$10k for an S14?! :omgwtf:

[KiDyNomiTe]

Originally Posted by thelinja

WDC?
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World Drift Championship by Primedia (Import Tuner, SCC, Turbo etc...) Just trying to compete with Formula D.


http://cars.ign.com/articles/557/557...html?fromint=1

http://www.thewdc.net/

[XxJaPxOxNeEs23xX]

Originally Posted by C.

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.

[fastbacchris]

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

[thelinja]

drifting......


drunk.....that' right bitches....

ibbanned

[XxJaPxOxNeEs23xX]

Originally Posted by fastbacchris

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

hahahahah.

[psychedelicbeats]

Originally Posted by R240NA

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.

i am the owner.

[seksi240]

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.

[alkemyst]

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.

[Journer]

i doubt i could get 8k for my sr powered and lightly tuned s14 kouki ...man...alabama sucks, lol

[silvarshooter]

I got my 95 s14 se for $6000, two years ago. The blue book then for an se with more than 100k(mine was 112K) miles was like 5000 something. I paid a little more than the cars worth, because of availability. Anyone who would pay 10k for a zenki is an idiot!

[kay_arsen]

i got my s14 for 10 grand

whats the big deal in canada the prices for s14's are 6 grand and up depending on condition

[tew photy]

isn't canadien dollars worth a lot less than american dollars though?

[fliprayzin240sx]

Shiet i bought mine for $13.5 back in 2000 off a dealer in Tampa. 23k miles, red, driven by a lady *i know cuz for the longest, everytime my rear windown would fog up, it says Mary Kate on it* and the fact that the clutch went out round 42k. 2 years later, the whole SR20det thing came about and hit the mainstream with the whole drift thing and thanks to Fast and the Furious for trying to stick a SR20 into an integra. Iono...its scary how much demand there is for S-chassis now a days. Its starting to be a regular occurance of somebody getting jacked in the forums. Yes its the new civic....*so sad*

[silvarshootin]

I'm not sure about the rest of the country, but on auto trader there are plenty of reasonably priced s13s and s14s in texas. There are even a couple with sr swaps for less than 10K.

[sykikchimp]

simply supply vs. demand economics. Demand increases without supply increasing = higher prices. Even if the demand is artificially inflated by media.

[DriftDragon28]

omg thats insane. I cant beleive that people are paying that much for a car. Id never pay that much. I paid 1000 for my 91 coupe. and it came with all the bells and whistles minus sunroof, HICAS, and AC. its a sports car. Oh and I got the silvia face for FREE a VLSD and lowered it for cheap. toatl investment of around 3k and I can sell it for close double that cuz of the TIET JDM front end yo. lol. stupid kids these days.

[urbanimpakt]

FYI you might want a cup of coffe to read this.....

Originally Posted by alkemyst

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'.

I said econobox because of the fact that the other cars during that era (Im now specifically talking about 95-98) that are going for approx 10k have much more to them. Dont get me wrong the 240's had a lot to them w/ all the power options, sunroof, abs, vlsd, etc. But there were plenty of other cars that were coming out that time that had all that stuff (even tho most were FWD). To me tho there was nothing new or revolutionary about them.

Simple idea, Simple, Simple RWD car (im prolly gonna get bashed 4 that statement) in a sense. But thats what drew me to the 240's, its a platform you can build on. But thats what drew me to the 240's, its a platform you can build on. The s14 is considered one of the best drift cars because of its wheelbase and weight displacement. The s13 is up there IMO, and both can be tuned to for autoX. But because they never came w/ more driver enthus. options you haven't seen many in the race car scene until the drift seen hit the shores, or atleast I havent.

Its not an MR2 w/ one of the best suspesions of its time Its not a DSM, turbo AWD. Its not a Audi your luxury sports car. I've seen a 91 MR2 go for the same as a 91 240, a 98 240sx for as much as a GSX (same year), and a 96 240 go for as much as an audi a4 (same year). 6k is to much for a stock s13 and 10k is to much for a stock s14 (even a low mileage 98 is questionable).

[TachyonS14]

I got my Kouki for $4,800 in San Diego almost 2 years ago. I got really lucky on that one. I bet I could easily sell it for 8k+ here in cali.

[initial s14]

ive got my 97 white kouki s14 for only 8k with only 42,000 miles with brand spanking new performance.. a year before drifting became mainstream.. now thats a deal ! whoo hoo !

[alkemyst]

Kouki is just the 97/98...base / automatics and automatics in general are usually always cheap. Not saying that's what you have, but the last time someone told me they got their 98 Kouki for only $3k with 40k something on it (not a bad deal nonetheless) vs mine with 70k for $8800, they left out their's had a fender bash, auto, base, and wasn't very clean inside.

[Red]

I paid 10k from a dealer 3-4 years ago for my 1995 240sx se... (I had to have them find one for me which took 3 months.)

I have looked at many new cars and other used cars around 20k and I'm very happy with my 240sx...

[lilredstiffy]

Originally Posted by DriftDragon28

omg thats insane. I cant beleive that people are paying that much for a car. Id never pay that much. I paid 1000 for my 91 coupe. and it came with all the bells and whistles minus sunroof, HICAS, and AC. its a sports car. Oh and I got the silvia face for FREE a VLSD and lowered it for cheap. toatl investment of around 3k and I can sell it for close double that cuz of the TIET JDM front end yo. lol. stupid kids these days.

Does it make you feel good to brag on the internet about buying a 13 year old car that cost you $1000? You do know most new cars are in the neighborhood of 20k-30k?

Get over it, people will pay what the car is worth to them. No reason for you to laugh at them...

[PooPoo240]

it's all based on Supply and Demand we have something that is difficult to find or that everyone wants, than the buyer can get whatever he wants for it...