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Up for sale hey........ Will go and check the piggy bank. Mates rates? ;)

Oh and first refusal if you sell? :)

You're welcome. Glad to see it looking so mint still. Good job bud. :)

If the S2000 disappears in time I'm fairly determined to make this car a NW resident. :)

So what age of S2000 did you get quoted on out of interest. I'm genuinely interested to know as I've had no insurance shocks when looking for prices on mine so interested if the insurance companies view the earlier ones differently in terms of risk?

You see I can't understand that. I'm 31 and my S2000 costs no more to insure than my R26 did. I don't know if insurance companies view the pre and post facelift cars differently in terms of risk but my experience is that the rumours about S2000 insurance aren't actually true, going off what I...

In a vague attempt to keep this updated I've started fettling. Nothing major and just really and attempt to get the car upto the right standard before I do anything else. First ups, DC5 gearknob to replace the grim looking OEM one. Then secondly I did a bit of a refurb job on the centre...

Looks tidy just on the coilovers. Yellow wheels do not want though, sorry! I'm loving mine so far. Just a bonkers thing to have fully strung out on a decent road. Can't understand the comments abvout the insurance being high. Mine costs me exactly the same as my R26 did, although that was...

Very kind guys. I'm currently away skiing so can't wait to get home and start fettling. :)

Cheers. Parked in the garage now till the gritters bugger off.

Gotcha. Will check out the compartment. Boot isn't half bad for that sort of car. Plenty for a weekend away. Torque is indeed flat compared to forced induction but its certainly torquier than I expected and its not really its party trick anyway. Perfectly acceptable for general pottering about. :)

All the UK cars are AP1s dude. :) The confusion of AP2s seems to anger a lot of people on S2Ki! We just have pre and post facelift with relative chassis and visual tweaks that brings. AP2 2.2 was only for North America. Mines all 9000rpm worth of goodness. :) Secret compartment? Do tell.....

Better getting yourself on S2Ki and getting a passenger ride with a forum owner i your area. The only problem with test drives is you might not get chance to fully experience that engine properly wrung out. :)

About £3k. £4k will get you a supercharger or turbo kit to 400bhp................ALERT!

That's the only thing that lets the car down as the previous owner obviously wore a ring and the top of the gear knob is a bit tarnished. It'll be getting a fresh one but open to options of something that looks vaguely OEM. :)

Yeah it was a condition of sale that they checked the bolts, greased them and did the geo. Fingers crossed that I've avoided that particular pitfall. Power delivery is epic to say the least. The gearbox is also lovely.

Cheers gents. As ever, the red interior looks brighter in the pics than it really is. I'm a fan, obviously! :) Gray - 4 weeks? that long!? ;)

Well yeah it's a RWD car so it's ability to oversteer is much greater. That's just a given with RWD really. R26 had an LSD, as does this. The early S2000's (certainly the ones I test drove) fealt very nervous and not particularly planted but the facelift versions are 100% better imo.

Clearly the delivery is completely different. It's all over in the R26 by 5.5k but in this it's only just pulling its socks up at 6k and goes all the way round to 9k. I reckon there's not much in it though in terms of overall straight line performance despite the way they go about it being...

Red leather isn;t as bad as it sounds. Honda do some horrific interiors in these including the full red dashboard but I just wanted enough for it to be interesting. The plain black interiors on these are massively dull so I reckon it needs some colour somewhere. :) IMG_20130124_142615 by...

Plans are to tidy up a few litte bits like calipers and engine bay fittings then see where we go. I always say i'm not going to modify every car I buy so this time I'm not promisng a thing!

In true CS style, following my "what car should I buy" thread I totally ignored all the advise given and I've bought an S2000. In honesty I viewed and test drove 20+ cars, VX220's, Elises, M3's, an Impreza, a Clio V6. To be honest though the only two out of the bunch that hit the spot in terms...

Totally. I love Mk6 dash but that Mk7 looks cheap. I'll reserve my judgement till I see a comparable model spec to ours and can make a comparison. Whoever made the Vauxhall VX Stylee comment earlier got it bang on. Not cool.

Agree, it's Porsche style lazy design but it still aint a facelift.

Nah, that's not really true though. VW have just gone to the lazy Porsche school of new model design with the Mk5>6>7 Golfs. I've owned a Mk5 and Mk6 and although they look very similar, side by side they're very different. Interchangeable parts between Mk5 and 6 are very few other than any...

Gloss black steering wheel centre? Have we regressed to 2005?! For me the interior is a bit of a disappointment but then it is the base model. Might be tempted to ship in the Edition 35 for the Golf .R replacement if it's any good. Any idea when we will start seeing GTi's on the road?

0-60 in 4.1 seconds. Total plum. I initially thought it might be a joke but quite worringly he might just be 100% serious. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alfa-147-Selespeed-Turbo-Charger-ROAD-TRACK-Boy-racer-0-60-4-1s-LOW-RESERVE-/290834050226?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item43b70f6cb2

Ha, can I be honest and say that the only circumstances that of buy an M3 would be as a weekend car! Sod running a 9 year old M car as a daily....... :D

Provide me with an extra £1k and I might. ;) Seriously though, my budget is £10k firm and I'd actually like to spend nearer to £9.5k so that red one isn't going to happen unless the guy has a breakdown and absolutely has to sell it. Couple of nice ones on VX220.org including a lovely black...

As if by some strange twist of fate, I was almost run over by a VX220 Turbo at lunch time. Being driven by a total tool, it was clearly not standard but it looked epic! I usually don't get on with them but I'd have only been mildly annoyed to be run down by something that epic. Want.