JLUDE, you bring up some really good points which I'll need to put some thought into. Thanks for that input.

 

I'm sure you'll make the decision that is right for you. I've thought about upgrading many times but then decide not to for some of the reasons I mentioned and have no regrets. I love my AP1 and plan to keep it as long as I'm able to.

 

I do love my car, and it's running 100% and I trust the engine completely, but when I look down and see ~91k miles, my heart hurts, hahah. And after I wash it, and still see tons of rock chips up front, my heart hurts again, but I just can't bring myself to spend the money to try to rejuvenate the car aesthetically.

 

Look at it this way. Lets say someone backs into your 91K mile S2000 in a parking lot and you get a repainted front bumper cover and hood out of this "deal". You needed new paint anyway!

If the same thing happened to your new pristine S2000 it would be all negative!

 

It all comes down to the dollars in my mind. It's really the tax and that a new more valuable vehicle costs more year to own and operate.

If you're thinking you'll spend more money to drive less I wonder if that driving time will be THAT much more fun?

If you're keeping the S for the next 10-15 years, it might be great to pick up a low mileage one in this recession.

If you're thinking you'll get more fun out of a different, lower mileage and in better shape S I'm not certain you'll experience that.

I have an 04 S with 80K on it. I told my wife if I'm still into the car when the motor goes we'll re-do the car. Why? Because I know the vehicle. It'd likely re-do the motor, fresh paint etc. That said I drive it a lot and may not want to re-do the car in 3 years. Maybe I'll be like you looking for a new version of the same thing.

I'll tell you this though, we're saving for an NSX and I'd rather have a low mileage NSX with a high mileage S to kick around than the other way around.

 

I won't be spending more money to drive it less; either car will be driven the same, ~5000 miles per year.

I used to daily the S but I picked up a daily car this summer. Because I only drive it ~5000 a year, and I have a garage to park it, I can have a near perfect S and the correct conditions to keep it near perfect.


I'd looooove an NSX, but the only ones that are in my price range are the older ones with 80k+ miles. Maybe in 5 years I can afford a pristine second gen

 

I think you make a good case for upgrading, but that would be it. 06-09 not any real changes, but I'd only look at 08-09 models. If you already had an 06+ I'd say not to do it, but you'd be getting dbw, stability control, some other changes by doing so.

I can't think of any reason to get an NSX over an S2000 other than looks.

 

This is a bit like divorcing your wife in favor of a "newer model"....younger, better looking, less mileage (but potentially has been driven harder! lol), less surface imperfections but potentially higher maintenance costs and certainly more "up front costs"

 

06+ is cheaper/easier to tune also, which is a plus because I'd be looking at swapping my CTSC kit for an SOS 06+ kit with the Hondata.

 

Hahah nice analogy.