Jalopnik Article Mentions Regretful S2000 Sales

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04-16-2018, 06:39 AM

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The thought has been crossing my mind a lot lately, especially as someone who bought mine pretty young and hasn't had as much experience with other cars. I guess you could compare it to marrying young eh

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04-16-2018, 06:50 AM

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I test drove a boxster before I bought the S. I liked it but the S new was about 30k and a 2 year old boxster at the time was about 38k, just didn't seem to me to worth more. I asked the sales guy about maintenance on the Porsche, said I heard oil changes were like $200. He laughed and said they were not that bad, only about $150.

When I took the S in for it's first oil change the guy at the dealer said "um, the oil change on the S2000 is more than a normal car, I think it's $36.95 instead of $32.95", I laughed said no problem. I've never regretted getting the S and can't see selling it.

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04-17-2018, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by dano100

I've owned an '03 NFR, an '04 Silverstone, an '06 Silverstone and an '02 Spa Yellow...that I sold 2 years ago. I miss it terribly. I just missed out on purchasing an '07 bone stock Silverstone last week. No other decent stock S2Ks in my area so I'm going to look at an '08 Guards Red Cayman later in the week. Never drove it or a Boxster before. Will see how it measures up. If it doesn't, my search for my 5th S2K will continue. I've had sellers remorse each time I sold one of my S2000s.

how did you like the Cayman? The 987 was more hardcore than I expected. I drove a couple recently and loved them. Not enough to make me want to part with the S but I might make one my winter car in a few years. When people say the S is also mid-engine because the engine is behind the front wheels...I mean I guess but that’s a very different animal than a rear mid-engine.