Hi everyone

My name is Shane, I've been a long time lurker of this forum and finally decided to sign up. The S2000 is a dream car of mine but where I live they rarely come up for sale and most are poorly treated, so finding a decent one was a real mission. After a few years of waiting though, in December 2014 a completely original silverstone AP1 S2000 with 126k on the clock came up for sale in the North Island about 1000km away. I took a risk and purchased the car unseen with only an AA inspection report. I jumped on a one way flight up north and meet the owner at the airport who was an elderly gentleman that had it for the past 8 years. He had paperwork from servicing during his entire ownership and even some from the owner before him. Driving the car home I knew I had a good one.

Here it is the day I picked it up


Recent picture at 130k, debadged and clear side markers.


To this day I still cant believe I own one!

 

Welcome.

Check out the link in my signature.

 

Welcome !

 

Thanks!

Most of the maintenance list has been ticked off, main thing left is to do is a valve adjustment and check the retainers.

 

Welcome

 

Welcome Shane ! Looks like a great find. How was the ride back home? Some 600 or so miles, yes?

 

Thanks!

Yes, it was roughly 600 miles. There were some incredible roads on the way back, lots of twisties which was a great opportunity to get used to driving the car. I found my back got a bit sore near the end but that's to be expected for driving the majority of the trip in one day.



It was definitely a fun trip!

 

and welcome....

 

Hello and welcome to the Forums!