S2000 - why such a range of values

[Orangecurry]

...on cars currently for sale.

Are there years/versions to avoid?

6k to 14k, and it's not always directly connected to mileage?

Is it all about rust?

Does an increase in VED really make any difference to value?

Please educate me

Thanks!

[Orangecurry]

Thanks - useful points.

[Orangecurry]

Thanks all - a complex picture then and every car will be in a different state of the above large list of potential issues = large value spread.

[Orangecurry]

...but that's easy to grasp, as they are limited editions

[Orangecurry]

griffter said:

Rust is the big one though. People are spending over a thousand a side sorting out rotten rear arches. They’re double skinned and involved to do properly.

Thanks that's very useful - there's a cheap one for sale with exactly that issue.

[Orangecurry]

...that would be difficult, as you don't allow it

[Orangecurry]

I didn't realise it had to be moonstone.

IMO if you are looking for a rare car, that you want to be in a certain state, that was made twenty years ago, the colour would be the moveable object

Edited by Orangecurry on Tuesday 30th June 19:06

[Orangecurry]

How wide are the 16s?

I have run 'standard' S02s on a different car, and I took them on two Euro trips and round several circuits.

They are (were) an excellent tyre in that they suit being warm and have stiff sidewalls full-stop. More a track-tyre that was also good for the road,

Maybe those characteristics also helped on the S2000?

[Orangecurry]

trails said:

16s are 6.5' front and 7.5' rear, so half inch narrower all round that OE 17s.

Thanks. 245 on the rear - what do people run on the fronts?

[Orangecurry]

Useful insight thanks.

Did you say you have to pay to join that car forum? Wow. Never heard of that before.