Purchasing 2004 Dilemma... advice requested

[TURBO2GO]

Man the silver interior is what makes my car. I think it's 10x better than the black you get in every other car. Pilots and accords don't come with silver interiors. They do come in black.

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[arista5]

Not to mention Silver hides Wear quite well

 

[Computron]

Heh! you will find that this community has a pretty solid pulse on the sales ads. Even though I am not in the market, I pop through the for sale ads now and then to see what is out there.

The price of that car is going to depend on the condition. If it is a 1 owner, 21k clean car that it may very well be worth the $$$.

Since both cars are silver, I assume the deal-breaker is the silver interior? Having seen a silver interior, I think you would end up being happy with it - it is very subtle. Now, the red with red interior on the other hand, THAT is a combo you have to REALLY love.

Silver cars aren't terribly rare though. In fact, I see several 2002+ Silvers on Autotrader right now:

2002 - 66k miles - $51,000
2002 - 4k miles - $69,980
2002 - 20k miles - $74,000
2002 - 34k miles - $64,900
2003 - 20k miles - $65,000
2003 - 47k miles - $59,900
2005 - 47k miles - $52,950

No, the other car I am interested in that is perfect is yellow/black. My preferred color is Silver/Silver. The rebuilt title is silver/silver. The perfect low mileage for $70K+ is yellow/black. If I can get over the color, that is the perfect car for me. Just not sure I like driving an NSX around that is colored like a school bus.

 

[arista5]

If i was to buy another NSX it would be in Yellow or LBBP... I owned a Silverstone and loved it. It had taken me almost two years to get my Silver 05 with at the time 13k miles.. but i was even tighter with my requirements.

If yellow isnt what you want then dont, and hold out. Silver is/was the most common color and will obviously be the most traded color. The silver interior limits you slightly but still a common car.

 

[Computron]

If i was to buy another NSX it would be in Yellow or LBBP... I owned a Silverstone and loved it. It had taken me almost two years to get my Silver 05 with at the time 13k miles.. but i was even tighter with my requirements.

If yellow isnt what you want then dont, and hold out. Silver is/was the most common color and will obviously be the most traded color. The silver interior limits you slightly but still a common car.

The rarity of the yellow is another factor that kinda nudges me toward getting it despite the fact that it's not really what I want. I figure I should have no problem selling it in the future since it seems many more people out there like yellow than I do and the supply is limited. I wish you still have your Silver to sell me! You had what I want now!

 

[arista5]

lol... How easy is it to find a nice car again? doesnt matter the color. if you have a good car you will have buyers. Yellow or Silver if i have a good clean car priced right there will be a line of buyers. I wouldnt look at it like that.... I bought my Orange b/c i loved the color. being an 8k mile 05 Orange/Onyx was just the luck of the draw.

there is on average 200+ people Lurking on Prime. There are hundreds of people looking for "the one" Once a good car comes up priced right its sold in a week.

 

[Computron]

lol... How easy is it to find a nice car again? doesnt matter the color. if you have a good car you will have buyers. Yellow or Silver if i have a good clean car priced right there will be a line of buyers. I wouldnt look at it like that.... I bought my Orange b/c i loved the color. being an 8k mile 05 Orange/Onyx was just the luck of the draw.

there is on average 200+ people Lurking on Prime. There are hundreds of people looking for "the one" Once a good car comes up priced right its sold in a week.

I agree with you completely. It seems like condition is more important than color in the grand scheme of things. Like you said, how easy is it to find a nice car again? Based on that, are you saying you think I should get the perfect yellow one?

 

[arista5]

When i was spending my money on a Silverstone... I had plane tickets to Kentucky, Iowa and Minnesota. Ended up driving from iowa to minn just to see the car (owner was in disney at the time and a neighbor opened the garage) and flew back the next week to get the PPI. I want you to follow your heart, but if i was spending north of 40k on anything it would be what i wanted and not what i thought i could hedge against a sale in a few years.

if you like yellow, get it... if not then wait for a silver. If i recall there is atleast 3 of em for sale now and typically all the time. But the clean ones are tough in any color...

 

[blue_myriddn]

Because I am a numbers nerd, here is the color breakdown on 2002+ Manual Transmission cars:

[TABLE="width: 192"]
<colgroup><col width="64" span="3" style="width:48pt"> </colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]Silver[/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]Black[/TD]
[TD="width: 64, align: right"]160[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"] [/TD]
[TD]Silver[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]110[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl69"]Black[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]99[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]Red [/TD]
[TD]Tan[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]72[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl66"]Spa Y[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]57[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]Red[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]54[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl64"]Orange [/TD]
[TD]Orange[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]40[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl67"]Rio Y[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]36[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl68"]LB Blue[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]33[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl68"]LB Blue [/TD]
[TD]Blue[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]29[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl69"]Black [/TD]
[TD]Tan[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]27[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl66"]Spa Y [/TD]
[TD]Yellow[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]26[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl68"]LB Blue [/TD]
[TD]Tan[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]18[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl69"]Black [/TD]
[TD]Red[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl67"]Rio Y [/TD]
[TD]Yellow[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]13[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl63"]Red [/TD]
[TD]Red[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl64"]Imola[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]White[/TD]
[TD]White[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]8[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]White[/TD]
[TD]Black[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]White[/TD]
[TD]Tan[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

If you combine the two yellows, their numbers are higher: Yellow/Black = 93, Yellow/Yellow = 39. Information is from the chart below

 

[TURBO2GO]

Prime knows their shit man.... LOL

If you notice.... ALL these numbers are outrageously small...

28 of my "more popular" silver color with a silver interior sold in 2005. wow... Aston Martin sold 10X as many Vanquishes.