Longest period of S2k ownership?
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Longest period of S2k ownership?
In 12 days time I will have owned my S2000 for 3 years. Its build date is June '99 and its VIN is 0081.
Anyone else owned their S2000 longer? I am sure there must be a few Australian or Japanese challengers in the wings!
Anyone else owned their S2000 longer? I am sure there must be a few Australian or Japanese challengers in the wings!
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I was about to post that the longest owners must be from Australia or Japan since the car was released as a 99 model in those markets. I think most of the arly US market cars were sold starting in September 99. Anyone in the US get their's earlier than that?
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I'm fairly sure the S2000 was released in May or June '99 in Japan.
We NA guys had to wait till mid-September. I got on the waitlist in mid-January '99. It was early enough that a few dealers had no idea what car I was talking about, even though the S had been shown here at the LA Autoshow the week before...
We NA guys had to wait till mid-September. I got on the waitlist in mid-January '99. It was early enough that a few dealers had no idea what car I was talking about, even though the S had been shown here at the LA Autoshow the week before...
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GTI, we in Oz pay a lot more for our vehicles than you guys in the US. The cost back then was $AUD 70k which equates to $US33k but don't forget our average salaries are $ for $ with US so it is the equivalent of a US resident paying $70k for their car
The good news though is that Australian dealers are not allowed to mark up beyond RRP so I did not pay any premium.
On top of my $70k cost I then had to pay another $5k in dealer delivery charges, licence fees, state taxes etc. so my total on road cost was $AUD75k.
The good news though is that Australian dealers are not allowed to mark up beyond RRP so I did not pay any premium.
On top of my $70k cost I then had to pay another $5k in dealer delivery charges, licence fees, state taxes etc. so my total on road cost was $AUD75k.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 2kturkey
[B]GTI, we in Oz pay a lot more for our vehicles than you guys in the US. The cost back then was $AUD 70k which equates to $US33k but don't forget our average salaries are $ for $ with US so it is the equivalent of a US resident paying $70k for their car
[B]GTI, we in Oz pay a lot more for our vehicles than you guys in the US. The cost back then was $AUD 70k which equates to $US33k but don't forget our average salaries are $ for $ with US so it is the equivalent of a US resident paying $70k for their car
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I took delivery of mine on September 30, 1999. I think I got the 10th one delivered in Houston. I have 21,000 miles on it, second set of tires, everything stock and never had any problems. I run autocross every other month, and have taken it to the 2.9 mile road course at Texas World Speedway three weekends. I still love driving it around town, at the track or at an autocross.
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