Long Term Ownership
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Long Term Ownership
I generally keep a car for about 2 years. My S2000 and I are coming up on our 8th anniversary. It's got to the point where parting is going to very difficult and likely cause a great deal of separation anxiety. The other day I met a women in her early 60's. She was wearing a tee shirt with a drawing of a Healy 3000 on it. I asked her if she had the car or just the shirt. She said up until a week ago she'd had the car. She bought it new in 1966 for the princely sum of $3500. Now after 43 years of ownership she is retiring to Florida and elected to not take her Healy with her. She says it was in rough shape with a good deal of body rot yet she still was able to get $16,000 for it. Personally I can't imagine dumping a car after that many years. I'm certain I'd regret it.
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Originally Posted by hughs2k,Oct 7 2009, 04:35 PM
i think you meant $35k? yeah that bitch is dumb
And $16k these days for a rotting example probably isn't too bad. Although, a mint condition one would go for over $85k, NADA says. Wow.
http://www.nadaguides.com/default.aspx?LI=...7&z=75019&da=-1
As for the S2000, I've owned it for ten years now - and yeah, part of me can see keeping it for another 33 years. I dunno what'll actually happen, though.
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I am like you. I have always replaced my cars at 2-3 years. I even owned 3-240Z's (the last one I kept for 60,000k) but replaced it with my first child.
Now I have had my S2K for 60K as well. And for 8 years and I have not seen a machine that even gives me second thought about owning it. It is an amazing car and I wonder if I will ever part with it, which for me is very strange behavior.
I understand how you think. Although it takes a rather unique sort of person to really love this car, there are many of us. I think it was a niche car that could have gone on forever at a moderate sales level. I am really upset at Honda for making the "executive decision" to kill it. Because of their anal view, I may never buy a Honda again. Unless perhaps, if they bring back the "S".
Hmm I wonder if there happen to be any leftovers. I kinda would like a glass rear window . . . . naaaah!
Now I have had my S2K for 60K as well. And for 8 years and I have not seen a machine that even gives me second thought about owning it. It is an amazing car and I wonder if I will ever part with it, which for me is very strange behavior.
I understand how you think. Although it takes a rather unique sort of person to really love this car, there are many of us. I think it was a niche car that could have gone on forever at a moderate sales level. I am really upset at Honda for making the "executive decision" to kill it. Because of their anal view, I may never buy a Honda again. Unless perhaps, if they bring back the "S".
Hmm I wonder if there happen to be any leftovers. I kinda would like a glass rear window . . . . naaaah!
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Originally Posted by MULDER,Oct 7 2009, 04:36 PM
Nope.... keeping this one indefinitely.
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Originally Posted by Elistan,Oct 7 2009, 05:12 PM
And $16k these days for a rotting example probably isn't too bad. Although, a mint condition one would go for over $85k,
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We still have S2000 #1 and it's only used for autocrossing. There are people who have autocrossed the same car for decades. I could see that being the case with us.
S2000 #2 is a CR and I see that being in our family for a long time. My nephew is 4 years old... I'm hoping to give it to him when he turns 16.
S2000 #2 is a CR and I see that being in our family for a long time. My nephew is 4 years old... I'm hoping to give it to him when he turns 16.
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Originally Posted by MULDER,Oct 7 2009, 02:36 PM
Nope.... keeping this one indefinitely.
I'm going to be buried in mine.