S2000 losing value?
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JsAP1 lives in Hawaii - that is a totally different world when it comes to car pricing. Hyundais sell for above sticker over there.
California is all over the place - some areas are more expensive than others......just like trying to compare prices across states.
California is all over the place - some areas are more expensive than others......just like trying to compare prices across states.
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Originally Posted by Poindexter,Jun 18 2006, 04:35 AM
JsAP1 lives in Hawaii - that is a totally different world when it comes to car pricing. Hyundais sell for above sticker over there.
California is all over the place - some areas are more expensive than others......just like trying to compare prices across states.
California is all over the place - some areas are more expensive than others......just like trying to compare prices across states.
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Don't let people online get to you. Most people have two personalities: the one under a screen name, and the real one. JsAP1 has been here a while and he seems like a good person - sometimes his posts, like mine, come off in a condescending nature. It is tough for the longer-registered folks on S2Ki because the board has made a big shift toward a younger crowd. Sometimes we jump to conclusions/assumptions that we probably shouldn't.
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Originally Posted by JsAP1,Jun 18 2006, 02:55 PM
I am a good person sometimes. 
Something has gotten into me lately.....I've been extremely nice online.....well, much much moreso than I usually am
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Originally Posted by JsAP1,Jun 18 2006, 11:55 AM
Thanks Poindexter. 
I am a good person sometimes.
Hawaii and California always seem to have crappy car prices when they first come out. Hawaii had a standard $7000 markup when the S2000 came out and there was no way around it in 2000. So you either paid that markup or you didnt get the car. Simple. Weak I know, but dozens paid it and moved on. I paid $33000 give or take in 2001 which was very good considering the following year the 2002s and even the 2003s had sticker prices of $39000. I said Prelude or Integra budget because thats what I was told even with $29000 cash in hand. They wanted $39000 remember? I remember one of the dealers were a total prick to us. Needless to say we never went back. They wouldnt budge from their $37900 price +tax and license which would have been close to $41000 out the door even with $29000 down. Thats BS IMO so we left.
FYI a $29000 budget is a lot of money IMO. Its not chump change by any means and I am sorry if I came off like that but Poindexter is right I sometimes sound like a jerk. I was just telling it like it is/was back in 2000-2003.
I am a good person sometimes.
Hawaii and California always seem to have crappy car prices when they first come out. Hawaii had a standard $7000 markup when the S2000 came out and there was no way around it in 2000. So you either paid that markup or you didnt get the car. Simple. Weak I know, but dozens paid it and moved on. I paid $33000 give or take in 2001 which was very good considering the following year the 2002s and even the 2003s had sticker prices of $39000. I said Prelude or Integra budget because thats what I was told even with $29000 cash in hand. They wanted $39000 remember? I remember one of the dealers were a total prick to us. Needless to say we never went back. They wouldnt budge from their $37900 price +tax and license which would have been close to $41000 out the door even with $29000 down. Thats BS IMO so we left.
FYI a $29000 budget is a lot of money IMO. Its not chump change by any means and I am sorry if I came off like that but Poindexter is right I sometimes sound like a jerk. I was just telling it like it is/was back in 2000-2003.
I know the mark ups here in 2000 were the same way. The highest price I saw an S go for was 45K+/- in late 99. That was insane but it was the only one in town at the time.
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Originally Posted by addisonc,Jun 18 2006, 05:52 PM
$30k + California tax + $900shipping is still alot cheaper than $33k + hawaii tax. If you are buying an S and aren't buying one from the mainland, you are getting ripped off.
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