Quote Originally Posted by Sinfix_15 View Post
So, i make a habit of browsing the for sale ads here and i often come across a good number of cars that are priced insanely over what theyre actually worth. Usually theyre 240s. While i can honestly say that i am not that studied on the science of the drift tax, i can offer you a reasonable value for your car so that you can avoid embarrassing yourself with your for sale ad. While i would usually post inside the sale ad in question, i was politely asked to stop doing this. Most of the 240sx listed on this site have 8k+ price tags and a month or so after listing them at this obnoxious price, they start bumping their ad around $4k-4500. Let me save you this trouble and set you on an accurate ballpark figure from the start.

I assure you i will give you my honest value assessment of your vehicle or decline if i feel my experience is not adequate in pricing your specific vehicle. You will receive a detailed description of how i came to my assessment along with any other documentation available to support your price quote.

To give you an idea of how this works..... i will offer a sample appraisal of a misc vehicle. Feel free to post any vehicle you're thinking about buying or selling.

My intention is not to be insulting, only to be brutally honest and observant

Here we have a 91 240sx. Vehicle has an above avg mods list done to it's sr20 engine. While the body is straight by standards and expectations of a 91 240sx, the car has ripples in the front and back fenders from rolling/scrubbing. It is missing the passenger side skirt which reveals that the body panels is crushed in. There is white overspray on a number of areas reflecting that the car has some amateur paint touch up. The rear panel is black and doesnt match. The rear bumper is covered with smoke. The cheap electric fan is held on by zipties and the intercooler piping is wrapped in reflective tape. The overall appearance of this vehicle gives me the impression that it is not owned and maintained by a responsible driver and it has likely been abused and/or neglected.

Engine - Has a solid mods list, but many areas of it give reason to be cautious. Grade - 7/10
Body - The body is somewhat straight with fair paint quality. Pignose is common and doesnt increase value - 6/10
Interior - a bit rough and over customized to the owners personal taste, but not beyond the realm of expectation - 5/10
Wheels/tires - Wheels are in great condition but theyre cheap and personalized to the owner's taste. 7/10

Overall - This is an above avg conditioned vehicle for this year and model. While i hesitate to put faith in the mechanical stability of this car, you should be the judge of that when you drive it. The main value increase for this vehicle is it's performance mods.

Price assessment - Low range $4500 High range $6000








If E36 is offended by this example, i will replace it. thank you.
Seems to be fair if you're OCD. I've fixed a lot of what you have mentioned as well as put a lot into the car since my last post.

Tein inner and outers new, rack adapters with spacers, Isis tension rods, modded knuckles, rack cooler, electric fan is now rocking actual radiator fan zipties. There are no ripples as the fenders have been pulled and rolled correctly with zero scrubbing the paint however did crack. No longer has those rims. I bought 6 squares from enjuku.. The paint is something I don't mind as I will re paint it but over all it's clean with a small over spray nothing black paint can't fix. The interior is very clean yes it does have duct tape on the center price but that cost 10 dollars to replace. Nothing else is wrong with the interior beside the 2 cracks. The under carriage damage is something I can't fix hence the side skirts. The reflective tape helps with cooling you would know this if you actually moddified a car. Yes it's ugly but helps keep the inter cooling piping temp down thus making the air cooler.

I would part this car before I would sell it for 4.5k I wasn't expecting to sell this car more so trade it. As far as its reliability goes I did a compression check. 155 psi across all cylinders on a cold motor so add about 10 psi for a warm motor giving it be pretty much perfect. If anyone questions the ability of this car be sure to be at the Yolo event to see it in action.


It's not longer for sale or trade in keeping it. Thank you for assessment on my car sin fix.