blackblack

Actually, in CA with all the 'stupid rich people' paying 45K at certain dealereships, you could certainly sell a low-mileage used S2K for more $$$ than in those other areas were the 'smart poor people' live.

dizzy

I'm in west LA, which from what I'm hearing, I shouldn't have been able to do what I did two months ago. On a Wednesday, I made the decision to get the car, if I could find one for MSRP. I was expecting to have to wait a while and possibly have to go far to get it, if I could find one at all. Two days later, On Saturday morning, I drove the new color/combo I wanted off the lot, 20 minutes from my home, at MSRP. All it took was a few minutes on the web, and a couple hours at a single dealer. Even in sunny SoCal, its not that hard to do. Ignore whats on the sticker (mine had a 10k markup, but they also had a black with no markup in the showroom...).

Of course, I could give in to the possibility that I was just extremely lucky...

-David

Sander van Zoest

After looking around I got my car for roughly MSRP in Cathedral City, CA. I also had a quote at MSRP from a
dealer in Bakersfield, CA but didn't want to wait. Most
dealers in San Diego are selling the car for between
$37k-$42k w/o a hardtop.

If you call around you can find the car you want for a
a price you are willing to pay. It took me about a week,
but it was worth it. I still get calls every once in a
while from dealers telling me they got a black stook in.

Mike L

I actually find some of the comments on this subject interesting -- especially the ones blaming the economy for the decrease in value.

I have a few comments:

1. It is a car -- it depeciates -- period!
2. It is not an exotic -- as much as we would like to think so. Yes, it does have world class performance and characteristics -- no debating that. Even most exotics depreciate some...
3. I agree the economy is in a funk -- my loss in the markets has been catostrophic -- I am sure there are plenty of us in that boat. Anyway, go to a car dealership on a sunny Saturday and tell me how much of a funk it is in -- there are still plenty of folks buying out there -- taking advantage of low interest rates and discounting. Actually if you go anywhere there is shopping, just observe -- people are still making purchases -- just not at the pace they were before.

My two cents -- it is a car...

dlq04

I'm a firm believer no one should pay over MSRP, I don't care what car it is. That said, selling a $32k car (before taxes, etc.) for $28k with 10k miles on it (as mentioned in an earlier post), sounds very reasonable to me. That's only 12.5% off sticker for 10k miles of fun. When I was looking, I test drove a used S2k with only 2k miles on it; the owner wanted over sticker to recover some of his loss since he paid $5k over sticker -- and as far I know the car's still for sale. I bought a new one at MSRP; I would expect in this summer's economy with the tech stock's in the dumper, premium gas over $2 a gallon, early demand satisfied, etc. that one could get the car under MSRP in many areas of the country.

Bieg

Check the AutoWeek Magazine classifieds, they are a good benchmark as to what the car is worth nationwide.