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Here is a link to an article I wrote relating to S2000s.

Magic 20K

 

makes a lot of sense. also, with demand picking up for used S2000's, depreciation for 00-01 models will likely be very slow.

 

It's hard to understand exactly what your point is. The structure of your article leaves a lot to be desired.

Stick to the following:

State your point in the first paragraph.
Back it up and provide detail in subsequent paragraphs
Reiterate your point and summarise in the final paragraph.

 

I don't get your article.
It is everywhere.

No offense.

 

Comes off like:

I bought an S2000.
It sucks that there aren't lots of aftermarket parts.
Maybe if the price drops, younger people could buy it and "tuner shops" will make more aftermarket parts.
Let's assume there is a $20,000 cutoff.
I have no data to support my $20,000 cutoff hypothesis.
Gee, I hope that there will be more aftermarket parts in the future.

Kind of a stream of consciousness rambling more than an essay proper.
More like a generic S2k post than an article.

"Hey guys, do you think there's a magic $20,000 cutoff?"

Wouldn't have commented, but you were asking for feedback.

 

Thanks for the replies, good stuff. The article points out the trend. Thus far there are no published articles/reports pointing out this fact. I do have the data by the way( in our database) and I did state why the magic number may be $20K.

The article was written to generate more thought, from people like you and to point out a fact at the same time and to give a story so others can relate.

Thanks for the input, our company plans to generate more "public" reports that will be a little more detailed and your input helps.

BTW, I love my S2000, no regrets. I am going to go for a drive now.

James

 

No offense but....You go back and forth from past to present tense. Your spell check must be broken. Your train of thought jumps from track to track and when you are steaming ahead you don't make sense. Stick to appraising if you don't plan on putting more work than this into what you write.

 

Here you go:

 

actually he is on to something. There is a point where a car picks up interest among younger people, mostly due to affordability. I don't know that point, but $20K is a psychological barrier no doubt. 19,999 seems like a lot less than 20K at first blush (that's why things are priced at X.99; there are many studies that confirm the psychological effects).

Is the "magic number" 20K? Who knows, but it is a good theory. Hell ,the magic number could be anything, but there IS a point where the derivative of demand takes a sharp increase. Part of his argument was when a car falls under the "magic number" it has a higher perceived affordability and thus more demand. The S2000 is a car that young people are extremely interested in, no doubt. If more young people think they can afford it, more will buy it, and when the S2000 hits a saturation point as far as the number or "tuner owners" go, you will see more parts produced.

There is a lot of established economic theory to back up his argument, but the argument of tuner suppliers suddenly producing S2000 parts may not be true (or it may be). FYI my degree is in economics.