S2000 loving

ramirez · 23 Jun 2011 at 11:44

Hey chaps, i picked up a 2001 Honda S2000 last week.

Cracking car, paid £4700 for it - 98k miles, near immaculate condition and full Honda SH.

Gonna do a gearbox and diff flush next week and give it a nice little service myself just to top it all off

What an immensely fun car it is though, slower than most of the other JDM vehicles i've had but SO much fun!

Also my insurance is nice and cheap at £210 for 5000 miles limited!

Morba · 23 Jun 2011 at 11:47

Lovely looking cars, nice one

Shimmy · 23 Jun 2011 at 11:54

Didn't realise good early examples were this cheap now

Well done on the insurance front! Might have to look into one of these in the future.

IvanDobskey · 23 Jun 2011 at 11:59

That looks a cracking buy for under 5k :eek:

Firestar_3x · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:01

Looks very good for the cash, enjoy!

Crizzy · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:03

Nice and good price, I've read the suspension bushes are prone to seizing on these have you had it looked at?

Relentless81 · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:06

Performance bargains these days if you can get insured

Any plans for it?

DRZ · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:06

I looked long and hard at S2000s at this end of the market and I will be literally amazed if this is completely rust free, doesn't have at least £1000 of suspension work pending and/or doesn't need a new hood.

If it checks out, you found that needle in the haystack! I decided I'd need to spend £8k+ to get one I'd be happy with and impulse-purchased an MX5...

Relentless81 said:
Performance bargains these days if you can get insured

Any plans for it?

I found insurance to be entirely reasonable at 25 with 0 NCB (£900 IIRC). It is a bit of a lottery though, some people get absolutely stung.

Raymond Lin · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:07

Scrap that Z4 for £8k idea....this seems like a better deal! lol

may be

Crizzy · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:12

Raymond Lin said:
Scrap that Z4 for £8k idea....this seems like a better deal! lol

may be

Totally different cars though, the Z4 is more of a nice relaxed cruiser whereas the S2000 is more of an apex hunting screamer.

Raymond Lin · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:15

Crizzy said:
Totally different cars though, the Z4 is more of a nice relaxed cruiser whereas the S2000 is more of an apex hunting screamer.

Narh, Z4 dream is still on!

Something like this. 05 plate from a dealer as well, i think by the time i am in a position to buy one, it'll be the Si engine in this price bracket...hopefully.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201122388976581/

Relentless81 · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:15

DRZ said:
I found insurance to be entirely reasonable at 25 with 0 NCB (£900 IIRC). It is a bit of a lottery though, some people get absolutely stung.

I was 28 with 4 years NCB when shopping and it was over a grand, I decided I prefer hatches as an all rounder i'm not really a roadster person but would have at least tried one out if the insurance was a more reasonable figure

theboyrob · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:28

God that insurance is cheap! £1100 here!

ramirez · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:49

theboyrob said:
God that insurance is cheap! £1100 here!

classic policy as its over 10 years old

Not a smidgen of rust on her, hood has a tiny nick though plus has 12 months MOT so i think i've done ok.

Phate · 23 Jun 2011 at 12:49

Jaysus, these are getting cheap! :eek:

Nice buy, love it

hurfdurf · 23 Jun 2011 at 13:02

ramirez said:
classic policy as its over 10 years old

Not a smidgen of rust on her, hood has a tiny nick though plus has 12 months MOT so i think i've done ok.

Ah, clever. Have you checked out the suspension?

MeAnBoY · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:25

hurfdurf said:
Ah, clever. Have you checked out the suspension?

Out of interest, what about the suspension setup is prone to go on the S2k's?

Crizzy · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:26

MeAnBoY said:
Out of interest, what about the suspension setup is prone to go on the S2k's?

Bushes are prone to seizing as the play tolerances are really low iirc

MeAnBoY · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:29

Crizzy said:
Bushes are prone to seizing as the play tolerances are really low iirc

Aye saw you had put that, however I am interested in DRZ's comment about "at least" £1000 worth of suspension work needing to be done?

Crizzy · 23 Jun 2011 at 17:32

More about it here: http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/874642-seized-bushes-arghhh/

And post #9 here: http://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/301506-technical-faq-v21/