whiterice what do the markings look like?

 

you'll generally see bare metal from the teeth on the clamp around the jacking points on the car. they are usually hard to spot but on a car such as the OP's yellow s2000 they should show up quite well

i'll see if i can get a pick from a car at my shop tomorrow for a better reference

 

good 411 here, based on the carfax - i would be a bit cautious. but that is just me being anal. you never know what happened and that just freaks me out. is there frame damage, is there rust, etc...

 

With that history, that car is not worth any more than $10k.
The wind noise is from the driver side latch.
My car was like that.
I did a simple mod that lowered the latch a little bit and although its still not flushed as the passenger side, the wind noise have decresed 90%.

 

NOT WORTH IT.

Do some more research. Current s2k resale is in the dumps.

For a 00-01 and sometimes even 02, you can find them easily for less than 11k right now private sale. Trust me, Ive been searching s2k's for weeks to find out what I can sell mine for...

 

Hopefully you're not still looking at this car.

Wait for a deal. Drive if you must, or you're really unnecessarily narrowing your search and will not end up with nearly as good of a car as if you were to look further. Stop looking at stealerships. Use crazedlist.org and check off as far out as you're looking to search.

In my case, for $2,000 more six months ago, I got:

3 years newer
Better Tires
60k miles less
Great paint that's NOT a repaint
No aftermarket top/wind issues
No questionable history

You can do better. Look for private owners, especially those that have money and are selling it for a reasonable price as haggling and tire kickers aren't worth their time. Mine was in a RICH neighborhood in a garage with a car cover - yay!

 

This is simply not true. In the bay area dealers aren't moving much on pricing.

OP - I'd do a lot of research. I picked up an 04 with 61K on it for $15.7. Your price point seems a little low. $12k out the door is a used civic, not an s2000.

Repaints don't bother me, as long as I know why it was repainted. for example, we had a fender bennder on our TL and they bend our front fender. When they replaced the fender, as I didn't want a pound out, I requested that my body shop repaint the front end, with a new bumper and fad the paint to the rear. The car looks like a new ride and there are no stone chips.

A lot of people will tell you, 'dont buy anything but a perfect car.' Sure that's good advice if you're willing to pay for it. $12 out the door is going to require you give a little.

-clean title / no body work
-low miles
-in your price point

Pick any three.

 

amy,

i notice you are from PA. did you happen to see this one?

clickie

~tina~

 

Much much better deal than the one the OP posted.
If I didn't already have a S2000, I'd buy that one.

 

thanks, I didn't see that one, I'll have to check it out!

I'm having a body shop look at this, if it's good and I can get it cheap, I might, I'm also keeping options open and still looking.............

Haven't decided anything yet