Hello All,

I'm really excited to join the S2000 community, I fortunate to pick up an 05 Chicane Silver Metallic AP2. It has 122k miles on it, but feels like plenty of life left. This is my first stick shift car, and I'm really excited to own it.




The drive is great!

 

Congrads !!

 

Congrats! Front lower spoiler and all!

I'm betting it's Silverstone (paint code NH-630M) like my '06. 'Cuz if it's Chicane Silver it's one of a kind or a repaint since that color was not available until 2008.

-- Chuck

 

Looks like a well-maintained car. You couldn't ask for a better car to learn a manual transmission. I have owned a few manuals and this one is by far the best experience I have had.
The first thing I would do is change out all of the fluids so you can reset the maintenance schedule to your own timeline.

 

Thanks all, I spent all day driving it everywhere! My wife thought I moved out! I love this car, its the sportiest handling car by far out of anything I have owned thus far.

After two days of ownership, my tank is nearly empty.

@Chuck S You are correct sir! Based on my VIN check this is a Silverstone not Chicane, my mistake!

For the most part the previous two owners of my car appeared to have kept it mostly stock, except for what appears to be some purple colored coil overs. I intend to keep the car as stock as I can and only replace with OEM or OE parts, so it will continue looking this way.

 

If you look in the right door jam there's a paint code.

Time for baseline maintenance. You know the drill. All fluids including coolant and hydraulics (unless these were recent done -- they're time based, not mileage). I reckon most of us here waste a lot of engine, gearbox, and differential oil by how often we change them but it's perversely satisfying for me under the car getting dirty once a year -- heck, I'm under here why not change the gearbox and diff too?

Watch the parking curbs with that long nose sticking out there!

-- Chuck

 

Super clean!

 

Congratulations! I'm a fan of all S2000's and a fan of the AP2v1 (2004, 2005) cars in particular. At 122K miles young, your car still has plenty of life left in it for sure. Welcome to the forum.