Would you rather buy 68k miles vs 125k miles with notes inside
 

Hey Guys,

Both cars are same year and color. One has 68k miles and the other 125k. Driving both, they both seem fine. Exterior and interior look similar in quality. The cars cost within ~$5000 of eachother

The 69k has..

• 7 matching VINS, fender VINS do not match car, bumper was resprayed
• Fenders look to have been rolled at one point
• No mods but was likely lowered with wheels at one point judging by the rolled fenders.
• Missing the full jack kit
• Was last serviced end of 2016, only 3-4k miles put on since then

The 125k has..

• new oem softtop
• no mods
• rebuilt head as preventative valve seat loss.
• All vins in tact
• all maintenance done and accounted from hoses to belts to brakes all current.

Which would you go for and why?

If I had to choose, I choose the 125K for the matching VINs and records.

But I would wait for other options. Good luck!

Without knowing anything else and in pure theory I would buy the second car but I bet if you looked close enough you could find substantial differences in maintenance and component wear. It really depends on your goals though, do you just want to get into a reliable s2000 and drive, drive, drive? Or do you want a garage queen that holds value? Do you want something else entirely? Personally, I would go with whatever is the better combo of well-maintained/not abused and likely to not lose too much value.

What Deckoz said.
Levi

What year are these cars? Neither sounds good to me. What the heck is " rebuilt head as preventative valve seat loss"?

-- Chuck

neither choice is a great choice.
darcy

The 125K miles car seems to be the better of the two for the most part minus the "rebuilt head as preventative valve seat loss". Is it a fancy way of saying "this an AP1 that has its retainers replaced"?

Thanks for the feedback guys. Both cars are 2007 ap2s :)

What are the prices? Just curious. For a bit over $20K-$22K you should be able to get the same model year car with with all 10 VINs and mileage close to 50K

-- Chuck

What is the model year and what is the price of each? I don't understand why you wouldn't include that info. Not knowing the price of each I feel like neither of those is a great choice. Not servicing a car for 2 years isn't great even if it wasn't driven much. I would be very hesitant of the 2nd car if the head was pulled. If it is an AP1 and it just had the AP2 valve train put in and the head wasn't pulled then its a good thing.

I would go with the last part of this response. Just because you found two S2000s doesn't mean that's all you can choose from. Wait for one with lower miles that checks the boxes.

But if I had to choose I'd buy the one with lower miles. Everyone has a different idea when it comes to this car, but at this stage of my life I'd drive this car maybe once per week (probably more in the summer) and I'd want to own it for a long time. So I'd prefer the lower mileage.