Just picked up an 01 with 55k from a 71 year old who purchased it new in 00. Car is showroom new, has never seen rain and according to him has never been revved past 7k. It was broken in correctly, as it burns ZERO oil and gets 33mpg (got 348 miles out of one tank and still had a bar). Is it going to hurt it now to be revved to 9k??

 

it wont...it's well past any sort of break in period. Just change all the fluids so you have a good baseline

 

probably some black smoke out the exhaust the first time bringing her back to 9k, but other than that should be fine!

 

Its irresponsible to never check the Vtec! what if it doesn't even work, its past the warranty period now. Nice fine but its as they say in the biz, pics or it didnt happen.

 

Sounds like a great find. However, I'll never understand how anyone who owns an S2000 would never take it to redline. ????

That's what it was meant for! So it's your turn now to make up lost time, or should I say lost Revs !!!!

 

Congrats on the car, hope you enjoy it but I was wondering if you could clarify if your miles are a mixed/highway because I only get 200 to a tank all city :/

 

Just curious I revved my 02' to 9k daily at over 100k miles, no issues. I couldn't pass this one up for the price; It's literally showroom inside and out, only blemish is where the front plate mount was, which will be fixed next week when I throw an AP2 bumper on the front. And the miles (regarding the gas mileage) were 99 percent highway, driving home from where I bought it.

This is also the first S I've seen that doesn't have cold-start piston slap, which is nice as well

 

Don't mod it man, leave the OEM bumper on!

All original body parts/paint > unmatched AP2 bumper with no blemishes

 

Great find! Just change out the fluids, do a sanity check on the car and make sure the tires are good to go. If all checks out, then let her rip!!!

 

Is there somewhere I can get an "S2000" or "AP1" front plate that's only about 4 inches tall (so it doesn't stick down below the bumper grille opening)? If so, I'll cover it and leave it . I could always make one myself, may do that...

And this thing is so close to new that there would be no problem matching paint on it, guaranteed