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Prices Paid: Buying & Leasing Experiences Honda S2000 Lease Questions
270 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2008 at 5:20 AM
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Replying to: 23109vc (Jul 12, 2008 6:24 am) |
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what incentives if ANY are going on now for an S2000 lease OR purchase? my local dealer has a leftover 07 that they are offering at $7000 OFF MSRP. good deal or not? you obviously can't lease it, but could buy.
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Replying to: 23109vc (Jul 18, 2008 2:20 pm) |
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Replying to: 23109vc (Jul 18, 2008 2:20 pm) The Edmunds incentives page shows $1k in dealer cash on the 08 if you do AHFC financing and they show rates at 0.9% to 36 months and 2.9% for 60 months. So that should make the 08 now $2,300 more than the left over 07 and less the interest you would have to pay for the loan - higher (used car rate?) for the 07 VS the cheap promo rate. Down the road, the 08 will always be worth more money than the 07 but the difference gets less as the years go by. I would run the numbers on the 08 with the $1k dealer money and cheap rate VS the 07 with whatever your best rate is and see how it stacks up. If I was not going to save a good bit of money on the 07 I would get an 08, I guess. Note that for 08 they revised the gauges (no big deal) and they also retuned the suspension for more "high speed stability". My 08 is still new, but I am thinking so far that this change is a bad thing. I did test drive other 08s and mine before I did the deal, but not at 9/10 speed in corners. Now my favorite clover-leaf on ramps that used to be no problem at 40 (not even near the limit) seem to be a challenge for the new car. It is early days for my car though and the 05 I had was wearing 3 to 4 32" tread on the rear tires. So as I get the new car more broken in things may improve. If they don't, I may have to look to see what is involved in "un-retuning" the suspension. But that is just me, it might be no problem for others or be preferable. I have had 3 S2000s now and the 01 was way tail happy and the 05 much less so and the 08 is tuned for more understeer or the tires have less grip (right now) or both. Dennis
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Replying to: dwynne (Jul 19, 2008 7:29 am) FWIW, the following admittedly are paper abstract specs, but looking at them, I'd suspect your 08 shold be fine with some tire and chassis break-in. According to: http://www.s2000enthusiast.com/sec-models/my-2008 s2000/index.htm, The 08 vs 07 chassis specs changed like this: Front springs stiffer by 7% Rear springs stiffer by 9% Front damping rate >10% Rear damping rate > 5% Front stabilizer > to 27.2 x t5.3 from 26.5 x t4.5 Rear Stabilizer unchanged at 25.4 x t4.5 The 08 is 9 lbs. heavier, likely due to slight changes in seats (increase in seat back height) Ed |
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so an 08 is stiffer than an 07?
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Replying to: 23109vc (Jul 19, 2008 1:49 pm) |
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(im)patiently waiting for september in hopes that they bring back some sort of lease program because i need something in the next few months so if things don't change for this car lease wise i'll be forced to get something else. anyone that has any info or advanced info please keep us updated. i wish i was in a position to get this car in june when the rate was dirt cheap. ugh.
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Replying to: aramism (Aug 24, 2008 9:32 pm) |
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Replying to: waynetek (Aug 24, 2008 11:44 pm)
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