Thats awesome. Similar story when I got mine. Mine came with the oem hardtop as well and as soon as I saw that I sped right to the dealer. I managed to beat a guy who had already requested photos prior to the dealership posting them online and he hesitated on the purchase so I managed to scoop it up. Suzuka Blue wasn't my first choice of color, but the year, price, mileage and hardtop was too good of a deal to pass on. Also, the color has really grown on me since ownership.

 

@sssmokin congrats on the car, how much mileage on the car at purchase?

 

Thanks!

 

Given the three, the $19990 is the better choice (IMHO). The first and third ones are overpriced for the mileage, mods, etc. (third has been lowered; I put prime value on non-modified). At 126K, that should be at least 1K less, if not 2K. Last year I picked up a Laguna Blue 2006 with 111K, single owner, no accidents, no mods for $15,300 at a dealership. The second one looks to be in better overall shape, and at 57K, is relatively young.

However, if your point is to modify it, perhaps the first one is more to your liking.

In my opinion, that color is just amazing. :-)

 

 

I also agree. The second one is definetly the best deal. The third one is owned by someone in the NorCal S2k group on facebook so I would join and ask him. He's documented and been the most honest in the description out of the three so you might have less of a headache if you buy from him, even with the higher price.

Remember this is California so we naturally pay a little bit more for our cars than other states. For reference I got my 2005 Suzuka Blue with 58k miles for 20k with a OEM hardtop. So the 2nd choice is definitely the best deal.

 

Just over 38k. Like 38100 or something.

 

#2 for sure. Amazing color.

 

That's the hard part - value is what the buys places on the car, and everyone has different priorities on what adds or removes value. For me, unmolested, unmodified was my priority. Preferably no accidents or at least no rust. I preferred to not have one passed around 5 owners. I spent almost 2 years tracking S2000s and prices within 200 miles of me, documenting each one. There's a rough rule someone posted on here that seems to hold pretty true. A 2006 with 40K miles, clean should go for about 22K. Add 1K for every year newer, and 1K for every 10K miles less. Subtract 1K for every 1 year older and every 10K miles more.

Using this logic, #1 should be about 20K clean, and I personally would take another 2K off for the mods.
#2 should be 20K as well, but it's less miles and more pristine.
#3 should be going for about 16K at best with that kind of mileage. Probably less. (once you cross 100K, it's not so linear with the $1K per 1K miles)

Again, if your goal was mods and you saw that #1 is already modded like you want, then you might add value to it since it fits your needs. Anyway, that's my logic. I waited 2 years to find the right one for me. Be patient.