It makes me so sad to see all these S2000's on here that have been in an accident be deemed as totaled. I was hit twice in a 3 month period and the second time when I thought it was going to be totaled, it wasnt. They replaced my rear quarter panel, bumper, tail light, had to weld together my trunk floor, replaced my TE37, and new tire. I believe the grand total to fix it was around 7k-8k. It seems like they are just wanting to "total out" the Ap1's than fix them. I guess I got lucky with my '02

 

Looks good , your is worth more than 7-8k ...ins co.don't make mistakes with money .

 

So why were you hit?

 

The first one, some guy sideswiped me. Then the second one, I literally just got my car back and maybe had it for 5 days when my co-worker crashed into it while it was parked. I don't wish it on any s2000 owner to be out of their car for months at a time.

 

Decision is made based on estimated repair costs versus value of the vehicle regardless of the make/model. AP1's are getting old and tend to have lower value so, yes, they're more likely to be totaled in accidents with more damage. The insurance companies aren't out to total the AP1's by intent.

 

The more that get totaled, the more mine will be worth.

 

i like how cheap they are getting. once all the kids have crashed them, theyll be as rare as srt-4's

 

Your bumper looks off from the rest of the car...

Mine is the same way, but I'm about to get it resprayed

 

My PO (personal opinion):
I'm reasonably certain that "kids" do not have the market cornered on getting into car crashes. Sometimes, you are just in the wrong place at the wrong time and it has nothing to do with age. Vintage crew will vouch for that.

 

Isn't it going to look a bit off because the bumper and the car itself are different pieces ?