I generally keep a car for about 2 years. My S2000 and I are coming up on our 8th anniversary. It's got to the point where parting is going to very difficult and likely cause a great deal of separation anxiety. The other day I met a women in her early 60's. She was wearing a tee shirt with a drawing of a Healy 3000 on it. I asked her if she had the car or just the shirt. She said up until a week ago she'd had the car. She bought it new in 1966 for the princely sum of $3500. Now after 43 years of ownership she is retiring to Florida and elected to not take her Healy with her. She says it was in rough shape with a good deal of body rot yet she still was able to get $16,000 for it. Personally I can't imagine dumping a car after that many years. I'm certain I'd regret it.

 

i think you meant $35k? yeah that bitch is dumb

 

Huh? $3500 is a normal price for a car back in the 60s.

And $16k these days for a rotting example probably isn't too bad. Although, a mint condition one would go for over $85k, NADA says. Wow.
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.aspx?LI=...7&z=75019&da=-1

As for the S2000, I've owned it for ten years now - and yeah, part of me can see keeping it for another 33 years. I dunno what'll actually happen, though.

 

I am like you. I have always replaced my cars at 2-3 years. I even owned 3-240Z's (the last one I kept for 60,000k) but replaced it with my first child.

Now I have had my S2K for 60K as well. And for 8 years and I have not seen a machine that even gives me second thought about owning it. It is an amazing car and I wonder if I will ever part with it, which for me is very strange behavior.

I understand how you think. Although it takes a rather unique sort of person to really love this car, there are many of us. I think it was a niche car that could have gone on forever at a moderate sales level. I am really upset at Honda for making the "executive decision" to kill it. Because of their anal view, I may never buy a Honda again. Unless perhaps, if they bring back the "S".

Hmm I wonder if there happen to be any leftovers. I kinda would like a glass rear window . . . . naaaah!

 

Nope.... keeping this one indefinitely.

 

I'm with you...adding a 911 to the stable in a few years...but I agreed to do that under one condition. My fiance accepts the fact that I will NEVER get rid of the S2000. It's too fun to drive, no way will I sell it.

 

I actually came close to buying a 1966 Austin-Healey 3000 in 1990. It was all original in excellent shape. Original gold paint, original top I believe it had 60k miles on it and the asking price was $18,000. I really needed this car to be my daily driver however and wound up buying an Alfa Romeo Spider.

 

We still have S2000 #1 and it's only used for autocrossing. There are people who have autocrossed the same car for decades. I could see that being the case with us.

S2000 #2 is a CR and I see that being in our family for a long time. My nephew is 4 years old... I'm hoping to give it to him when he turns 16.

 

See ya on the forums in another 40 something years

I'm going to be buried in mine.

 

The only way for me to get rid of my S is if I'm getting another S in return.