the demise of the 240

dekand · #1 11-27-2003, 10:32 PM

does anyone else feel that nagging feeling that slowly builds with every new member to join the boards and post the next: ....

"hey my friend said the you can put a sr20 in a 240 and make it spank civics, im selling mine so i can do this yo i got a shop that can do the entire swap for a few grand that my dads gonna give me!"

... post?

I hate to think it but i feel our beloved cars are going to get riced ...

If you have the means, buy any 240sx you can find and only sell it to someone who truely deserves it k? lol

I mean its cool that they are getting popular, but i just wish people would do research and figure out if a 240 is really what they want, and not just get one so they can put a 10 ft wing on it and "drift" into a wall

ShinRekka · #2 11-27-2003, 10:43 PM

i see them all the time now,

publicenemy137 · #3 11-27-2003, 11:27 PM

i also see a lot of threads just like this... Also gets old

Suislide · #4 11-27-2003, 11:28 PM

i'll say what i've always said:

i don't care. i've loved the car for so long now and taken so much time to learn about it and spent so much time pining after one that i'm not going to let a bunch of newbies or a bit of media (over) exposure ruin my goals. i'm still going to get my 240 hatch, i'm still going to SR20 it, and i'm still going to use it for drift. that's just because i love the car and i'm doing it for me. i don't care if anyone else thinks i'm a poser or a pack-follower, because i'm not doing it to please anyone except for me.

the end.

ghostchild316 · #5 11-27-2003, 11:50 PM

thelinja · #6 11-27-2003, 11:50 PM

who gives a fuck, my car won't be riced, it's their car, get over it

dekand · #7 11-27-2003, 11:59 PM

lol iketani, you have over 4,000 posts i definitly wouldn't consider you a bandwagone jumper

and all im saying is it will be sad to see the little 240's we have available being bought up and riced out ... i could give 2 shits what someone does with their car

Fliquer · #8 11-28-2003, 12:00 AM

I really dont have any loyatly to the 240sx. Frankly, if they made a cheap RWD toyota or honda I would get that instead (if I didnt need a decent daily driver, I wouldn't hesitate to trade it for a AE86 hatch or miata).

Lets be honest, its not the car its the driver. I dont have respect for anyone until I see what they do with their cars. The Civic EX driver who goes to auto-x is going to get more respect from me than the 240sx driver who has never been.

Plus, for every hardcore drifter or purist 240sx owner there are ALREADY 10 ricers out there trying to invent altezzas for the hatchback. The car has already lost any "enthusiast" credibility it had over the hondas.

dekand · #9 11-28-2003, 12:02 AM

lol

Mr7 · #10 11-28-2003, 12:59 AM

Trust..me the stigma a car slowly gets will eventually bother you, I had upuntill a few days ago a civc that I had for a whileeeee (some old guy crashed into it), no body mods just a clean simple black ex, only shit that wasnt stock was engine stuff and a little bit of stereo stuff because the stock stuff just kinda sucked. I was driving up to the movies one day with my girl and some dude yelled "ricer fagget", I stoped the car in the middle of the road jumped out and in his face and proceeded to ...I dont know vent till he realised the error of his ways hoping he would give me a reason to hit him, I didnt think the stigma bothered me either till that day.

But I need a new daily driver and I was going to get a 240sx anyway...sure it wasnt gonna be my daily driver, I dont drift I dont claim to, I dont want to, but..hey....I like the car.

TheLogikal1 · #11 11-29-2003, 01:59 AM

fuck them,those kinda people annoy me, but the way i think is....

eventualy there aint gonna be many more 240sx'es and hopefully (i know its twisted,) all the fake wannabe driftkings total their 240s. LoL, yeah im pretty messed in the head.

not that i want people to die, i just want the s chassis to fade away.

RalphCare · #12 11-29-2003, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by S13_Iketani

i'll say what i've always said:

i don't care. i've loved the car for so long now and taken so much time to learn about it and spent so much time pining after one that i'm not going to let a bunch of newbies or a bit of media (over) exposure ruin my goals. i'm still going to get my 240 hatch, i'm still going to SR20 it, and i'm still going to use it for drift. that's just because i love the car and i'm doing it for me. i don't care if anyone else thinks i'm a poser or a pack-follower, because i'm not doing it to please anyone except for me.

the end.

i totally agree with everything brian just said.

pretty much 99% of it.

but u forgot to mention 1 thing.

popularity = price jump.

thats all that bothers me. end of story.

klohiq · #13 11-29-2003, 10:23 AM

The only thing that gives me much hope for the future is that the availabity of clear tails for the s13 or s14 is very rare right now. I'm sure it would be easy enough for people to do...but they must understand that 240s don't deserve that and that's why there aren't any (that I've seen or heard about...). That and what's becoming only that give me a slight hope that they all won't be riced to the junkyard.

Fliquer · #14 11-29-2003, 10:55 AM

^Too bad there already are altezza lights for the S14 AND s13 coupe.

Mr7 · #15 11-29-2003, 11:32 AM

Maby...if enough of them come here, they will read the topic and realise rice is a bad thing and not to do it to there poor cars. Probably not but I cant hope.

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