Bought an S2000 n hour ago.

[DonsterD]

Hi,

yesterday i posted a thread about the Boxster etc. I was dead set on buying one. But as scared of its reliabilty. I test drove one and wasn't to my liking.

This morning i bought an S2000 off my mate. 04 Plate, Black with red interior and 32k miles. Looks the dogs danglies...

I think it will do me fine for a bit. A lot of car for 11.5k.

Anyone here have one? Any advice? I gather its a bit twitchy in the wet..

Now i need just need to sell the E320 CDi and the A4...

Edited by DonsterD on Saturday 3rd January 11:14

[sniff diesel]

Are these all in the top band for road tax now?

[sniff diesel]

Did you see the auction thread from a few weeks back:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

This 08 S2000 only made £13,700 (provisional admitedly, wonder what they took for it in the end)

[LHDisbest]

Err, OP your 'mate' hasn't really done you any favours at £11.5k for an 04 plate S2000.

Nice car though, i've always liked them and they are quite good new to shift.

In ref to the tax, an 04 S2000 is 237g/km so £210 at the moment, but if it's post march 06 then it's £400.

[MrFlibbles]

Well done. If its on the OE RE050's you'll find it a little bit slidey in the wet / cold. I find it easy to control as long as you havent got fists of ham, just dont take the piss

Enjoy it!

[JonnyV8]

Piccy wiccys?

[mitch78]

Yeah, get some photos up, it sounds great. I've always liked S2000s especially in black with a red interior, the colours just look so right together.

[eowen]

IMVHO opinion, even if the car is mint, you have paid about 1-2k too much. But at least you know the history and how the car has been looked after I guess.

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/HOND...

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/www/cars/HOND...

Edited by eowen on Saturday 3rd January 12:35

[Geoffers]

I for one think its Cool, nothing like the feeling of having a new car to play in!!!!!
Just ignore all these "You paid too much, Why did you do it" sorts, they are only jealous!!;)

[Asterix]

Great car - well done. Loved mine.

As far as them being twitchy - perhaps but it was more pronounced on the pre-04 cars. I always thought the MY03 cars were the best (what I had with MY04 wheels on) - I never found mine twitchy, just very direct. It punished lazy and bad driving.

[Eddie the Ead]

What is it with Pistonheads and peoples clear joy in pissing on the OP's fire.

Great car the S2000 and hope it gives you many happy days motoring.

[CatherineJ]

Eddie the Ead said:

What is it with Pistonheads and peoples clear joy in pissing on the OP's fire.

Great car the S2000 and hope it gives you many happy days motoring.

Happens on the renaultsport forum a lot, or it did until the management made it quite clear it wasn't on.

Congratulations on the new car, i've always liked the S2000.

[VladD]

Good work Donster. Give it a month and then give us an update on it please. Happy Motoring.

[tomTVR]

Congratulations, i almost bought an S2000 myself recently - you must be very excited, great cars.

[chr15b]

nice car, always liked them, just too impractical for me as a daily driver...

have a similar engine (mines only 1.8) in my celica and i love it - driving 'normally' and it's jsut a normal car with normal mpg - stick yuor foot down and the car transforms into something else.

love the high revving of it too, mine is good for over 90 in 3rd - now some argue that the gear ratio's are too long, but when you pull out at 40 to overtake you dont need to worry about changing gear for a while

[Ment-Al]

Nice car and good colour combo - gobsmacked at 14k for an 08 though What is happening to the world?

I wanted one originally, insurance costs for me killed that idea - and the fact that I didnt trust myself not to wrap it around a tree. Ended up with a Z4, not quite so raw but great fun.

Enjoy it and dont worry about the price, it may be a little over the odds but I bet well worth it in your eyes, congrats.

Would like to see some pics!

[gib6933]

I always liked them but preferred the z4 and the porsche, until i found out they had a LSD last month!
So now they are very high up on my list now!

Have fun and give us an update after some hooning.

[fourwheelsteer]

Good for you, the S2000 is one of my favourite cars.

[bga]

Enjoy the S2000, it's a great allrounder.
Main thing to remember is that it's a powerful RWD car and make appropriate allowances. They are only twitchy if you don't take that into account. The signals that the car is losing grip at the back are subtle so spend time getting used to them.

[Beefmeister]

sniff diesel said:

Did you see the auction thread from a few weeks back:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

This 08 S2000 only made £13,700 (provisional admitedly, wonder what they took for it in the end)

That doesn't look right to me - an 08 with those wheels? Aren't they the wheels from the very first generation?

Edited by Beefmeister on Saturday 3rd January 14:25