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Old 05-19-2010, 12:07 PM
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Are these cars known for being reliable past 100k miles? Since it's a high revving motor, do they go for much longer than 100k? The car I am looking at looks great in every way, except for the mileage which is 102k
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Mileage is no problem on these cars, assuming they have been maintained. Plenty of people are 100k+, some have even reached 200k with no issues. I would definitely have a mechanic look at the car, and do a compression/leak down test.
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And next time, please search, as this same question pops up every week.
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Thanks, i'll be sure to make better use of the search function.

Say a car does poorly on the compression/leakdown test. Does this mean no go?

Also, the color of the one I am looking at is S. Blue as well
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Yeah, I wouldnt buy a car with low/bad compression testing. And the f series engines have a much higher compression than a lot of other engines, so make sure you compare the numbers you get to honda's. I believe its somewhere around 215, but i would be wrong.
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Originally Posted by ctonnaer,May 19 2010, 04:07 PM
Are these cars known for being reliable past 100k miles? Since it's a high revving motor, do they go for much longer than 100k? The car I am looking at looks great in every way, except for the mileage which is 102k
I bought my 01 s2000 with 102k actually, and I've had it for a year with no problems. As long as they are well taken care of, you shouldn't have any problems.
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Give us more information. Yr and asking price and how many owners?
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Originally Posted by ctonnaer,May 19 2010, 12:15 PM
Say a car does poorly on the compression/leakdown test. Does this mean no go?

Also, the color of the one I am looking at is S. Blue as well
I wouldn't buy a car with bad compression/leak down results. It means someone mishifted/over-revved, bending the valves and messing up the retainers. Engine rebuild would be in the near future.

And Suzuka Blue!
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Originally Posted by Moogle,May 19 2010, 01:29 PM
I bought my 01 s2000 with 102k actually, and I've had it for a year with no problems. As long as they are well taken care of, you shouldn't have any problems.
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if well maintained, hell yes


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