dav3ydav3

Is a 2005, with 77000 miles on the clock too many for it's age?

I am thinking of buying one soon. It is silverstone metallic gt, with red and black leather .

Hope you guys can share your views.

eSeM

That is less than 9k miles a year ..... some do more, some do less.

dav3ydav3

It's up for £8000, brilliant condition inside and out, 1 owner from new

Le8

I'll rather have a high mileage car that's well looked after, rather than a low mileage car that's been thrashed.

Make sure you have service documents, but saying that many owners have service their own car and don't have proof.

77k on the S2000 is nothing, the engine is just beginning to tick.

dav3ydav3

Hi mate,

It has a whole folder over services every. 9000 miles , well looked after.

I take it these engines go forever then?

I am using it as a weekend car only so 4000 a year tops.

The owner keeps saying it will be a collectors item one day ?

loftust

The engines do not go on forever - a fair few have failed, spontaneously, dramatically, and without known cause in some cases, others haven't.

I think the next couple of years will determine the trend one way or another.

An 05 at that price is typical of market conditions - I'd want to have a very thorough look at it beforehand though.

Also look into the geo/alignment/tracking bushes - the bolts seize if not greased - I'd want hard proof that they have been tended to and definitely wouldn't take someone's word for it.

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Le8

Seams like you don't know much about S2000.

Yes the S2000 will be a classic, and Honda engine will go on forever if looked after.

Le8

Really?

dav3ydav3

I think that was 2009 ages s2000s first few thousand miles on the clock.

loftust

Yes.

Dembo, PaulF (x2), AquilaEagle, plus many others... thats not even taking into account the MY09s either...

The Yanks have demonstrated that the engines can do a couple of thousand miles if correctly looked after, but saying they go on forever is, in my opinion, an inaccurate claim; preventative maintenance will only achieve so much too.

ATEOTD though, we buy cars like these to drive and deal with the consequences of failure if/when it occurs.

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