jibduh
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One more for the S2k, that's pretty close to going price around here (on craigslist, at least), and the M3 has too much of a deferred maintenance risk to it that I'd be more than a little wary.
There is when you consider the massive price difference.There is absolutely no comparison between the C5 and C6.
i agree, it would be better to wait on a c6. driving school is something i'd love to do once i find the time to do it, and i'd eventually like to get myself into scca. fortunately, i've gotten all of my dumb and young driving out of my system years ago. in that video, was it an example of liftoff oversteer?Thing is though, the base C6 is equal, performance-wise, to the Z06 - you might as well wait a bit longer and buy one of those, as it might make a better daily driver.
Yeah, if the S2000 ticks all the right boxes for you, I say go for it. I would consider saving up money for a track day/driving school though before I ever tried driving more than 6/10's.
consider that i'm in california where convertibles are in higher demand, and you're in new england. also, with those two examples, they're asking for only $2,000 less for a older vehicles with more mileage. i'm not trying to be argumentative, but if you also throw in cost of transporting a vehicle across the country ($1000?), it's really not a better deal.There is when you consider the massive price difference.
Anyways, $15k for an AP1 is too much, imo. A few years ago my friend got a *mint* 2000 S2000 with 46k or so for $10k and change. My roommate bought his *mint* AP2 for under $20k a couple of years ago. Meanwhile, another friend found a C5 Corvette for $10k and change (granted, this one wasn't mint and had 120k on it) and clean C5s often go for right around your price point, $15k.
An S2000 has a great chassis... the front suspension just needs to be stiffened. IIRC a front sway bar costs something like $600
Anyways, between those two, I'd go for the S2000. Here's a few that are cheaper:
$11k, 83k miles
$12k, 79k miles
i agree, it would be better to wait on a c6. driving school is something i'd love to do once i find the time to do it, and i'd eventually like to get myself into scca. fortunately, i've gotten all of my dumb and young driving out of my system years ago. in that video, was it an example of liftoff oversteer?
As per the S2000: in a nutshell its so snappy because it can lift a rear wheel (as seen in the above picture,) which causes the diff to go crazy. And yes, it can happen on the street - my roommate spun his AP2 right after getting it, and he wasn't really pushing it.
thank you. and yeah, i was really keen on finding an unmolested vehicle. and again yeah, not easy to do, especially in california. apparently, this was a one owner car and the previous owner was a middle aged woman who babied it. i do plan on modding it myself though. probably nothing extreme. i just want to add a little power, mostly torque and enough safety to be able to track it. i will be keeping all of the oem parts, because i expect s2k's to become quite valuable in 20 years or so (much like american muscle cars), and i'd like to be able to restore it back to stock and have the numbers matching.