This car has been for sale a long time I think this guy is dreaming. Is this car going to be a collectible?

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?ct=p...&standard=false

 

He's probably just hoping to find another collector. It's probably paid off and he's testing the waters. Low mileage with hardtop is worth something, but not that much in my opinion.

 

I bet his wife is probably telling him to get rid of it so he post up an expensive ad knowing it won't sell

 

i don't see anything special about that car, not yet anyway

vin ends in 1887, perhaps if it was 2-50 or 100, but it does look like a really nice example of an early 1st year ap1, but really, i'd rather spend 24k on a 2009 with that many miles.

 

When I was looking 2 years ago, there was a guy selling a 00/01 for $24k (orginally asking 29). The car was mint and had only 540 something miles on it.

 

This guy bought the car becuase there was only going to be a few made. Paid way ever msrp for it and then never drove it so he could sell it for a profit later. 10yrs later he is screwed and cant stand to lose so much money.

 

^ Good point. A local guy bought the first "very rare" yellow when they came out, paid $52k for it. Adjusted market value.

The 00s were going for between 38 and 43k when new around here.

 

When I was shopping last fall I looked at several 00-01s with 10-15,000 miles and they were all in the neighborhood of $15k. The 02 I ended up buying had 12,000 miles and was nowhere near $24k.

Highly unlikely this guy gets more than $20k.

 

1887 isn't even that young

It'll probably be up for a looong time, but if he's not in a hurry to sell... I'm sure he'll find someone who will pay around 20k for it.

 

I think we've still got some years to go until the S2000 starts to appreciate in value. A bone-stock S will probably one day be worth something (mods kill resale on all cars). This guy's on the right track but maybe a decade too early.