What could be worse

[Ace$nyper]

IF it hurts when you pee also then it could be worse

[Miata Master]

americanclassifieds.com is where I found mine it is the only place that I could find one with a crapped out engine my RB25 should be here next week. but ya keep looking and when you find one jump on it I was lucky got mine for $300 89 A/t HB. with one ok size dent passenger rear. so good luck remember you can always change out trans, through in a diff drop in power windows or take them out and save 8 pounds.

[Chuki_breath]

lol yea i guess i got lucky to get my 240...my parents bought it back in 92 i was 7 years old (used to be the family ride whahahahahaha), when i turned 16 they said here ya go....i was like wow im lucky and istantly took of the wing my dad had on it and proceeded to wash her. Only prob is its an auto....damn parents cant drive sticks!!! so i am looking for another one at the moment also.

[Miata Master]

just drive the engine to the ground and do an auto to manual with a sr or RB conversion.

[Broke_as_****]

Well you could sell it so someone else who wants an automatic can enjoy it or just do the swap and not screw up an engine that doesn't have to get screwed up so someone getting into low level racing or just looking for a lower mileage engine so they can keep another 240SX out on the road instead of in a junkyard rotting can get a KA24 for cheap.

But maybe thats me.

[rpgmage_86]

Thanks for the suggestions, but I must sum it up a little better here. Last time I checked, which was probably Saturday, www.autotrader.com provided me with a whopping 3 240s within 100 or so miles of me. I knew that one was an old link that had already got sold, and the other two were automatic or had over at least 130000. cars.com doesn't find ANY 240s within 100 miles. It has to be relatively close because dad HAS TO look at it with me before I buy it, seeing as he holds half of my car buying money. To make things worse, he's a chevy man, meaning he's not too into imports in the first place, much less my stories about engine/transmission swaps. And for that matter, I want somehthing with low miles so that I know it hasn't been run the hell out. And it generally should be stock so that I know some ricer hasn't already "pimped" it out. Grr, I can't stand that, that'll probably be my next "sometimes the world sucks" column. Anyway, that's what i'm up against.

[SHO411]

Try auto-trader.com

[AWDSR20]

TRy driving to where there selling it (with a friend), buy it...and drive it home.... that always works..

[Chuki_breath]

uhh his dad has the money so he couldnt do that.......anyways dude these cars are old, pretty much all of them are going to have a good amount of miles on them.....maybe a newer s14 will have low miles but i dont know how much money you have and i doubt you'll find one.

[rpgmage_86]

Well, while I would love to have a project vehicle, and I really don't think sinking tons of money into a fwd considering all of the performance disadvantages, I am in college and, as such, am restricted on the amount of money I can spend at all. So, *gasp*, I may just have to buy a car to get me through college! A fwd! *pauses a moment to throw up* Phew, okay. But if I do take this route, you can bet your bottom dollar that there'll be an even more awesome project car awaiting me when I can afford something really worth putting some money into that doesn't require a lot of initial maintenance work. Anyways, thanks for the suggestions, and we'll see what happens.