Official Is This Car Worth It Thread vol 3
01-30-2019, 01:06 PM
#1371
I think it depends on the area you are in. In the Bay Area in CA, a car with that low miles would be on the closer side to 30k. Even for a launch model. In my eyes an AP1 with under 30k miles for under 20k is highway robbery. For these cars, if they have even close to the 20k mile mark, people are throwing them up for between 27k and 40k. If I saw this deal in CA I'd be all over it.
01-30-2019, 03:20 PM
#1372
Depending on the car’s condition, 17,5 seems like a fair price. 14 is a destitute lowball, and I wouldn’t insult the seller with that.
Nevertheless, cars make shitty investments and I wouldn’t count on making much money from it. Prices for these cars aren’t near as high as people hype them up to be, looking on BAT will humble you quite a bit. Combined with the time spent selling the car, and expenses like insurance.. not worth it.
We are about to enter a financial recession. Soon few will be buying sports because the credit cycle is about to shut, and it would be much harder to sell your car
Save your 18 grand. Learn how to invest. Then wait for stock prices to ‘adjust’ and invest smart. You will make much more money that way. Not to mention the assets are almost completely liquid, and their value won’t go down because someone ran a shopping cart into it.
Nevertheless, cars make shitty investments and I wouldn’t count on making much money from it. Prices for these cars aren’t near as high as people hype them up to be, looking on BAT will humble you quite a bit. Combined with the time spent selling the car, and expenses like insurance.. not worth it.
We are about to enter a financial recession. Soon few will be buying sports because the credit cycle is about to shut, and it would be much harder to sell your car
Save your 18 grand. Learn how to invest. Then wait for stock prices to ‘adjust’ and invest smart. You will make much more money that way. Not to mention the assets are almost completely liquid, and their value won’t go down because someone ran a shopping cart into it.
01-31-2019, 06:29 AM
#1373
Registered User
01-31-2019, 08:32 AM
#1374
$17500 is a steal for 26K miles, unless there is something wrong with the car. It will feel almost new and you probably wont need to do anything to it for another 50k miles. For me that is at least another 3 years of daily driving and only paying for fuel and oil change. I purchased my 05 with 82k miles for that same price and I had to change motor mounts, shifter mod, repair soft top, spark plugs, serpentine belt, pulley bearings and now I think I might have to change out my clutch. You can save money doing this yourself but it could be over $3k just for parts.
02-05-2019, 04:27 AM
#1375
2007 s2000
I am looking to purchase my first S2000. I have found a 2007 yellow/black with 83xxx miles on it. The car has been in two accidents. The car is super clean top to bottom. The repair shop did a really good job. However a few of the panels no longer have the vin on them. I can get the car for $17,500. i have looked underneath the car in person. I see no signs of any frame damage. There is zero rust. Is this a fair deal?
02-06-2019, 10:49 AM
#1376
I am looking to purchase my first S2000. I have found a 2007 yellow/black with 83xxx miles on it. The car has been in two accidents. The car is super clean top to bottom. The repair shop did a really good job. However a few of the panels no longer have the vin on them. I can get the car for $17,500. i have looked underneath the car in person. I see no signs of any frame damage. There is zero rust. Is this a fair deal?
02-06-2019, 11:22 AM
#1377
I am looking to purchase my first S2000. I have found a 2007 yellow/black with 83xxx miles on it. The car has been in two accidents. The car is super clean top to bottom. The repair shop did a really good job. However a few of the panels no longer have the vin on them. I can get the car for $17,500. i have looked underneath the car in person. I see no signs of any frame damage. There is zero rust. Is this a fair deal?
02-06-2019, 01:25 PM
#1378
I have looked at the receipts. Front hood and left fender repaired. Rear deck and right rear fender.
Everything looks done top notch.
I did a compression test and all four cylinders are right at 230. Underneath is super clean. I plan on driving it a lot. Not really buying it for an investment. I was just wondering about price for what I am getting.
Everything else I find around (Texas) is either a high priced lower mileage, or lower priced ragged out one.
Looking at autotrader it would be nice to live close to either the east or west coast. There are several options there.
Everything looks done top notch.
I did a compression test and all four cylinders are right at 230. Underneath is super clean. I plan on driving it a lot. Not really buying it for an investment. I was just wondering about price for what I am getting.
Everything else I find around (Texas) is either a high priced lower mileage, or lower priced ragged out one.
Looking at autotrader it would be nice to live close to either the east or west coast. There are several options there.
02-06-2019, 02:56 PM
#1379
I have looked at the receipts. Front hood and left fender repaired. Rear deck and right rear fender.
Everything looks done top notch.
I did a compression test and all four cylinders are right at 230. Underneath is super clean. I plan on driving it a lot. Not really buying it for an investment. I was just wondering about price for what I am getting.
Everything else I find around (Texas) is either a high priced lower mileage, or lower priced ragged out one. Looking at autotrader it would be nice to live close to either the east or west coast. There are several options there.
Everything looks done top notch.
I did a compression test and all four cylinders are right at 230. Underneath is super clean. I plan on driving it a lot. Not really buying it for an investment. I was just wondering about price for what I am getting.
Everything else I find around (Texas) is either a high priced lower mileage, or lower priced ragged out one.
Looking at autotrader it would be nice to live close to either the east or west coast. There are several options there.83k, $17.5k, been hit twice, all kinds of stuff repaired/replaced. Nope!
02-06-2019, 03:18 PM
#1380
Depends on where in the US you are. West coast, I’d say pull the trigger... especially since it’s a rio (adds value) and you plan on putting miles on it anyways.
If if I had to go buy an S again, I would do a lot differently. My priority would be paint color and condition, since it costs about the same to replace an engine as it does to paint a car.. then I’d worry about everything else.
If if I were you I’d be all over it since I think rio is the best s2000 color, but that’s obviously preference
If if I had to go buy an S again, I would do a lot differently. My priority would be paint color and condition, since it costs about the same to replace an engine as it does to paint a car.. then I’d worry about everything else.
If if I were you I’d be all over it since I think rio is the best s2000 color, but that’s obviously preference