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Old 10-22-2004, 01:38 PM   #1
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$10k for an S14?! :omgwtf:

So I was looking on autotrader today and I saw several stock zenki S14s (both SE and base, some AT too!!) for at least $9k...I also saw a few S13's with 150k+ miles starting around $6k. Keep in mind these cars are practically stock. Now, are people actually paying these prices...or are these just morons that will eventually decrease their price when they realize they won't sell. Because....if people are really paying that much for them...consider my car for sale.

I even saw a automatic 98 for $19k..

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It's what the bandwagon does to the market....
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Old 10-22-2004, 02:17 PM   #3
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id say, a good s13 is worth at least 6k. s14 with low miles, like 150k, minimum 10k. thats cheap too.
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id say, a good s13 is worth at least 6k. s14 with low miles, like 150k, minimum 10k. thats cheap too.
u gotta be kidding me! 10k 4 a 10 year old car w/ 150k on the clock, thats a joke.

6k an 11+ year old car thats even a bigger laugh. There is nothing extremely special about a stock 240sx its a RWD econo box! Don't get me wrong I love my 14 year old econo box, but there is no way in hell I would pay 6k for one in stock form.

If you paid this much for one I give the guy that sold it to you a lot of credit he must no how to sell!
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Market driven prices. These kids are coming out with their parents money and will pay whatever it takes to get into a 240, sellers know this and take full advantage of it. I'd do the same thing if I had one to sale.
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id say, a good s13 is worth at least 6k. s14 with low miles, like 150k, minimum 10k. thats cheap too.

u keep thinking that....


hey maybe in 5 years the value of 240s will increase x3!!!!! YEAAA thats how the auto market works these days right???
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But what about us that cant afford that LOLOLOLOLOLOL. I'd say the people who cant afford it know more than the people who can lol
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wow.

i hope this is true. not that i don't like my car, but for that money i would sell my s14 in a heartbeat and get a rx7 turbo II and do some work to it.
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Old 10-22-2004, 04:30 PM   #9
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wow.

i hope this is true. not that i don't like my car, but for that money i would sell my s14 in a heartbeat and get a rx7 turbo II and do some work to it.
TTZ and E36 3-Series are also possiblities.
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Maybe not outside of California but clean and lightly modified AE86s are going for a good 7-10K. Consider how old that car is.

I'd say those prices are just bloated in your region. Prices for 240sx are still relatively low over here.
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god who knows what i could get for my baby then. maybe i should start thinking about it?
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I just got an S13 a month ago for 2000 with 100,000 miles....after passing up (ie, getting sold before I could see it) a '98 S14 with 80k miles for 6,900. Ohio. Rawr.
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When you trade your Sil Eighty for a Nice Lexus Es300 You know something is wrong LMAO! I can sell this Lexus I got for way more then what i would have got for my 240 haha now I want Zenki or sumthing from the motherland lets make it happend
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Old 10-22-2004, 04:18 PM   #14
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i'm seeing s14s going for 14k its not that rare, for some reason i believe 240sx's cost more in citys like san diego, and los angeles compared to the mid-west.
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Well that is true. When I put my car up for sale on other forums I had so many people from Cali calling me it was insane. LOL
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Yea lol, San diego/san jose/LA all those are freaking rice factory dude. Like every 10 car there must be at least 1 have body kit and the other 5 have minor thing such as rims, etc. It ain't even funny dude.
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people that post on autotrader....usually don't get the asking price....but the do get what they REALLY want for the car. Anyways....the pricing is all road by the demand for these cars and the limit supply out there. I'm glad these cars are not cheap and easy to mod compared to other cars.
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damn bro, 19K for an 98, LOL, i've had my 97 for sale for like a month and not a single person wants to even look at it because it's "so expensive" and i've been only asking 5500 for it, sigh, i wish i lived on cali.
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man, id pay 20k for a 95 if it was clean enough. and if i found a good condition s13 for 10k, id have no problem paying that, in fact, i think ill buy a couple right now, and maybe ill buy a new airplane, and some gold.
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man, id pay 20k for a 95 if it was clean enough. and if i found a good condition s13 for 10k, id have no problem paying that, in fact, i think ill buy a couple right now, and maybe ill buy a new airplane, and some gold.

why on earth would you pay 70% of the original sticker price for a car that doesn't even compare to some of the cars you could get today for that price. :cough: E36M3SupraFD300ZXhalfofanElise...:cough:
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damn bro, 19K for an 98, LOL, i've had my 97 for sale for like a month and not a single person wants to even look at it because it's "so expensive" and i've been only asking 5500 for it, sigh, i wish i lived on cali.

wow if ilived near you i wouldv bought ur car, but also i have no money but i wouldv went to the bank to borrow money for that price. and 19k on some 98 now? i thought i payed way too much, i payed 7500 last year for my s14 with 80k.
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i went to see how much 240s are costing in my area and look what i found http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...or=&cardist=45
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i went to see how much 240s are costing in my area and look what i found http://autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ca...or=&cardist=45


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i just found a maintained, nice looking car for sale for $10,000 obo with a lot of goodies laying left and right

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/car/46258537.html
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i just found a maintained, nice looking car for sale for $10,000 obo with a lot of goodies laying left and right

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/car/46258537.html
Ya, but that's the type of car an enthusiast would not want. Anytime you get into a car that's already modded and driven you're getting into problems, since you can't know it's real history. For example a car with I/H/E on it has been flogged to hell and back, no matter what the owner says. You're buying a possible nightmare with something like that.

These cars on Ebay with SRs already in them are the worst, you're buying a 15yr car with a questionable condition motor installed by some backwoods moron that still sits on OE brakes and suspension. And these kids are paying out the ass for them only to have chit break left and right because it's just worn out.

Sad.
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These cars on Ebay with SRs already in them are the worst, you're buying a 15yr car with a questionable condition motor installed by some backwoods moron that still sits on OE brakes and suspension. And these kids are paying out the ass for them only to have chit break left and right because it's just worn out.
quote of the year.

edit : oops... this is aznpoopy. forgot i was on someone's name.
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Ya, but that's the type of car an enthusiast would not want. Anytime you get into a car that's already modded and driven you're getting into problems, since you can't know it's real history. For example a car with I/H/E on it has been flogged to hell and back, no matter what the owner says. You're buying a possible nightmare with something like that.

These cars on Ebay with SRs already in them are the worst, you're buying a 15yr car with a questionable condition motor installed by some backwoods moron that still sits on OE brakes and suspension. And these kids are paying out the ass for them only to have chit break left and right because it's just worn out.

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I would never buy a car with aftermarket on it. And some people forget, no one gives a shit how much money you dumped into the car, you ain't gonna get reimbursed for that by asking for a high price. Unless, of course, it's too a person who doesn't know any better and just wants one to have one. In that case, my S13 is up for sale starting at 7k.
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Kelly Blue Book on the 97/98's are pretty high....the S14's were never econobox type cars....the high price of them was what killed them.

I like the exterior on hatchbacks, but the basic interior had be going to the S14's. It's a very high quality setup. Everything is well engineered, high quality and easy to work with (except the PCV valve)....hardly 'econobox'.

When I bought my 98, I was looking for a under 75k Kouki, white with a 5 spd. SE or LE only....I had $15k to spend and couldn't find one for several months...then found one 3 hours away with 68k, white, 5spd, SE that was in good shape with only a little bit of maintenance needed, $8,800.

My final car choice was 944 Turbo/Turbo S or the 240SX and later add the 'needed' turbo to it. I am happy I chose the 240SX....my kouki I haven't seen yet (only one white 240sx I have seen in 6 months and it was a zenki, and a few green zenkis)....however I see a 944 at least twice a week (beaters mostly).

Once turbocharged I think this is one of the best cars in the $15k-20k range cash can buy and compares to cars up to $40k...maybe $60k. New cars in the $15k-20k range are extremely lacking. Plus the exclusiveness of the kouki is nice.

Another added benefit is the 240/silvia as a whole aren't a bunch of assholes. There are a lot of car makes whose 'forums' are nothing but bragging/bashing/flamefests....I had a Saturn as a temporary college 'round two' car....I learned a lot from playing with it with cheap mods. The forums in the saturn community are filled with morons and those that just bash the car yet continue to pour money into it and then claim they could be driving a 'S2000/IS300/WRX/EVO/ETC', but they don't see the value in such a high car payment.

I am hooked on this car.
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Look at the price of a Supra after FnF, its still the same.... Give it another year and S13s will be one hell of an investment, especially with this WDC thing.
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