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Old 05-06-2008, 03:50 AM
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Default A potential S2000 owner with a few questions

I'm new here so first of all I'd like to say hi

As the title suggests I am interested in the S2000 and am considering buying one, I have skimmed (and will read in more detail) the 65 page FAQ document, but have some other quick questions.

My budget of about
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MPG - Nothing to write home about...
DD - Sure, tons of us do it.
Resale@100k - You'll find someone that will want to track it.
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if you're only gonna drive it for 3 years and will do less than 15k miles per year, have you thought about leasing it? for that amount of money in the US, you can lease a brand new one. that way you don't have to worry about maintenance, and you'd be driving a brand new car.

i don't know how that translates to the UK, though.
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Honestly ... there is nothing to worry about

This is the best toy I've ever bought
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[QUOTE=rustywave,May 6 2008, 10:23 AM] if you're only gonna drive it for 3 years and will do less than 15k miles per year, have you thought about leasing it? for that amount of money in the US, you can lease a brand new one. that way you don't have to worry about maintenance, and you'd be driving a brand new car.

i don't know how that translates to the UK, though.
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I DD'd my car for 18 months in all sorts of central California weather without a single problem. MPG was 19.5 city & 29 hwy. When it's time to sale list it during the spring because it's convertible season and much easier to sale.
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Fuel mileage is totally subjective. If you drive it nice and dont get stuck in traffic and dont hot vtec all the time, then you can easily get 250-275 miles on a tank. If you have a lot of stop and go traffic and are taking a bunch of short trips and playing ( ) more than you shoukld you can get as low as 200 on a tank. I think the least I have ever gotten was 207 miles on a full tank.

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