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I think it's curious that a lot of the fixings and clips are rusted. The airbox ones are chromed, so how have they rusted? Suggests it's seen a fair amount of water, and maybe salty (seaside) air.
Edit: Also something is up with the left hand side battery mount. Should be a threaded bar like the right hand side. On a closer look at the photo there is more rust than I realised too.
Hi there
So I drove the 08 car, in person car seems pretty spotless, the under bonnet corrosion seems limited to just hose clamps and other metal clips only, all of the body and structure shows nothing, all the arches were spotless and it seems since that video / photos it has had a full brake over haul so new pads and disc all round and its lost the silly red calipers and now has silver ones so they were either painted or replaced.
The car felt mega tight, the 08 certainly does seem to handle nicer than the 05 and 06 I drove, just felt a lot tighter, bear in mind the 05 had 57k miles so not a mileage thing.
A couple of downsides and I know Honda engines loosen up but this car feels like its not being driven as it should, it did start to feel better as the drive went on but I cannot help but feel the car felt down on power, it was not as keen off Vtec or on Vtec, so it either has rubbish fuel, do these take 95 or 98 RON? Or it has simply being driven to the shops and back, only other downside is the roof has had a repair and it was running a set of Toledo tyres, never heard of the brand and though they might be new it is clearly not enthusiast owned car or cared for and driven as such, hence it just felt a bit slow, the 05 car felt stronger and the 06 near 100k car I drove felt stronger again.
They also refused to move the price, only offering a 12 month Honda warranty, I think I am pretty much going to walk away, its perfect money but not a perfect car though close. The DBW felt fine to me by the way and pressing of VSA just put a yellow exclamation on the dash in a triangle so I assume that was working.
I stick with vpower on mine.
they run fine on 95 tho and I've seen owners run them on 95 and it's fine.
Hence my suggestion that 04-06 is the sweet spot. Still raw and fun and proper s2k experience.
Have you looked at s2k UK club for sale section? They usually have some hidden gems.
E.g.
https://www.s2kuk.com/classified/S2000-GT-Formula-Red-2006/422
Honestly with decent tyres they're fine without traction. They have bad name due to OEM tyres that they used to come on.
Could be old fuel. Any indication of how long it's been sitting? It genuinely could be the fact it's DBW, but I'm guessing. There's nothing like your right foot connected directly to the throttle body
Roofs... Not something to worry too much about, but allow about £400 to have the re-trim done. There's a guy in Swansea that everyone on s2ki uses. Fantastic work. He did the one on my first S2000. You would need to be a total S2000 nerd to know it wasn't factory.
If it's a newer car it might have had FlashPro map put on it.
Older ones were more aggressive on changeover and deffo will feel different it only 95 has been used
One thing I've noticed with the various Type R's that I've owned, is that if they've been driven in a sedate manor continuously or have been stood for a while then they need a good thrashing to get back to top performance. Also if 95 RON has been used it may take a few tank fulls to clear it all out. Also when were the tappets last adjusted on it?
I would definitely be looking into when the clutch was last changed as it's a big job (£800+ IIRC) so if it's not been done perhaps budget for that depending on the mileage. And if you're getting the roof replaced don't be tempted by a cheap one as the materials aren't the best, you can definitely notice the difference.
Have a look into the new Goodyear Supersports, they may be a better option over the regular PS4 as I've read they are a bit soft. I think I'm getting the Supersports on my M140i when the MPSS finally wear out.
If it's just the clips in the engine bay that are rusty then get them replaced, I did it on mine and it looked miles better. As long as underneath and the sills are fine, also see if you can ask them to send you pics behind the front and rear bumpers as they hide a lot of rust. Mine was an 06 on 50k I think, I had it in 2014 ish and it had a lot of surface rust on it, but wasn't enthusiast owned at all, spent most of its life in London parked up.
Any S2000 I shall spend time restoring and making perfect, it will become a bit of a project car as the Ferrari there is nothing I can do and the Abarth there is nothing I can do, both are too new and both pretty much out the box great cars.
S2000 will be a project and I won't mod it as such just make it a really nice example and any mods will be to compliment the stock car, like a proper cold air feed to factory air box as an example and maybe a Hondata flash pro or tune to bring VTEC in a little earlier like maybe 4800rpm, but need to find one first.
In 2012 I bought a 2007 car with 28k miles on, from a dealer for £11495. Crazy. It was red with the spoiler kit too. Looked mint.I still stand by 2004-06 being the best car to buy.
Don't see why you'd need traction, it is a pain at best from people I know who have them.
unless it's your other half who will drive this? I did pay just under 15k for 27k mile 04 in great condition over a year ago just for reference.
they're not as snappy as people say but you just got to keep in mind where vtec point is as I believe that's what catches most out mid corner, roundabouts etc.