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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Reckon
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!!!
Thanks man! Tires on 16's are brand new, but I already put a brand new set of Axis 18x10/18x8's on it when I got home, which are LIGHTER than the 16's.. lol. Looks waaayy better too. No other mods to come other than upgrading the stereo and dropping in a K&N. Trans/diff/engine oil will be changed next week as well, even though it was just serviced before I picked it up

On a second note, I did look at two others before driving 1000 miles to buy this one, and it's amazing how bad of condition our cars are becoming after being able to be purchased by "young" people (I'm only 27 myself). I passed in the first 5 minutes on both of them, as my criteria was strict on it being mint and all stock, never modded. People are ruining AP1's everywhere and it's sad, really sad... It's hard to find one like this one, that's for sure. At least without paying 25k plus..
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 06:42 AM
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nice find and welcome!
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by twrmnd
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 :/
Definitely highway. See also the prior MPG threads.

Originally Posted by Soof
Sounds like a great find. However, I'll never understand how anyone who owns an S2000 would never take it to redline. ????
One size does not fit all.
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 09:57 AM
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Day two and still no pics!
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by baZurk
Day two and still no pics!
I was on the road for 30 hours out of the last 72 lol. So tired that I just got around to washing it today, and I'll be waxing and detailing it tomorrow. Pics tomorrow for sure
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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 09:23 PM
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I'd reset the ECU so it goes back to the factory setting. If the car was never revved beyond 7K, the ECU has probably got some bad departures from stock now. Just pull the fuse for 10 minutes and then plug it back in.

Your gas mileage seems better than mine by quite a bit. That may be one of the things your ECU is doing after years of running to only 7K.
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Old Oct 12, 2013 | 04:45 AM
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Does it have clutch buzz?
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Old Oct 12, 2013 | 05:36 AM
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Originally Posted by AP1Driver
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 have Rick's angled license plate holder on mine, couldn't be happier:

http://www.ricks2k.com/products/plateholder.php



Even if you don't have to put a plate on it, anything else that you would want to mount here (vanity plate etc) would look cleaner using this than the factory mount.
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Old Oct 12, 2013 | 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by preludepatrick
Does it have clutch buzz?
None.
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Old Oct 12, 2013 | 06:37 AM
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Originally Posted by jimmy-buffett
Originally Posted by AP1Driver' timestamp='1381498079' post='22822460
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 have Rick's angled license plate holder on mine, couldn't be happier:

http://www.ricks2k.com/products/plateholder.php



Even if you don't have to put a plate on it, anything else that you would want to mount here (vanity plate etc) would look cleaner using this than the factory mount.
Already found a solution I'll post another pic when it arrives..
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