Why did you get a 240sx?

[KiLLeR2001]

Well, it was a simple game of "process of elimination" for me...

1. It had to be a Nissan.
2. It had to be a lightweight RWD car with exceptional handling.
3. It had to have an affordable price.

There's only one car that fits the bill. Period.

[98s14inaz]

I originally had a hardbody pick up truck and worked at a nissan dealership. My buddy who worked there with me had a z32. On truck day, when the used car inventory came in, this immaculate green s14 kouki rolled in and my buddy insisted I trade the truck and buy it. Long story short I am on my 3rd s14. These cars are so much fun and easy to work on.

[JRas]

I had enough money to get my first car and I decided to research stuff on google to decide what I wanted

I soon came up with something I really liked a 300zx saw a few of those in person almost actually bought one but the owner wanted too much so I left it

I got sick of trying to find a 300zx NA for a decent price and started looking at other things before I knew about the 240sx but I didn't care for them much, until I started to see more and more pictures of them

I soon fell in love and decided I wanted a 97-98 Kouki, but that dream also failed because people wanted more than what my budget allowed. I found a 97 moss green for 5.5k got the guy down to 5k! auto/clean title/ passenger airbag off / basically stock had a deal with the guy told him I'd come up to CA to pick it up ( live in arizona ) call the guy a day before to see where he wanted to meet and such and he tells me he sold the car :angry:

I decided fuck kouki there too dam expensive for the minimal difference between the zenki` started looking at those saw a few in person nothing in good condition that I would like to work off of. I found a 95/pearlwhite/120k/manual/slicktop very close to what I wanted year wise, color didn't have a problem with in AZ :P , 120k decent / manual YES! / slicktop FUCKYES!

the owner was asking $8,500! he was serious too... I told him I had no intentions of paying that much and to get back to be basically when he was asking something fair... he called back at 6k told him no, not worth it and out of my budget

bought it for 5.5k without the sportmax wheels

so in the end: my first car 95 / pearl white / 120k / manual / slicktop / tein coilovers / subframe spacers / nismo motor mounts and trans mount / rear upper arms / tein tension rods

still noob but hey, gota start somewhere

[S13Boosts]

Nissan>honda Nuf Said.. =)

[Sliders562]

well it would be a blessing if someone said "my mommy told me too" would be interesting

"I demand you get a 240sx" that would be the wierdest mom

[LongGrain]

Originally Posted by Sliders562

well it would be a blessing if someone said "my mommy told me too" would be interesting

"I demand you get a 240sx" that would be the wierdest mom

my dad (who doesnt know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to cars) told me that i only wanted a rwd car because they can do spinouts.

[Helghast]

Because Honda sucks.

[DALAZ_68]

3 reasons

1. had to sell my other (let go from work and needed money) and it was the first thing on my price range

2. wanted to try RWD compared ot my FWD

3. good gas mileage

[LongGrain]

the whole gas mileage thing confuses me. my 240 is in immaculate condition, 100k miles, perfect maintenance record, and has never even had a hiccup. but it still only gets 25-26mpg MAX with mixed highway/city driving. idk if i was just spoiled when i drove a civic, but i think thats pretty fuckin shitty gas mileage. i used to get 40mpg EASY with my 99 civic.

[DirtyS14]

I needed a force induced daily driver.

Something rwd.

[ALTRNTV]

I wanted something different than the "normal" cars teens got. I got my first s13 in 2003.

[ranger240]

back in 01 there was a mint burgundy dohc hatch parked while i was walking home from hs... it looked absolutely stunning and when i saw the rear pumpkin it got me extatic

right before junior year the parents said i need a car.. and scooped up a tan sohc hatch, layed a strip while trying to drive it not knowing how to drive stick and was sold. i wanted a grey dohc hatch and found one right after i bought mine for 3 grand.. same price w/15,000 less miles.. oo well

[614duece40]

wanted one after i saw drifting on grip video way back in the day.

[bardabe]

because a Twin Turbo Z32 was mucho expensive to insure, but i didn't want a Honda / Toyota and couldn't Find a GXS DSM.

[Antihero983]

four years ago it came time for me to buy a car i WANTED not NEEDED. i was sick of driving oldsmobiles (i had owned 6) and wanted something japanese and RWD. i had 1500 to spend. called about a 1988 supercharged MR2, a 1988 Supra Turbo, and a 1991 240sx hatch.

MR2-old lady bought it the day i was supposed to look at it
Supra-guy finally called me back the day after i bought the 240
240-idiot gangsta rice wannabe enrolled in the military, got sent to germany, couldnt let the car sit. painted the stock wing black, wired in a shit stereo system.

and i've had to play with it ever since. and now i have a rotted out Z to go with my semi rotted S. it never ends does it?

[bbejj123]

i got mine because i took a ride in my friends 240...and was currently looking for a car and he mentioned how it was pretty cheap. Large and cheap aftermarket parts. It also has power compared to the cars im used to driving... i previously had a 91 saturn slow i mean sl1...and a 75 bmw 2002 with stock everything

[MADE]

Because they didn't make Cefiro's(A31) or Laurels(35) in the U.S.

As stated before easy platform to mod, parts are everywhere and cheaper in the long run than a Z.

[norcal_black240]

Orginally I wanted a 97 GSX dsm but parents didnt like the whole turbo-charged vehicle idea since I was looking for my 1st car. So they said has to be no turbo/supercharger and has to be under 200 hp, has to be a 4 cylinder, has to be from orginal owner middle aged lady, under 70k miles, 95+ up, get over 25 mpg highway.

So pretty much my choices that I was interested at the time were GSR's, civic si's, and S14's. Ended up with my S14 after 3 months of looking. And after 5 years I still have my car and its been my only car.

[TSLegendary]

Loved nissan's from day one and needed to upgrade from a 1987 Nissan Sentra.Sporty,Fast,and Reliable what makes a Nissan a Nissan.Love the boxy design of the Coupe Silvia S13 Brick Headlights the most.Simply timeless.

[soreballz]

Heh. I bought my 240 because I needed a new car, and only had 1500 bucks to spend.
I didn't even want the damn 240, I wanted this 89 Celica AllTrac that was for sale in San Diego for dirt cheap, but it was sold before I had a chance to drive down there. The 240 was just there.. Available... Didn't want it because I thought it was ugly, and I didn't want people to think I was some Initial D drift fanboy douche.
But, it ran decently well, so I bought it. Hated it on the drive home, but fell in love with it as soon as I took it up to the mountains, and felt the glorious push of the rwd, rather than the fwd pull that I was so accustomed to.

The end.

[fliprayzin240sx]

Because it wasnt a fucking HONDA!!! I figured when I got into it, nobody really knew or paid attention to these cars back then (circa 99-00). Aftermarket support was close to non-existent, nobody really knew what it was, didnt have the problems that the honda crowd had (thief being the number one issue), plus it was cheap ($13.5K for a mint kouki S14 w/ 22K miles on it).

Oh wow the irony now...these would be the reason that would prevent me from getting back into an S-chassis when I get back stateside. Chassis are stupid expensive now, car theft all over the country, and stupid fanboy drama. The whole "do you have an SR swap?" or "is that a skyline/silvia?" or "Im going to install a skyline engine in one after I sell my civic" kinda gets old after 8 yrs.

[Vision Garage]

Im so glad i got my 240.

To be honest, that was probably the last car i was looking to get. I was looking for a decent turbo mr2 because i had one before. Then i was looking to get a 94 prelude but i decided not to because i couldnt get the japanese motor with the 220hp. Then i went looking for a 3000gt base. I wanted toe vr4 so bad but out of the price range.

Then i got my first 240 and never went back. Altho i still dream of owning a toyota celica gt4 all wheel drive!

[Flipzide]

Mine is a big mixture of influences...

My friend and I got into RCs back in middle school (2002). We started playing with Bit Char-g (mini RCs) and we found out about this pack with Initial D shell replicas. I got curious and found some Initial D episodes online and ended up downloading all available episodes. Got into it and fell in love with the "zomg dorifto in touge sideways with a corolla, cars that looked like integras (that was my first thought when i saw a silvia in episode 1), and omg go fast downhill".

Then before I got into High school, I heard about Drift Showoff (2003) and found out about d1, option videos, and started attending events as a spectator. One year later I got my license late sophomore year (mid 2004) I did some research and started looking for my first car between a 240sx, Miata, and a RX7.

Obviously, I with with the first choice (in late 2004) and started attending grassroots events last year (2007).

*I believe my timeline is correct give or take 1 year, hahahah. Yea yea, good stuff...

[Z33dori]

for some reason i can never remember when i started to like and want a 240

but i bought it b/c i love nIssan...and i <3 my S13

[orion::S14]

I was in the Nissan dealership in 1995, waiting for my brother's D21 to get out of the shop (oil change?)...and I picked up a 1995 240SX brochure, with this on the cover:



Knew I had to have it.

A little over a year later, I blew up my 1987 Integra (too many miles)...and found my S14 on a lot an hour away.

Test drove that, and a '96 GSR...but had to go with the 240SX.

Bought in in April of 1997, with ~20,000 miles on it. Had it ever since. Owned 8 or 9 others along the way....but I've always had my S14.

- Brian

[Unholy S14]

I got my first S13 about 5 years ago because i wanted to be different....didnt see any in my town.

thats not the case anymore lol

[Dirty Habit]

Consensus on the street:

So I could be a drifter.

....apparently.

Next person asking that question will be punched in the face.

[HyperTek]

in the early 90s, my dad's friend had a gold SOHC coupe, think it was XE, he had those 5spoke chrome block rims on it, was pretty clean back in the day, i would ride in the back when we used to go to the LA auto show etc.

In 97 my brother had a 93 SE, was the first car I ever drove on the street... he lived a few states away but we would talk on the phone and i used to read sport compact car when i was like 14-16 and was like "hey bro they got turbo kits for these cars". in 2000 my pops bought me a S13. Choose it becuase it wasnt very popular and was a nice alternative to the crowd of hondas. It was cool to be different in highschool... RWD? whats that? some douchbags where like "Oh its not a eclipse, but i guess its ok its your first car"

Didnt think a few years later it would become one of the hottest cars in the aftermarket industry.

Wish those people mentioned above where around to see how mine got built up, im sure they would have been impressed with the turn out of these cars. unfortinutly we all broke apart and lost contact.

Got rid of it becuase i just couldnt stand it, i built it up soo much, lacked the funds to show it or track it, at teh time and people around me i was getting the message that "240sx are to be tracked, otherwise your a poser".. and i was scared shitless about thieft so i got out. I loved driving it though.

Had a super mega rare benz after that, but i missed tuning soo much, so i got a FC now, so why am I still on zilvia? i dunno I got accustomed to it. hahah

Im stll in this shit job, hopefully I will get something better then i can afford to do shit with my car besides building em.

All the good times i had 2002-2005 where the greatest.. I was young, had connections to get parts from companies/shops, was around alot of tuner shops/cars.. Going to D1 and the old Drift Showoff events in 02-03 where cool becuase all the cars wherent extreme built like now.

[jrocslider]

my uncle had a white 93 SE hatch back in 96 and i would always ride around with him. idk why but i thought it was the baddest car ever (cause i was like 10 and looked up to my uncle). i moved from salinas to san antonio in 2001 and basically started saving up to buy my car because i knew that if i saved enough i might have one by the time i got my license. my dad saw how eager i was to get it and let me borrow the cash.

i bought a my first car in early 02 and i was like the happiest kid ever. it was a super clean elderly owned red 1992 hatch. i had to wait about a year to drive it though cause i was still too young. either way about 3 years later after graduation i wrecked it after a keg party and got 10 stitches on my head after the rear smashed into a tree. i ended getting a beat up black coupe that i later sold cause of it being shitty and i felt weird drivin a coupe. i've gone through two other hatches and now i'm on my 5th 240 and i'm happy with it. comfortable, reliable, clean daily driver that gets me to school.

so i guess you could say i got a 240 cause its the car i've always wanted since i was like 10,its affordable, parts are cheap, and looks good.

[cgtdream]

cause the previous owner treated the car like crap, and when he put it up for sale, i decided to jump on it and fix it up a bit.......