lol o ya, now to the point, buy the 240 especially if your not in college, which I am assumin cuz its your first car.
Unless you are rich and your parents will buy you anything, in which I say get a brand new car, 4WD, but get something a little more reliable, buy the 240 and before doing heavy modding (i.e. KA-T, SR20, CA18 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/inlove.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='
'> ) make sure you are financially secure.
College isn't cheap and either are cars, and cars get more expensive if you were to ever get in an accident.
And umm if this is your first driving experience, and it snows in your area, and you plan on getting a 5-speed, then I suggest driving for a while in your parents car or something.