Hi All,

Been on these forums not so long however really enjoy reading each and every thread.

So for the past 3 or so weeks ive been looking at a 2003 s2000 thats only done about 20,000++ km. Over in my country these cars are expensive to import and therefore are not very popular.

The car comes with a hard top which is nice however when i took off the hard top to have a look at the soft top, to my surprise the back window was not made of glass which i had expected with a 2003 model. It was made of soft plastic which has turned yellowish.

Can anyone confirm with me if there were still 2003 models manufactured with soft plastic. This car, i have been told by the dealer, is imported straight from Japan.

According to the dealer its a 2003 Honda s2000 Type V. Type V from my understanding means it has the VGS technology however there is no VGS steering etc. is this right? or is my understanding of type V wrong.

Since you are all so knowledgeable, i would appreciate if you could just give me some advise on the above.

Thanks in advance guys and girls.

 

Look for a date code on the sticker that is located on the driver side door jam. That will give you a real indication on the year of the car. It seems like:

a) the dealer doesn't know anything about the car
b) the car has a questionable history
c) the dealer is trying to trick you

I've asked dealer questions about the S2K that I already knew the answer to just to see if they were being honest.

 

Thanks for the response Chino, will have a look at the date code next time.

Does anyone know if 2003 s2k models still have the plastic rear mirrors? seems strange to me.

 

On USDM cars, plastic rears went out with the 2001 model, 2002 and newer are glass. But I can't speak for sure about other models.