Hello!

I listed my 2002 S2000 for sale today and my phone blew up with calls and texts from prospective buyers. I soon received offers for well above my asking price. Some prospective buyers are saying that if it has a special four digit number on the bottom of the engine that it could sell at auction for $60,000 to $200,000. Is that possible??? It seems to be good to be true for a car with 162,000 miles on it that needs a brake job. Please let me know ASAP! Thank you!!!

David415

 

If it seems too good to be true it often is.

in this case, yes it is way too good to be true.

 

What? I have not heard of any 4 digit number under the car that could make an average S2000 worth more unless you mean 0001 as the last 4 digits of the VIN?

 

Yea... this sounds like some kind of a new scam. In that conversation, did they offer to auction it for you? Or did they offer you a number that is too high but not 60k+?

 

Definitely a scam.

Check bringatrailer.com to check to see what the low mile S2ks are going for

 

Come on, David. You may have been born in the morning, but not this morning.

-- Chuck

 

This sounds like one of those where you agree on 200K, they ""accidentally" send you 250K, you refund the 50K, then their check bounces. Or some variation.....

 

Obvious Scam is Obvious

 

Yes, they did offer to auction it for me!

 

100% scam.
Over the years I've had calls from 3rd party companies saying they could sell mine faster for X amount. We'll auction it and if it doesn't sell you wont be charged. etc...

I dont buy into it. Cars sell themselves listed online yourself. My last Mustang sold last year on Facebook Marketplace. Within days.

No S2K is worth $200k. Unless its Suki's driven movie car in the Petersen Museum from FF Franschise and even then. That things in terrible shape. They used cut up bath mats and butchered the interior just to get movie shots.