Does this sound like a fair deal?

[Buddah]

I have been searching for a 240SX in my area for quite some time, but havent had much luck. Recently I saw a '90 model for sale for $1700 w/ 157,000 miles on it and another '90 model in better condition with 124,457 miles for $3000. Both are 5 spd. as well. I was going for the $1700 one but it has already been sold but the $3000 one is still on the lot. should I spring for the 3000 dollar one? Is that a good deal seeing that im going to do the SR swap eventually? Its in great condition, but 3000 is a bit much for me, However I cant find one for sale in my area (im in Alabama) but see countless ones on the road .

any help/opinions on this will be greatly appreciated.

[Suislide]

well, if you surf the "classified" forums on some of the other 240SX forums on the internet, alot of people post their cars up for sale on there. sometimes, there might be a deal in your area. $3000 might be a LITTLE steep...but i'm not too sure what 124k miles is in KM, so i can't tell you for sure.

[ghostchild316]

Do what I did.Ask the 240sx owner if they are willing to sell the car

[Buddah]

I thought about asking owner's of the various 240's I see, but I dont know any of them personally. I'd probably freak them out by chasing them down on the highway or leaving little notes saying "hey man i wanna buy your car! call me at..." attached to thier car while they buy groceries or whatever .

I have checked 240sx.org's classifieds and some of the other sites for one even available around here but came up with nothing. Maybe I'll get lucky soon.

[ghostchild316]

I know what you mean,but the person I got my 240 from I didn't know either!

Just do whatever works



You could always pull them out of their car GTA style










JK...

[old_s13]

When buying a used car, I dont buy from the dealer.. EVER.

The most important think next to having a professional (or knowledgeable friend) eye-ball the car, is to make sure the car has had very few owners AND as many records as possible.

My car had 1 owner, it was a woman. She had the car maintained at the dealer, had ALL the service records since she purchased the car. I got a fully history of it through those service records, excellent thing to have. Plus, being a woman, she drove like a woman.. which means sure, little dents and stuff like that.. but mostly soft driving.

Now that the car has been in my hands, I have full records of what I've done and purchased.. but I've also taken apart everything and rebuilt it myself. So its been a great project car. If she ever saw the car today, I dont think she'd recognize it.

- Mike