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Old 09-14-13, 09:58 PM
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Originally Posted by I8ABMR
Nice. Great little car. Lots of fun , amazing handling,reliable, and easy at the pump
Thank you. Absolutely the reasons that I picked it up.

Originally Posted by Nospinzone
Congrats, nice car, good luck with it. And if I was there I would toss in some coins and tie a dollar bill to the "oh ****" handles!
Thank you. I have great plans and high hopes for it. Enjoying it stock for a short time and learning the limits is 1st up. I would even entertain taking you to lunch on me and letting you drive.

Originally Posted by bitkahuna
sweet! didn't realize how nice and uncluttered that interior is.

with the 'screaming' engine, not sure how good a dd it is, but fun car for sure!
Thanks. Simplicity with the focus on the enjoyment of driving is one of the things that attracted me to the car as a whole.

On the days i take the train I'm sure it will be unremarkable, as that it only a 5 minute drive. However, when I actually drive to work, it is 15 miles of highway (30 to 635 to 75 for those in the area) during offpeak times, so I can really stretch the legs of the S

Originally Posted by GS3Tek
that's a clean s2000 there

I wonder how many s2000 owners are in here ?...(paging GSteg)
Thank you ~ i'm a bit curious about that as well, but there's always s2ki.com.

Originally Posted by tmf2004
GReat DD... and the mileage.... THis car is MINT...
I have definitely enjoyed it over the past couple of days, and hope to for some time to come. I was definitely on pins and needles hoping that it wouldn't get away like the 1st one did
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Old 09-14-13, 10:31 PM
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That is definately a clean pickup. With such low mileage, it looks like it was babied
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Old 09-14-13, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by edgeucated
That is definately a clean pickup. With such low mileage, it looks like it was babied
Funny story about that. 1st owner used it as a weekend car, put about 22k on it and then traded it on something else. 2 owner was a lady that won something like 250k in one of the lottery games in OK & bought it because she always wanted one... well she kept breaking her ankle and could barely drive it, so she had to trade it for an automatic mustang. They both kept meticulous records, and it spent its life in OK as toy. Exactly what I was looking for
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NICE - I've been looking for one as well. Enjoy it!
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Old 09-15-13, 05:30 PM
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Saw one on Craiglist last night with 60k miles.. Silver with Red interior... under 10k....
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Very Nice !!!

their fun cars

is it s AP1 or AP2 ?
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Old 09-15-13, 07:04 PM
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Awesome! Congrats!
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Congratulations. It looks almost new! The Xenon headlamps on those seem to light up the road for miles.
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Originally Posted by Harbinger
Funny story about that. 1st owner used it as a weekend car, put about 22k on it and then traded it on something else. 2 owner was a lady that won something like 250k in one of the lottery games in OK & bought it because she always wanted one... well she kept breaking her ankle and could barely drive it, so she had to trade it for an automatic mustang. They both kept meticulous records, and it spent its life in OK as toy. Exactly what I was looking for
I'm in Oklahoma and the yellow S2000's are extremely popular here. However yours is the cleanest one I've seen.

Around here they all have giant wings and are too low to go over speed bumps.
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Old 09-17-13, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Need4Speed
Very Nice !!!

their fun cars

is it s AP1 or AP2 ?
Thank you.

I've had an absolute blast these last 4 days, and don't see an end in sight. When I get bored with it stock, the mods will begin.

AP2 with the 8k redline.
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Originally Posted by Need4Speed
is it s AP1 or AP2 ?
what does this refer to, engine revision?
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Old 09-17-13, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
what does this refer to, engine revision?
Chassis codes - AP1 = '99 - '03 and AP2 = '04+

Now here's where it gets convoluted... in the US 99-03 had the F20 engine, and 04+ had the F22, however in most of the rest of the world the 04+'s retained the F20 engine, and I believe that some of them later obtained the F22. AP1's have a 9k redline, whereas the AP2's with the F22 have an 8k redline.
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Originally Posted by Harbinger
Chassis codes - AP1 = '99 - '03 and AP2 = '04+

Now here's where it gets convoluted... in the US 99-03 had the F20 engine, and 04+ had the F22, however in most of the rest of the world the 04+'s retained the F20 engine, and I believe that some of them later obtained the F22. AP1's have a 9k redline, whereas the AP2's with the F22 have an 8k redline.
i personally prefer the AP2. while 9k redline is so sweet, but the f22 makes the car a bit more drivable on a daily basis imho
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Old 09-18-13, 08:33 AM
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Great snag!! I had the original (for the U.S.) 2000 model year, and have been looking at picking up one similar to yours again. It's definitely getting harder and harder to find clean, unabused examples, that are still somewhat reasonable on price, but you look like you did it!
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Old 09-18-13, 08:37 AM
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Originally Posted by Kira X
Around here they all have giant wings and are too low to go over speed bumps.
"Here" meaning where?
The location ID on your avatar in unreadable in English.
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