1990 Nissan 240SX w/ 90K miles????

[milehigh]

Any thoughts or opinions...I'm thinking of picking one of these up.

 

[DesignDawg]

Nice. I'd do it if I had the dough (depends on the price though)

Ricky
DesignDawg

 

[milehigh]

I think I can pick it up for $3400. I'm tempted!!

 

[thedarkwolf]

90k for a 11 year old car isn't much as long as it wasn't driven by a 16-18 year old for most of those miles.

 

[atom]

3-4k for that car is nice considering the low mileage for it's age. Personally, I'd look for a 1991 or higher if possible, that's when it first came with the DOHC engine. Almost the same horsepower and torque, but subtle differences in the engine and gearing make the 1991 and above cars better performers. Every little bit helps.

 

[OS]

That's a decent deal, considering the mileage is relatively low and assuming the car is in good condition all around. And make sure it wasn't driven by some teenage kid.

 

[PattySmear]

can you say rollback

 

[thedarkwolf]

I would check things like the brake pedal for wear but I would probably believe 90k on it. Some people don't drive 30k miles a year, I only drive about 5k-6k. I can't remember what a 240sx looks like but I am sure its a small sporty car so probably wouldn't be used on many long distance trips. Also being a small sporty car might not have been driven much in the winter.

 

[extra]

mmm, nice torquey (sp?) engine, not that fast though...(cuzz of weight isn't it? i admit i don't know alot about them, but isn't their engine derived from a small 4 cylinder truck engine?)

 

[thedarkwolf]

If its souped up version of the 2.4l thats in my 93 nissian truck its probably pretty decent. It moves my truck around pretty well.

 

[Emulex]

records. make sure the car has records and read them

 

[Taz4158]

Seems like a good deal. They're a superbly reliable car.

 

[thedarkwolf]

Got bored and came across these old articles and thought you might like to see them.

1990 240sx stats

1989 stats close enough?

240sx club actually you could just go here and look at the articles section.

 

[milehigh]

Thanks for all the replies. I went ahead and did it. Hopefully this Chicago winter is over!!

 

[Rent]

Those are nice cars - if you want to make it a gofast car, you can drop in the SR240Det (I think thats it) from the Japanese version(Silvia). Turbo 4cyl makes that thing haul ass