LOL! Oddly enough, I feel the same way about yellow. Apologies to all the Spa/Indy Yellow owners. I guess to each there own. I am coming from a blue Toyota MR2 with the same mix of blue / black interior. Most 2 owners also hate them, but fortunately blue happens to be my favorite color.

I also think the blue or silver probably don't scream mid-life crisis as much as NFR (my first choice). I've had black cars before, and they look fantastic when clean, but they are hard to keep that way.

 

You're 61?!? Just buy one already, man!

 

Piero914, I like the way you think. I'm working on it.

 

most people on this board will help you scout a car out if its close to them. I drove down to Virginia to pick up my car. The drive back lets you get acquainted.

 

Have you looked at this 06 on the north side of Indianapolis? I drove it a few weeks ago and it seemed in very good shape overall. I just couldn't deal with the blue seats and carpet after seeing it in person.

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...90238539&Log=0

 

Be patient, for the right one to come up.
You won't regret it!

 

my two cents.

start a spreadsheet, google docs or microsoft excel.

log each car you find, with year, color, price, location, mileage, website address, etc.

daily or weekly search craigslist (locally and cities near you), cars.com (put the distance up to 400 miles on the search), autotrader.com, s2ki.com, etc.

After less than 3 months I found the beauty I own now It was a 2 hr flight and 7 hr drive back. But worth it! I saved quite a bit if I would of bought it locally too. I think I got the car for 15-20% under market value.

My cousin copied my same techniques, and found his desired car "c5 z06" within about 2 months. He got his at such a good deal, that the bank didn't offer him gap insurance on the car loan since he got the car nearly 25% less than market value! Lucky for my cousin, the previous owner was willing to drive the car to our area, eventhough it was a 10+hr drive! What a deal!!!

In your earlier post you mentioned that you don't have the time or money to conduct a search out of your local area. I feel like that's the wrong approach to a car like this. If you are going to enjoy it, you may want to put some time and effort into finding the right one. If you limit your search options, you're more likely to take forever to find a car (7+ years) or end up with a car that has mechanical issues which will cost you more time and money later.

 

Hi lliieemm,
Thanks for the reply. I actually took the spread sheet approach this time around. I started with 150 miles and expanded to 300.

The first car (local one) just happened. Year, miles, number of owners and price were all in line. I just didn't know what was happening online while I thought I was working a deal.

My comment about time & money was really was about having to make numerous long distance trips chasing cars. I'm willing to travel for the right car. In fact, if the deal I'm working on now pans out then I'll be making a similar flight and drive as you did to find yours. Great thanks go out to the Allegheny Group for checking out the car. S2K owners are great.

Rex

 

I had no trouble getting into an S2000 in '10.

At 64 I'm more worried about getting my ass out.

 

That would likely be the greater challenge for me.