true 2001? 2002 and beyond basically made the 2001 and below def. harder to sell

 

How could anyone buy an S2000 then want to sell it??? Seriously. I don't get it. I buy my cars with long-term relationships only in mind. I just don't see how anybody could think differently.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by djohnston
[B]How could anyone buy an S2000 then want to sell it??? Seriously.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by djohnston
[B]How could anyone buy an S2000 then want to sell it??? Seriously.

 

I just see it as depreciation. You had your fun with the car so you can't expect to get rid of it for the same price you got it for. These cars have actually held up pretty well so it's not that bad. Lower your price a bit and you should recieve more responses.

 

I agree with all above.
A lot of people bought new cars (AND new houses!) fairly recently due to the huge incentives (and rates) that were offered, it may take a few years for a percentage of these to be ready to buy again. There are a lot of good competition out there that are really competitively priced. Interest rates so low have let some people buy more house than they probably should have when taxes roll around.
There's the whole turbo thing going on right now too. I would expect a weak market, but it's a really high quality car.
coincidently i was in the market to buy one recently and the dealer insisted he couldn't go below msrp ... FOR A USED S, but that wasn't the least of problems there.

 

The biggest problem right now is because cars are not selling well many of the car companies are offering $0 Down and 0% financing. It's cheaper to purchase a new car then a used one as you can make payments on a new car with no interest and you have to pay for a used car in full.

 

I think that price is much higher than the residual value of your lease. It's unrealistic.

 

Yes, you definitely need to lower your price. I recently put mine on autotrader.com for 20000, it was an 00 with 20k on it, and I sold it in less than a week. I'm still getting people as far away as Texas calling about it and I live in South Carolina.

 

After just four model years, selling an S2000 now doesn't make good economic sense. By the time these cars are 5 to 9 years old, the cost-per-mile will be much more favorable, especially if Honda ever stops producing new ones.