I found a 2000 s2000 on CL. The motor was swapped and has 85,000 miles and the body has 2205,000. It has a hard top on it, and doesn't come with the soft top. It has exhaust and was de-cated he said that it's throwing a code because of the cat, but wasn't 100% sure. That's about it, he wants 7000 for it, and I really want someone who knows a lot about them to tell me if it would be worth it or not?
I would really appreciate it! And sorry again. If this isn't the right place for this thread, I'm a noob.

 

Can I have a link?
What's your budget? Are going to want a soft top for those nice top down days? Or are you able to deal with the noise since there is a large amount of space where the top was? It's going to be louder in there than with a top.

 

What part of the country are you in? It might work better just to have a local enthusiast come with you when you first look at the car.

The engine swap and lack of a catalytic converter are a problem, you'll never be able to live or sell it to someone who lives in a city/state that does emissions testing. Nevermind the fact that the current owner is either clueless about what the problem was (why not just fix it?) or is lying to you to hide a serious problem.

The lack of a soft-top means that if you ever want to drive it top-down, you'll need to leave the hard top at home.

This car sounds like it has had a hard life and the current owner either doesn't know what's up or is trying to dump a project car on you that he's tired of working on.

 

I found a 2000 s2000 on CL. The motor was swapped and has 85,000 miles and the body has 2205,000. It has a hard top on it, and doesn't come with the soft top. It has exhaust and was de-cated he said that it's throwing a code because of the cat, but wasn't 100% sure. That's about it, he wants 7000 for it, and I really want someone who knows a lot about them to tell me if it would be worth it or not?
I would really appreciate it! And sorry again. If this isn't the right place for this thread, I'm a noob.

 

 

Agree with Sylvan, this guy is out of his mind and way over priced at $25K. For reference, in July 2014 I purchased from a dealer in SE NC a MY 2002 for circa $14,500. It was a 2 owner, 35K on the clock, clean car, no accidents, all VIN tags where they should be, lacked decent maintenance records, but had a short term warranty and had 1 small repaired hole in top. You can do way better on price.

 

He said he hasn't noticed any drips on the floor but he thinks the valve cover gasket needs to be replaced. How easy is it to replace this? Also should I be worried that the transmission needed to be rebuilt?

 

No comments on this one for me (from pictures on link)?

(Really wanting comments on car/suspension, rather than price... If anyone can comment on anything glaringly obvious that I should take into consideration from the photos.)

Thanks!

 

Found a MY 07 with a 108,000 miles, comes with apexi exhaust, lowed springs, TCT fixed, no soft top tears, fenders rolled and comes with a square setup. Owner is asking 16,000. Is it worth it?

 

That is a completely outlandish price . Tell the owner when he comes back down to planet earth then u can make a deal