Sign In Join 



Honda S2000 Prices Paid and Buying Experience

416 messages,  Last post on Oct 10, 2009 at 7:11 PM

You are in the Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Forum. Your Hosts are car_man & kyfdx

What is this discussion about? Honda S2000, Convertible


Messages Page 32 of 42
1
...
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
...
42
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion

#307 of 416
Bougth 07 on 12 27 07 by cookster3
Dec 27, 2007 (1:46 pm)
Reply
This forum was so useful that I thought I should share my buying experience and the price I paid for my 07 S2000. I just bought it at Ed Morse in Rivera Beach, Fl.
This is the second car I have bought from this dealership and it is a pleasure to deal with them. No hard sell, polite and willing to negotiate. The car listed for 35K, with the obligatory "dealer fee" of about 600.00. They are anxious to move the 07s and after a little negotiation I paid 29,500 for it. I might have done better, but I was happy with the buying experince and the deal. Hope this helps someone.
 
Cookster 3
#308 of 416
Re: Bougth 07 on 12 27 07 [cookster3] by accelerator
Dec 27, 2007 (2:51 pm)
Reply

Replying to: cookster3 (Dec 27, 2007 1:46 pm)

Your didn't tell us the color you selected. Welcome to the club!
#309 of 416
Re: Bougth 07 on 12 27 07 [cookster3] by acemk
Dec 30, 2007 (11:26 am)
Reply

Replying to: cookster3 (Dec 27, 2007 1:46 pm)

I bought mine about 3 months ago and it is white s2. The price I paid was $28,200 + dest. charge + tax/tag + $99 dealer processing fee. Since that day on I'm loving it whenever I get behind the wheel.
#310 of 416
how cheap can I get an 07?? by 23109vc
Jan 02, 2008 (11:25 am)
Reply
was at the local honda dealer the other day and saw about 5 S2000s sitting in their back lot. walked back to look at 4 of them were 2007s.
 
they must want to get rid of these things.
 
anyone know what the current incenties are on an S2000? could you get a remaining 07 below 28k?
#311 of 416
Re: how cheap can I get an 07?? [23109vc] by accelerator
Jan 03, 2008 (5:54 am)
Reply

Replying to: 23109vc (Jan 02, 2008 11:25 am)

Since we are into 2008, I don't believe you can lease one. Banks will view the 2007 as a used vehicle, thus, you don't have much of an incentive to lease. Purchasing one for below 28??? I doubt it but you should be able to get pretty close, I'd imagine. Incentives can be location based but I don't think there are any publicacly announced incentives but CarGuy may know more.
#312 of 416
Re: how cheap can I get an 07?? [accelerator] by vinnyny
Jan 04, 2008 (4:28 pm)
Reply

Replying to: accelerator (Jan 03, 2008 5:54 am)

You can still lease a 2007. In fact, you can lease a used car. The main difference on the 07 lease will be a lower residual versus an 08 lease. Interestingly, 08s could actually cost you less to lease than an 07 because of this fact. However, the 07 would generally be cheaper due to higher incentives and greater willingness by the dealer to negotiate.
#313 of 416
How good is my deal? by sofr310
Jan 06, 2008 (5:46 am)
Reply
I'm just recently buying a 2003 S2000. In fact I'll be signing the contract next Monday. I searched around for a while and found this deal. It's blue on blue, good condition (no scratches or dents on the exterior, broken antenna but the dealer will fix it for $25, and a very minor tear on the passenger door which they fix for $125, like new rims, about 65% left of tires life, clean engine, everything else looks very good). It's one owner. Mileage is 63,580. It was listed for $17,475 and I negotiated it down to $15,500. Is it a good deal? OK deal? Bad deal? It's my first manual car, first sport car, and most expensive car I've purchased so I'm a little nervous. +) Any input is appreciated. Thanks.
P.S.: I'm from austin, texas.
#314 of 416
Re: How good is my deal? [sofr310] by vinnyny
Jan 06, 2008 (6:43 am)
Reply

Replying to: sofr310 (Jan 06, 2008 5:46 am)

High miles AND fair condition on a high-revving four cylinder sports car are not a good combination. I say "fair condition" because minor broken parts and wear that could be fixed inexpensively probably don't say much for how the car was maintained in general. The price is probably $2-3k too high if you wanted to take a chance on it. I did a quick search of cars.com and found 20 S2000s in TX with less than 50k miles and priced below $20k.
 
You could probably find a very low mileage example that somebody kept covered in his garage as his weekend driver. Look for "individual owner" listings and you'll eventually find the one that the guy dried with baby diapers after he washed it with distilled water. Cars.com showed a "weekend driver" in Rockport with 14,700 miles for only $18,900. Call him and talk him down!
#315 of 416
Re: How good is my deal? [vinnyny] by sofr310
Jan 06, 2008 (12:06 pm)
Reply

Replying to: vinnyny (Jan 06, 2008 6:43 am)

vinnyny, thanks for the research. Unfortunately, the car that you mentioned in Rockport has a salvage title. Here's the description: "This car does have a salvage title and was repaired to like new condition in the rear quarter panels". I did call seller a while back and he said the previous owner drove the car into a ditch. Salvage title means impossible to get a loan for it, means cash buyers only. I don't have that kind of cash and I don't really trust salvage title...
 
----------------
Edit: I just realized that the Rockport car you mentioned was a different one, not the salvage title one. The one you talked about is a 2001, with 14,7000 mi, selling at $18,900. So basically it's 2 years older, $3.5K more expensive, lower miles. Is that worth it? I do have a budget of $18K max
#316 of 416
Re: How good is my deal? [sofr310] by vinnyny
Jan 06, 2008 (5:39 pm)
Reply

Replying to: sofr310 (Jan 06, 2008 12:06 pm)

Personally, I would take the lower mileage car that has been well taken car of. (I'm assuming this because of the description--you'd have to verify). The 01 should cost about the same as the 03 (and the Edmunds private party value is about $15k). I'm betting you can talk the seller down to that range if you show up armed with facts.
 
I don't know the specifics on the differences between the 01 and 03 models but maybe one of the S2k fans will jump in to offer some thoughts. Good luck!

Messages Page 32 of 42
1
...
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
...
42
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion
To POST a message, please Sign In.

New? Join Now!

Forum Tools

Please sign in.
Email Address:

Password:

Forgot Password?

Search Forums

Enter Keyword(s)

Advanced Search

Browse by Vehicle



View All Vehicles
Advertisement
Ask the Community
See What People Are Asking

Browse by Board

Browse by Topic


View All Topics

Today's Chats

Advertisement