I'll try and make this short

word in the auto blog world is that Nissan wants to re-release the 240sx. I'm guessing to compete with the Genesis and i believe Kia has something up there sleeves. As a 240sx owner i would hope they do the past generations justice, if you are unfamiliar...

((When i say 240sx i am talking about the US versions. just imagine when i say 240sx that 180sx, 200sx, and Silvia are understood.))

Let me show you the beauty Nissan made for little more than a decade...
(some of these may be slightly modified but that's the fun of having a 240sx. I'll talk about modifying a little later on.)

I'll start with the 89-94 family which was came in hatchback, coupe, and a few lucky convertibles. to learn a little more here is the link for the Wiki page










Now the 95-98 models






Oh and if you live in other parts of the world you may have been graced with this beauty.

The S15 Silvia 99-02






From what i have read it will be staying a rear-wheel drive car. But what i hope Nissan realizes is that the fun of owning a 240sx is the practically limitless possibilities of modification.

From the Engines (which were crap in the U.S. compared to the stock engines overseas) to the Body. Imagine going from a lame 4 cyl. engine to an engine out of the Nissan Skyline, which was never introduced in the states til this year.(legally) its not exactly practical for the daily driver but with a little work its possible.

As for the body, the front facade of these cars from 89-2002 with a little work and factory parts are interchangeable. Even the Skyline facades can be used. if interested, i advise searching google for "240sx conversion" it can be too much to list.

Also suspension pieces can be used from other various cars: Infiniti's mainly, but still. its possible.

And the aftermarket for these cars is ridiculous. the leader being Japan (obviously) sustaining this cult following. always innovating and improving on cars that are decades old.


Now without further ado, the possible future (2011,2012

Wrong

Wrong

Wrong


That is the Foria concept which is thought to be what the 240sx will be modeled after. being built on the 350z,370, and infiniti G platform, i hope they are smart enough to make suspension pieces and Wheels interchangeable and use the aftermarket that has come from these cars.

For the article: Go Here

The article says "reviving" but that seems more like a "re-imagination." The next 240sx should really not be that much different than what we have now. It should just have more Factory options, especially for the U.S. Seems like we always get the crap end of the stick, with watered down versions. And keep the Hatch, Coupe, Vert body styles.

My Import cars are probably breakdown after I say this, but....... Nissan kind of needs to see what Ford, Dodge, and Chevy are doing with their classics. Cause that's what Nissan has: A Classic


just one mans opinion

N.W.A.- YO LIKE F@#K

N.W.A. in word cloud form (found here)

O Rly??

I'm Guessing the first truck was being chased by the bigger bully truck and it tried to jump the tunnel.

It thought it could...It thought it could....It... thought.....




if you can read japanese or have a good grasp on the Math and want to see a funny .gif of how it happened. Click on This

No one tell Hammond

Million-Dollar ‘Pagani Zonda F’ Car Wrecked in Accident
can't have nufin nice, damn it

She works hard for the money....

makin daddy proud and a bigger millionaire.

This has my Seal of Approval....

Sexy, though they could of ironed it before the photo shoot

how to fix: The Hills, and other crappy reality shows

EXPLODING GUM!!
if they duplicated this material and gave it to all the Re-Re's on those shows.

I think this world would be a better place: like OMG literally


or jersey shore it and threaten the studio with crazy death threats

I Can't Look Away....Why Snickers????

I'm sure the Guido-<(if i spelled that wrong i could give a shit less) lovin heifer asked for it. Guys can only take so much. He probably figured she was acting that way cause she knows her face is jacked and she has nothing to lose. Or maybe he figured he could fix her face from looking like she was sucking lemons by knocking her the F*@K out. either way pure WIN.

I'm sure the cops let him off after they saw the footage of what happened.


Thank the Warming Glow here

Kiva you dissapoint me

i joined kiva awhile back thinking it had a great business model. micro-lending to under developed towns in poverty struck countries. I'm not saying i have given a lot and I'm a big contributor to the site, but i am a small little cog wheel along with others that make this thing work for the borrowers. and when i say "borrowers" i mean those that don't have 20 different banks down the road and where jobs may be non-existent and you have to create your own way of life.

(and i know you may think the jobs here in the U.S. are non-existent but they are there you just have to want to do them)

for example:
Pedro Méndez Santos



"Pedro Méndez Santos lives in the San Martin municipality in the San Salvador department. Pedro is separated from the mother of his children. He currently has two children who live with him. Peter is 15, and David is 9. Both of them go to school.

Pedro worked in many factories, where his talents were exploited and poorly compensated. He used this experience to start his business. He has now set up a business making all types of clothes including printed shirts.

In the photograph Pedro is shown with the tool that is vital to his work. It is called a “pulpo”. The shirts are placed on it in order to be printed.

The loan Pedro is asking for is to buy shirts wholesale. That way he gets a greater margin of earnings."



i am currently lending to this man in El Salvador where 5,000 dollars is the average income a YEAR!!! These are (i like to think) honest people that were introduced to this great program and have a chance to benefit for a little better life.

There are many listings like this, well deserving people that just need what their area can't provide. $100, $200, $800, and maybe a thousand or two for groups of people that are in business together.

But recently when i was scrolling through the listing i saw something that disturbed me. Listings from the United States, and im not saying there aren't deserving people here that could use a hand. What got to me was the Greed of it, America has to do it bigger i guess. let me show you an example.





If you notice that there are two groups of women above "Nancy's" listings asking merely a couple hundred dollars,(split between a few people each donating $25, its not much.) to buy materials for dressmaking and food to sell at market. Then there is Nancy that is only asking a mere 8,000 dollars to open up some sort of herbal medicine shop. The real kicker is if you notice is that she is closer to her goal than the other women. i mean really, am i alone in thinking somethings not right?

I understand that it more than likely takes more money to start a business here in the great U.S. but to go to Kiva asking for 8,000 seems a bit much. Seeing as she does live in the U.S. and seeing how she probably isn't that bad off with her nice Glamour Shot photo. i am no banker by any means, and i dont exactly know how kiva works. But would it not be possible for Nancy to maybe only ask Kiva for 2,000 dollars and use that as collateral for a larger loan from a bank. If Kiva charges interest to the "borrowers" then she gets a little bigger loan from a bank and pay kiva back faster. By the looks of her photo maybe she can put her real estate company (or what's left of it) up for collateral. maybe I'm alone in this.

Now on to Mr(i'm pretty sure). Alix, He(just look) is asking a mere 10,000 dollars to further his vintage clothing company. seen here



If you look, the group below MR. Alix is asking for $280 dollars with 28% raised. which is about $78.50. Alix is asking for $10,000 and has raised 17%, which is about $1700. now everyone contributing to Kiva, that $1700 could have been shared between 6 different (take no offense Mr. Alix) people and fulfilled their loans. now this $10,000 that Mr. Alix i'm sure will receive could have been shared by almost 36 different people(asking about $280.) now lets face it, i'm thinking that $10,000 is to go from Pre-Op to Post-Op.





Now i am sure that there are more out there like this, but these are the first ones i saw and the types of listings i will be avoiding from now on.

i mean just picture seeing two different people on the side of the road asking for a small loan. one is standing in front of his modest house/place of business with his family. and the other is leaning against a fence uninterested if you loan him the money or not. i don't know about the rest of you, but i'm giving it to the person that will truly use it for something vital to their lives.

Visit www.kiva.org

just something to think about.

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