Thread: 23 hours left! I saw this eBay 200SX SE-R in person

Nissan : 200SX: eBay Motors (item 130420409964 end time Aug-19-10 17:48:26 PDT)

So, how does it look? I went and saw it today and I am curious as to what everyone here can see with their keen eyes.

I drove it also. The guy would not budge on the price so I walked.

How much did he want?


The car looks like it was hit in the front but its har to tell. The lights look new and the paint on the bumper looks new, also the corner lights looked missaligned but I was not there to see it in person

Not bad over all, bad color though. I like that he took pictures of all troublesome rust spots. Left quarter looks a little wavy in the pics, whats up with that?

He wanted $2700 for it. I offered him $2200 and he would not budge.

Mechanically, this thing was great. The mileage is on point. The body is fucked up though. You cannot see it in some pictures but this is not shiny. The car was dirty, the clear coat was wasted on the roof and trunk. The driver's side wheel well has rust just beginning to develop. The driver's side door step (where you would swing your feet over when getting in) was totally sanded, bondoed, and painted with something that was not correctly matched. I pointed out to him how totally different the driver's side was compared to the passenger side. Another thing that was missing were the stickers on the door and door frame. Ones with the vin number and the one with weight and PSI sticker. Gone.

As Vadim pointed out, the driver's side rear panel has the paint flaking and cracking (early sign of rust) but was simply sprayed over by whatever he used on the driver's side door step. The front and rear bumpers both had the classic "spider web cracks" on them caddy corner from one another.

Suspension was good, no weird noises, engine was nice and healthy, spirited little sucker. Just like I remember the first day I drove him my current SE-R. The best drive of my life, the one that started it all. Engine idled well, sun roof worked, everything was great. But the body was fucked up. Stratches were on both sides of the front bumper and quarter panels, like someone just ran into a guardrail and slide along that, or just side swiped a car. There is a gap in its history which can be seen on that auction site.

The picture with the corner does look like it was messed up, but in person it was not. Everything looked original on the car. Maybe the corners were new, but the headlights had classic fading and looked original.

This pictures were very deceiving to be honest. I thought this thing looked great in the pics. Just like when Miko actually saw that NX 2000 in person. I did not drive three hours, only 45 minutes (and no waiting!) but I felt like I drove for nothing. I schooled this old gentlemen about this car for free and pointed out everything that was wrong. 98% of it was body or cosmetic shit, but that is why I want to get another 200SX. MIne is rusted very bad, almost to the point of no return and it would cost more money for me to repair it compared to trying to find a new car for much less money.

I really wish I could find a decent looking, rust-free 200SX.

Well, he has a no reserve auction so it'll probably sell for less than what he's asking for maybe even what you offered him.



Not in the Northeast you probably won't. Unless it was garaged kept.

And overnight it skyrocketed to $2375.00, well I guess the seller is gonna be happy.

I would be super pissed if I bought this thing. His ad says no rust when I found multiple spots with rust. The body is scratched and dinged all over it.

He's probably bidding up his own auction to reach what he wants.

More reason why eBay sucks. I should probably stick to only looking at purchasing cars from this forum.

$2700, meh.
That exceeds the KBB value by something like $1000.

I cannot believe that piece of shit sold for $2800. That is a shame. I feel bad for the buyer.