Books are just guides. I own a small used car dealership and it seems the S2ks sell around KBB prices over NADA. varies car to car... I'll list the manheim auction results below. Manheim is the largest dealer only wholesale auction network in the country. Around 200 locations.

Here all all the recent sales of 2001 S2Ks.

Location Price Miles .... Units sold It repeats the same sale price twice because only 1 sold, last 2 are supposed average

ATLANTA $11,000 79,323 1 $11,000 $11,000
MINNEAP $10,500 77,700 1 $10,500 $10,500
NASHVILL $10,600 87,172 1 $10,600 $10,600
NC $10,400 77,517 1 $10,400 $10,400
SAN DIEG $15,100 49,710 1 $15,100 $15,100
SF BAY $14,500 75,710 1 $14,500 $14,500
STATESVL $8,100 133,595 1 $8,100 $8,100

 

Impossible to provide meaningful generalizations like that. Shop around, as stated above. Dealerships vary. If you want the most then you need to look into selling it yourself.

 

General rule of thumb- Carmax will give you the least for your trade-in.

 

Id like to know what dealers you own ...im looking to buy some cars soon ....be grt to buy for someone from here !!!

 

The local porsche dealer had a low mileage s2k on the lot so I stopped by to check it out and just play around with the idea of trading mine in (156k miles) on it (10k miles).
I wasn't hung up on it if they didnt, I was more curious as to what they'd offer me for mine.

They called me the next day and told me the S sold (didnt bother me) and I asked for the numbers anyway just because.

They said they'd give me $3600 for it.


I quietly hung up on him.

 

A Dealer Offered Me 6K For My 08 Gpw Red/Black 50k Miles. I Laughed And Walked Out.



Idk Why My Phone Caps EverY Word..... Stupid Droid.

 

 

I think this should be in the "funny things people have said to you about your S2000" thread, except it significantly exceeds the criteria. It isn't just funny, it's hysterical.

 

Some dealer's strategy is to get a trade way below wholesale market. Seems stupid as 90 percent of the time people get angrier than those Amy's Baking Company lunatics or just walk out. Only takes one fool, though, then they have a $15,000 pay day on a $6000 investment. Before going on my own I worked at a dealer where common strategy was to have the used car manager bid the trade and offer the customer 2k below his bid for the extra profit. Never felt comfortable doing that, but presented the offer with a straight face. Never went well once.

I don't do trade ins that often, and when I do I show them the same information I'm giving you, and how much money I expect to make on it to be worth my time.

Honestly I think S2k prices are quite inflated, and will probably stay that way. This is a buy and hold car. Not a buy and sell car. Since cost of ownership is so low, keeping one up over a long period isn't that hard. A porsche on the other hand...

The bid on the 150k+ mile car was conservative because they couldn't find comparables. They didn't want it.

 

Yeah tell me about it. He came back like "I have great news! We loved the car and think it's in fantastic shape. We think a fair offer would be 6k." I was like "lol" and left. They would buy it for 6k then I would see it on the lot for 23k two weeks later. f@#ken scammers.