I can't believe I just said VGA instead of VSA :thumbdn:

Plus I've seen plenty of people thankful that they had traction control in certain situations where they couldn't react as quickly as a computer

You can turn the VSA Off if you want to play. But you can't turn it On if it ain't there. ;) My '06, though, is the only S2000 I've owned and have only a dozen miles on a couple of others during test drives. I'm happy with mine. I'll let ya know more tonight if anything is different after a 600 mile round trip! Season is getting short up here on the North Coast and I hope to run at least half of that top-down.

-- Chuck

Hi TeslaChicken,

I had more or less the same requirements like you plus to have it complete with a hard top. It took me about 6 months to find it (that is together with convincing the wife!). 1 owner, 53k miles, mint condition 2009, red leather interior (well I was going for that, black interior easier to find in the UK).

Just be patient and you will be rewarded. Just when the time comes, try to refrain yourself from paying the full amount, do some negotiating as even the dealers are
aware that buyers for a discontinued model are hard to find these days.

Best of luck and will be waiting pictures when you finally get yours!

I love my RYP. It was between that and the LBP. But mine only had 23k miles on it, one owner, not many mods. The LBP I found was older, had a bad VSA module and way more miles. Overall, I'm very happy with the purchase. The RYP is an amazing color :D, yet a total love it or hate it type of thing.

I waited two months and eventually drove 4 hours to get the S I wanted, and that was in the year the car was being made, so my advice is be patient and be ready to travel a bit.

Patience...that is the ultimate part in buying an S. Keep to your requirements and thoroughly inspect any S that matches (or comes very close) to what you are looking for. It's getting harder and harder to find a good S but wait it out!

If you're willing to spend significantly more than your budget allows, there is a brand new one at a dealer in NY.

https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/110...and-new-s2000/

I literally searched craigslist and autotrader every single day, multiple times a day, for TWO YEARS to find a clean GPW/tan within 200 miles. I ended up having to drive about 150 miles to get mine.

Unfortunately, these cars have depreciated to a price point where the average Joe can (or thinks they can...) afford them, and more often than not will dog them out (not that that's a bad thing or anything, I couldn't afford a new one either).

At least in the surrounding Columbia, SC area I couldn't find a clean S2000 PERIOD except maybe once every 2-3 months ONE would pop up. But they would be asking a fortune for it.

Be willing to drive to get a clean one, if you want one in the next 6 months or so.

People are incresingly treating cars as "disposable." Finding someone that takes car of ANY car is hard to find nowadays. A lot of times now when I'm in the market for another car I go out with the mentality of "Can I clean this car up to my standards..." NOT "IS this car clean enough for my standards...?" because forget that, none of them are nowadays lol.

I appreciate all the advice everyone. It seems that patience and travel are the key factors when buying an S. There are some nice ones about 400 miles away from me :(, guess I need to plan some roadtrips over the weekend!

Try to make a fun day out of it somehow. And don't let the buyer know that you're travelling far, they tend not to budge much on their price that way lol.