dgp: if I may ask, what are the specs and how much did you pay? Wondering what a good priced 60 is.
Thanks
Before they disappeared from the CPO list most of the S60s were in the mid 40s to low 50s. There were three that survived the culling and were in the low 60s, which seemed way high to me (I don't care what options it has, that's too much for a used 60).
I was looking for a base model with no options. The first one I tried for was a 2013 around $46k but it was registered in Denver, so it wouldn't qualify for the Colorado tax credit and I had to pass on it. After mulling it over I decided to limit my search to 2014s with VINs of around 38k or higher. The idea was to get a newer car that might have fewer of the build quality issues of the earlier ones (based on what I've read here at TMC).
I then focused on a white 60 and a blue 85 both with mid 2014 VINs and located in Washington DC; neither had ever been registered in Colorado. The 60 had just 6800 miles on it and the 85 had about 20k miles. The 60 was priced at $52,100 and the 85 was about $60,600 IIRC. Both cars would require a $1500 transport fee. I saw pictures of the 60 and it looked new, but pictures of the 85 weren't available. The downside of a lower miles car is that it likely hasn't had any major fixes, such as a DU replacement. But I decided to go with the very low miles, and much cheaper, 60 anyway, figuring that I may have to make the very long trip (330 miles one way) to a service center for a DU replacement someday.
Based on where I started looking, that $52,100 (plus $1500) was really pushing my budget: I originally got interested in a CPO Model S when I saw quite a few cars in the mid to low $40k range. I assumed that the prices would keep declining the rest of this year and then drop by a lot next year as the Model 3 release approached. I would assume that private party sales of 60s would be at lower prices than CPOs with the 4 year, 50k mile warranty. I decided to pay the extra for a newer 2014 car and figured that the very low miles would make the car a better trade-in in a couple of years if I wanted to make the switch to a Model 3. (Not surprisingly I have already been slammed by a couple of TMCers for not "stretching" to get an 85; how
dare anybody drive a 60 and expect to use the Supercharger network? The money-is-no-object crowd lives in a different world.)
In retrospect, I'm glad I got my CPO when I did since I would like to take advantage of the coming spring travel season here. Moab beckons, I will be making a 2700 mile trip to Portland and Seattle in May, and I have camping reservations in Zion National Park for June. And then
all the lower priced CPOs disappeared, so I was even more glad I made the move when I did. I presume, however, that more lower price CPOs will appear again in the coming months.
My absolute requirements were that the car have 19 inch wheels, given where I live in the mountains, and that it not have a pano roof or SAS, since I view those as useless, expensive gadgets to break and need fixing. I preferred the base seats, as opposed to leather, and didn't want any other options (save for the Supercharging that is present on all CPOs). The only option I ended up with was the tech package of the day, although I don't know what it includes (powered tailgate? folding mirrors? something else?). The only thing I really miss is no heated steering wheel. When I wear gloves because it is cold I can't use the touch screen panel. It is really quite annoying. (Anyone know of
warm driving gloves that can work a touch screen? Surely I am not the only person with this problem.)
All of that is probably way more detail than you asked for. Anyway, the weather cleared up today so here is another picture showing the way it usually looks around here:
Will rectify as soon as the sun comes back to the Bay.
