was moving to England and I must have saw the post when she had just posted it cause I sent her the 1st email (she said she had over 50 emails) and she gave me a number to call her and she told me as long as I didnt mind waiting 3 weeks until they moved to England that it was mine. So the day before they left and as I patiently waiting I drove it home! Even talked them down to $1000!

infinitexsound · 03-14-2005, 11:35 PM

wanted one when i was 16 couldnt afford a s14, so i settled for a 86 celica gt-s"great car for dirt roads", then a HB, then a 91 integra, all suffered bad deaths.... now i got a 2feezy, so dont know how this one is gonna take it but yeah i love my car...so im gonna make it purty so u all can see by the end of the summer.....o0h yeah picked up a white 510 aka big brother.... might have to let it go.... who wants a complete 510 for dirtay cheap?

Saisoku · 03-25-2005, 09:03 AM

It took me over 2 years to find one.

I had an Idea of what I wanted in the car..Straight body, good paint, clean title under 2k. I ended up settling on a car with a good title, bad paint, straight body (except rust under the spoiler), bad water pump, only paid 500 bux for it

PureS-e-x · 03-25-2005, 07:12 PM

1st one? Didnt go looking for it, it found me....Pops bought it brand new in 88 (an 89) it was a hand me down when i got my license...Second one, about a week, had to drive 2 hours to pick it up, 3rd about a month 2 months ago.....=) But the third is a shell......And thats all i wanted....

DrtyRat · 03-26-2005, 07:43 AM

Took me about 4 months(got it last april)....believe it or not @the time I was just looking to get a good handling car and was not aware of the drifting craze. After searching and searching I found a 95' se with rims,blitz nur spec exhaust, and tokico shocks for 3000. The catch was that the car didn't run but only needed a new head(I was given another w/the car) after swapping out the head, which wasn't fun, I found out the engine was blown. Moral of the story take your time and be patient, especially if you don't know that much about cars to begin with.

MoK · 03-29-2005, 04:30 AM

Took only a month for my 97 s14, found in Richmond, CA. thanks to autotrader!

I saw six fastbacks in 15 minutes while standing next to a bus stop at SF state.

boosteds13 · 03-31-2005, 10:25 AM

Been looking since 2001. Found the EXACT car I wanted... black, HICAS hatch with NO RUST!

9524tee · 04-04-2005, 04:39 AM

i actually got lucky , and found , bought , and drove mine home within a 3 hour period . i went driving around town looking for a new car , and boom , there it was , pretty s14 sitting on the lot .

lucky7 · 04-04-2005, 12:34 PM

about 2 months. i drove 3 S13's here in michigan, the winter beating was apparent. got an email from the shop that works on my civic. 97 240 LE with 44,000 on it. no engine. perfect! for $9,000 i got the S14, RB25DET, tranny, ecu, wiring harness, Mckinney mounts and driveshaft, walbro fuel pump, and custom radiator. this was about 2.5 weeks ago. i cant wait to drive it with the RB.

Ritz S14 · 04-04-2005, 05:41 PM

my 240 found me.

zfinger · 04-14-2005, 09:39 AM

I found mine on the side of the road. I was doing the used car lot sweep because I hated my KIA, and I didnt even know what a 240sx was. It had rims and a graphic and I was a ricer, so we were a perfect match. I had the $2500 cash to pay for it so I bought it the next day(and peeled the graphic). Then I was bit by the sports car bug and here I am now. I'd say I found mine in an afternoon.

bcrume · 04-14-2005, 11:56 AM

It took me a year and a half to find a 91-93 coupe with no sunroof. Hatchbacks are all over in cali but the coupes are much more rare. ended up with a 93' perfect body and interior but had a blown motor.

s14kouki416 · 04-14-2005, 01:10 PM

took me 6 months for my 97 SE 5spd

bj180sx · 04-19-2005, 06:40 PM

First one was given to me. Second one took me about 10 minutes. Third one took about 2 years.

Chuvak · 06-06-2005, 11:52 AM

Still looking. It has been over 5 months now. I bought a honda civic HB 4 months ago to get by with something and keep looking. I recently sold the HB and still looking. I found a few but everytime I go to look for them or call them up. "Sorry, it sold today" Damn!!! I did find another a '89 FB out in the country, he wants $1200 but seems like it has engine problems w/ 192k miles on it, and rust under spoiler. other than that its clean, so I dont know I am thinking hard on that one, all I know it could be gone already lol :hammer:

zenki240sx · 06-10-2005, 07:45 PM

i wasnt even looking for a 240. my dad loves cars, and one day we were driving and saw a 90 fastback and ended up bying it. =]

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05-08-2004, 03:07 AM	#32
TachyonS14 Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: SoCal Posts: 191 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	1997 Base 5spd for $4,800. Took me 7 months. __________________ 1997 240sx 5spd

01-20-2005, 01:30 PM	#38
nlzmo400r Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 1,248 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	took me about a year or so to finally find one for the right price/condition. __________________ 'my drinking team has a racing problem' [email protected] - gt32 .6bar

01-21-2005, 11:59 AM	#40
blackbeltx Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 12 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	After looking for a few months, a friend of mine followed some guy with an s14 home to offer to buy his car, and it turns out he had an s13 for sale. I got his number, drove it and bought it. __________________

03-14-2005, 11:35 PM	#46
infinitexsound Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INtraweb Age: 39 Posts: 3,522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	wanted one when i was 16 couldnt afford a s14, so i settled for a 86 celica gt-s"great car for dirt roads", then a HB, then a 91 integra, all suffered bad deaths.... now i got a 2feezy, so dont know how this one is gonna take it but yeah i love my car...so im gonna make it purty so u all can see by the end of the summer.....o0h yeah picked up a white 510 aka big brother.... might have to let it go.... who wants a complete 510 for dirtay cheap? __________________ S14 TrackSlut coming to a raceway near you... 510 TimeAttack on its way...

05-04-2004, 04:42 PM	#31
ONYX S-13 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Laguna Niguel (O.C.) Posts: 1,301 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Around one month

01-04-2005, 05:25 PM	#33
wingsnthangs Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Southern CA Posts: 577 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	About two months of hard daily constant searching in newspapers, autotrader, recycler, and forums. In the last week of that 2-month period, I actively went out to see cars and test drive them. The last one I saw was the keeper.

01-04-2005, 07:38 PM	#34
w1ngzer0 Zilvia Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tucson,AZ Posts: 178 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	2 weeks, $900

01-05-2005, 12:51 AM	#35
Jessi Leaky Injector Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Arizona Age: 37 Posts: 124 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Not even a week. I was driving around and stopped at the used car dealership just to look at cars and I saw the 240SX sitting there. I fell in love with it right away, test drove it, and bought it. :P

01-19-2005, 04:17 PM	#36
driftyour40 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: SoCal Age: 39 Posts: 644 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	Found it in a few days took a month to get funded to buy. Then I bought it.

01-19-2005, 05:22 PM	#37
armand Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: barbourville kentucky Age: 44 Posts: 262 Trader Rating: (8) Rides Gallery: armand Feedback Score: 8 reviews	took me one day, called a old friend of mine that owns a car lot to see if he could find one for me, he just happened to have one. a 90 model 5speed 160,000 miles perfect body and no rust. the price he wanted was 1,500 but he let me have it for 1,000. i went and picked it up as soon as i got off the phone with him.

01-21-2005, 10:04 AM	#39
evrae205b Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: birmingham AL Age: 40 Posts: 165 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i jus asked everyone i saw driving around if they wanted to sell it and finally found one.

02-22-2005, 11:37 AM	#41
drewtoes Leaky Injector Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: useless userville Age: 38 Posts: 59 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i been saerching for months now...man and i am still looking...hella sucks...people post their damn cars on craigslist but dont even return your e-mail or phone calls (punks!) i can understand that they migth have sold it but a reply would be nice.heh. o well...ill keep searching!

02-27-2005, 07:50 AM	#42
AlligatorBling BANNED Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Virgina Age: 39 Posts: 856 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i never lost it

03-05-2005, 01:04 PM	#43
woody Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: sacramento Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I don't know what is with all you guys not being able to find 240s. Just this year, my friend got a fastback and coupe, I got a S13 coupe and S14, my friends 2 brothers got one each, my cousin came up on two, and my old roomate already went through three. ...then again, maybe it's us that's preventing you guys from getting yours. heh heh heh.

03-05-2005, 01:39 PM	#44
CMO Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: GA Age: 46 Posts: 77 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It took me a year and a half to find my s14 cause I didn't wanna buy just anything. Plus I already had 2 hondas at the time. The s13 that I just bought I saw it sitting at alot and asked how much they wanted for it. Found out it was cheap so I picked it up.

03-10-2005, 01:24 PM	#45
Irving18m Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Age: 36 Posts: 108 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I wasnt looking to buy a car (I own 2 others right now) but I frequent craigslist.com and one bright day I went into the cars/trucks 4 sale section....and I saw the 1990 s13 I own now (I previously owned a 91 240 when I was 16), posted for $1100. The couple was moving to England and I must have saw the post when she had just posted it cause I sent her the 1st email (she said she had over 50 emails) and she gave me a number to call her and she told me as long as I didnt mind waiting 3 weeks until they moved to England that it was mine. So the day before they left and as I patiently waiting I drove it home! Even talked them down to $1000!

03-25-2005, 09:03 AM	#47
Saisoku Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: North Carolina Age: 43 Posts: 101 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It took me over 2 years to find one. I had an Idea of what I wanted in the car..Straight body, good paint, clean title under 2k. I ended up settling on a car with a good title, bad paint, straight body (except rust under the spoiler), bad water pump, only paid 500 bux for it

03-25-2005, 07:12 PM	#48
PureS-e-x Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Posts: 42 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	1st one? Didnt go looking for it, it found me....Pops bought it brand new in 88 (an 89) it was a hand me down when i got my license...Second one, about a week, had to drive 2 hours to pick it up, 3rd about a month 2 months ago.....=) But the third is a shell......And thats all i wanted....

03-26-2005, 07:43 AM	#49
DrtyRat Nissanaholic! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Miami,Fl Posts: 1,747 Trader Rating: (9) Feedback Score: 9 reviews	Took me about 4 months(got it last april)....believe it or not @the time I was just looking to get a good handling car and was not aware of the drifting craze. After searching and searching I found a 95' se with rims,blitz nur spec exhaust, and tokico shocks for 3000. The catch was that the car didn't run but only needed a new head(I was given another w/the car) after swapping out the head, which wasn't fun, I found out the engine was blown. Moral of the story take your time and be patient, especially if you don't know that much about cars to begin with.

03-29-2005, 04:30 AM	#50
MoK BANNED Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: 91MF6 Age: 35 Posts: 135 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Took only a month for my 97 s14, found in Richmond, CA. thanks to autotrader! I saw six fastbacks in 15 minutes while standing next to a bus stop at SF state.

03-31-2005, 10:25 AM	#51
boosteds13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Port Orange, FL Posts: 623 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: boosteds13 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Been looking since 2001. Found the EXACT car I wanted... black, HICAS hatch with NO RUST! __________________ "A CA? WTF is that? You shoulda got an SR yo." View my vBPicGallery!

04-04-2005, 04:39 AM	#52
9524tee Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lexington KY Posts: 545 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i actually got lucky , and found , bought , and drove mine home within a 3 hour period . i went driving around town looking for a new car , and boom , there it was , pretty s14 sitting on the lot .

04-04-2005, 12:34 PM	#53
lucky7 Post Whore! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Oakland (OT) Michigan Age: 36 Posts: 3,353 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: lucky7 Feedback Score: 0 reviews	about 2 months. i drove 3 S13's here in michigan, the winter beating was apparent. got an email from the shop that works on my civic. 97 240 LE with 44,000 on it. no engine. perfect! for $9,000 i got the S14, RB25DET, tranny, ecu, wiring harness, Mckinney mounts and driveshaft, walbro fuel pump, and custom radiator. this was about 2.5 weeks ago. i cant wait to drive it with the RB.

04-04-2005, 05:41 PM	#54
Ritz S14 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: C A L I F O R N I A Age: 39 Posts: 3,586 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	my 240 found me.

04-14-2005, 09:39 AM	#55
zfinger Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Maine Age: 35 Posts: 50 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I found mine on the side of the road. I was doing the used car lot sweep because I hated my KIA, and I didnt even know what a 240sx was. It had rims and a graphic and I was a ricer, so we were a perfect match. I had the $2500 cash to pay for it so I bought it the next day(and peeled the graphic). Then I was bit by the sports car bug and here I am now. I'd say I found mine in an afternoon.

04-14-2005, 11:56 AM	#56
bcrume Zilvia Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 177 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	It took me a year and a half to find a 91-93 coupe with no sunroof. Hatchbacks are all over in cali but the coupes are much more rare. ended up with a 93' perfect body and interior but had a blown motor.

04-14-2005, 01:10 PM	#57
s14kouki416 Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Age: 35 Posts: 181 Trader Rating: (7) Feedback Score: 7 reviews	took me 6 months for my 97 SE 5spd

04-19-2005, 06:40 PM	#58
bj180sx Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Arkansas Age: 45 Posts: 22 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: bj180sx Feedback Score: 0 reviews	First one was given to me. Second one took me about 10 minutes. Third one took about 2 years.

06-06-2005, 11:52 AM	#59
Chuvak Join Date: May 2005 Location: Topeka, KS Posts: 16 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Still looking. It has been over 5 months now. I bought a honda civic HB 4 months ago to get by with something and keep looking. I recently sold the HB and still looking. I found a few but everytime I go to look for them or call them up. "Sorry, it sold today" Damn!!! I did find another a '89 FB out in the country, he wants $1200 but seems like it has engine problems w/ 192k miles on it, and rust under spoiler. other than that its clean, so I dont know I am thinking hard on that one, all I know it could be gone already lol :hammer:

06-10-2005, 07:45 PM	#60
zenki240sx Zilvia Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: LA Age: 31 Posts: 175 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	i wasnt even looking for a 240. my dad loves cars, and one day we were driving and saw a 90 fastback and ended up bying it. =]

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