# s15, im unaware... **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [February 28, 2010, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804 "2010-02-28T09:23:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ciaran](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ciaran/32/5612_2.png) [@Ciaran](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Ciaran)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804/21 "2010-02-28T22:19:22Z")
> [@Hottest Acura Ever?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hottest-acura-ever/26330/20): > > It’s unbelievable to think that there was a lack of 240sx sales in 1997-98. It seems like an amazing bang for your buck! How many RWD cars are as nice and cheap as the 240sx!?!?! mustangs, camaros, other shit like that. and they had 2x the power for the most part ---
**Author:** ![Feint](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71e660/32.png) [@Feint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Feint)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804/22 "2010-02-28T22:32:11Z")
Yes. A 98 Kouki was not worth it in 98 at all. No way in hell I would pay around 30K for a KA USDM aero kouki. There was no KA aftermarket really going on, and the SR swap business wasn’t really in motion. RB’s were an afterthought. It was a rip off. Now if it were a Silvia K, that would be a totally different story. 220hp from the factory, it would have been a far better buy. 240sx’s were rip offs. We make them what they should have been here. ---
**Author:** ![MP\_B240](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp_b240/32/5697_2.png) [@MP\_B240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MP_B240)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2010, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804/23 "2010-02-28T23:01:48Z")
some of them didn’t quite turn into grade A students though ☹ ---
**Author:** ![jns14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8dc957/32.png) [@jns14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jns14)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2010, 10:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804/24 "2010-03-01T10:11:54Z")
The other thing to remember is that the mid to late 90’s were the glory days of the SUV era. Why buy a little “underpowered” japanese sports car when you could get a big powerful status symbol to ride around town in. It was all about the explorer, blazer, suburban, etc. in the era before F&F. If you wanted to race you generally drove a mustang or a camero b/c, like other posts have said, there was aftermarket support and a stronger culture for that. ---
**Author:** ![EMAGDNIM](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/emagdnim/32/5787_2.png) [@EMAGDNIM](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EMAGDNIM)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804/25 "2010-03-03T10:40:25Z")
> [@NYSpeed Track Day #1 - Friday June 15th, 2007](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-track-day-1-friday-june-15th-2007/26320/4): > > First year R34’s aren’t worth it IMO. The V-Spec II’s have a superior trim. Unless you import yourself, I have a feeling people are gonna be selling R34’s like they did R32’s when they first came over (30-40K). > > Save a bunch of money, fly to Japan in 4 years, buy parts at prices you will never see in Canada, have your car built at prices you will never see in Canada by some of the best shops in the biz-they do package builds, where as everything except swaps is per hr billing here-then come back and laugh about how you have 50K worth of shit when you paid \<25K. You can probably buy a shop built car by Kazama Auto for unde 25K. When Signal was selling off a bunch of shop cars 5 years ago I don’t think one was over 25 grand to jus give you an idea. > > Go on Yahoo Auctions Japan and see what shops sell their cars for. Fuck cutting it in half and paying out the ass for everything when you can fly there and laugh it up. This!..It’s amazing what used parts sell for in Japan…I can’t wait to go…Anyways, I don’t know if there would be a lot of people who would import a S15…You know what happens to car prices once it’s the introductory year that it’s legal in Canada (Anyone remember when R32’s were first legal?)… I still plan to do so once it is (that’s for sure)… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s15-im-unaware/131804.md?page=1)