What enthusiast cars are financially like the S2000?
12-09-2016, 11:50 AM
#22
Owned 951 (944 turbo) purchased with 58k miles for 4 years - not anywhere close to being as reliable as the s2k.
C5 z06 is probably the best bang for buck car out there now.
e36 m3 - needs to have the subfame reinforced and all the bushings replaced. They're 20 year old cars now.
e46 m3 - all the good ones are going for around $22k-$28k (regionally dependent). They all need subframe reinforcements too - my brother bought a stock one with 45k miles and it has some minor cracks. And yes, it was truly stock and not a "returned to stock" car.
na/nb/nc miata/mx-5 - no explanation needed
used frs/brz
I'd say no to STI/Evo. They have turbos, and everything out there below $20k is modded and returned to stock. And they really aren't comparable to the s2k in reliability and maintenance. I'd say no to anything with a turbo if reliability and maintenance are top concerns. I've owned both a 944 turbo and a GR STI.
C5 z06 is probably the best bang for buck car out there now.
e36 m3 - needs to have the subfame reinforced and all the bushings replaced. They're 20 year old cars now.
e46 m3 - all the good ones are going for around $22k-$28k (regionally dependent). They all need subframe reinforcements too - my brother bought a stock one with 45k miles and it has some minor cracks. And yes, it was truly stock and not a "returned to stock" car.
na/nb/nc miata/mx-5 - no explanation needed
used frs/brz
I'd say no to STI/Evo. They have turbos, and everything out there below $20k is modded and returned to stock. And they really aren't comparable to the s2k in reliability and maintenance. I'd say no to anything with a turbo if reliability and maintenance are top concerns. I've owned both a 944 turbo and a GR STI.
12-09-2016, 10:48 PM
#23
Registered User
My favorite car I ever owned before the Cayman was a 1991 MR2 turbo SW20.
You can find one cheap and are very reliable, but good luck finding one not totally modded to crap and since they have not been made in 20 years, some new parts stock is gone. I kept mine in as new condition as possible and would replace things like ash tray cover, shifter boot, and various interior bits and those were going out of stock when I sold mine 13 years ago.
You can find one cheap and are very reliable, but good luck finding one not totally modded to crap and since they have not been made in 20 years, some new parts stock is gone. I kept mine in as new condition as possible and would replace things like ash tray cover, shifter boot, and various interior bits and those were going out of stock when I sold mine 13 years ago.
12-10-2016, 03:15 AM
#24
12-11-2016, 12:07 AM
#25
I save about 200 bucks every six months on mine vs my ap1s. He body repair costs on the vettes are alot more expensive than an s2000, just look at the bumper cove prices alone, but they don't get stolen, broken into, parked on the street, or get many miles driven on them so their exposure is low vs an s2000.
12-11-2016, 08:43 AM
#26
An older Spyder may hold it's value now but they are mostly pure crap otherwise. My brother owned a 1987 Series 3 from 1994 -1997 before finally saying good riddance.
12-13-2016, 04:59 AM
#28
Open top, fun, easy to work on, cheap parts, looks cool; sounds like something to consider IMO. Throw on a euro pipes, an Ansa sport exhaust, and trick out the suspension a little and it's a hoot of a car!
12-13-2016, 06:06 AM
#29
350z's are depreciating slowly https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/price-...ssan-350Z-d236
That's pretty low. Obviously once a car bottoms out it's not going to depreciate much more. But that doesn't mean it hasn't depreciated much.
In comparison, that site says the average price for an S2000 is $17,514. Huge difference.
