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  • wannabeninja111

    Jan. 18, 2010 9:27 p.m. wannabeninja111 None

    alright i have a really clean eclipse with shifting problems will go into 1 3 5 fine the ones you have to pull on the shifter u have to go into them really really slowly but this guy offered me a 1995 240 sx 90,000 miles and bad front end damage running only the inter-cooler is bad and the frame but im driving 5 hrs to just see it he wont show me more pics and hes from new jersey and im sketched out about doing cause i had horrible luck with trading stuff please help me i love htese cars please help me im have 8 hrs till i

  • patgizz

    Jan. 18, 2010 9:32 p.m. patgizz Dork

    no

    trade a car that may need a shifter cable for one with frame damage?

    no

  • ReverendDexter

    Jan. 18, 2010 9:36 p.m. ReverendDexter Dork

    5 hours for a car that you can't even get decent pictures of?

    Not hardly.

    Especially for one with known frame damage.

    Double especially for one that's had either a motorswap or a turbo added (intercooler = turbo, USDM 240s all had N/A KAs).

  • wannabeninja111

    Jan. 18, 2010 9:42 p.m. wannabeninja111 New Reader

    alright here guys look at the car im trading for it the 240 u tell me i think im gunan do it the mits isnt fast at all

    http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/1545104626.html

  • neon4891

    Jan. 18, 2010 10:26 p.m. neon4891 SuperDork

    Then find something fast without damage

  • wannabeninja111

    Jan. 18, 2010 10:27 p.m. wannabeninja111 New Reader

    In reply to ReverendDexter:

    alright im doing the trade hsent me 24 pics to make sure i knew what iwas gwetting into and i showed them to my bestfriends dad that is one of the best mechanics / auto body people around here and said 4 hours on the radiator supports and the rest is new body poarts total labor free parts about 500 i think i did good

  • dean1484

    Jan. 18, 2010 10:36 p.m. dean1484 Dork

    I would run from that deal. Good luck!!!

  • EvanB

    Jan. 18, 2010 10:40 p.m. EvanB HalfDork

    wannabeninja111 wrote: bad front end damage running only the inter-cooler is bad

    Just so you know, that car doesn't have an intercooler

  • 93celicaGT2

    Jan. 19, 2010 7:01 a.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork

    God my head hurts.

  • jstein77

    Jan. 19, 2010 7:20 a.m. jstein77 HalfDork

    wannabeninja111 wrote:

    ...i had horrible luck with trading stuff...

    Gee, why do you suppose that might be?

  • ReverendDexter

    Jan. 19, 2010 9:13 a.m. ReverendDexter Dork

    I think the trade was a mistake, unless your DSM was more screwed up than you let on.

  • Jan. 19, 2010 9:29 a.m. skruffy Dork

    Anyone care to translate his posts into english?

  • Marty! Takes a licking and keeps on ticking....

    Jan. 19, 2010 9:32 a.m. Marty! Takes a licking and keeps on ticking.... HalfDork

    Normally, I don't say anything about this type of stuff, but for the love of god, please learn where the period key is!!!!

  • rebelgtp

    Jan. 19, 2010 9:57 a.m. rebelgtp Dork

    EvanB wrote:

    wannabeninja111 wrote: bad front end damage running only the inter-cooler is bad

    Just so you know, that car doesn't have an intercooler

    What he said. Also a bone stock 240SX is not exactly "fast" and one that has frame damage is just asking for trouble.

    As everyone else has said don't do it. As it seems that you are going to ignore the advice given by those here, good luck you are going to need it.

  • amg_rx7

    Jan. 19, 2010 10:03 a.m. amg_rx7 Reader

    mad tyte drift yo

  • 93celicaGT2

    Jan. 19, 2010 10:25 a.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork

    Nobody does a trade to get the raw end of the deal. There's some reason why he wants your boring slow eclipse with a screwed up linkage instead of his crashed 240sx.

  • Vigo

    Jan. 21, 2010 9:04 p.m. Vigo Reader

    true dat..

    And seriously.. your shifting problem is one broken shift cable!

    DOES NOT EQUAL smashed front end OR $500.

  • 93celicaGT2

    Jan. 22, 2010 9:43 a.m. 93celicaGT2 SuperDork

    A little late there, skippy.

    Against what EVERYONE said, he did the trade.

  • DukeOfUndersteer

    Jan. 22, 2010 9:51 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer Dork

    wannabeninja111 wrote: im sketched out about doing cause i had horrible luck with trading stuff please help me

    ooops!

  • Vigo

    Jan. 22, 2010 5:09 p.m. Vigo Reader

    I know that, but its never too late to learn why what you just did was a bad idea.

 
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