ok i am about to buy a 2000 s2k for 11,500. it has rediculously high mileage (150k miles) do u think this is a good deal? and also what are the things i should look out for before buying this car? thx

 

clean title and good condition. offer 10k. worse case if it needs a new motor. Hmotors sells the full swap with trans for 4k

 

yeah its pretty high mileage for an s2k.. if the lowest he can do is 11,000 fair condition, stock, should i buy it or look for a lower mileage s2k?

 

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10,000 max

if he doesn't want to drop then look elsewhere

what does http://www.edmunds.com value the car at? use it as a baseline compared to the actual car itself

 

Okay, if you've got 11,500 then you can hold out for a car with lower mileage and a clear title for 12-14k. They are all over the trader. Resale value is higher and you'll have less headaches. The worst thing you can do is get in a hurry and then end up buying a P.O.S. You'll end up spending the cash to fix it and when you look at the total spent, you'll realize that you could've bought a newer, better S. (Quoted by me from a different but similar thread.)


Modified by TL1000R at 11:18 AM 12/5/2007

 

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10k max for sure 150k is pretty steep

 

I got my 2000 with 91k miles for 11,600...just keep looking man, i found mine on cars.com

 

Patience is a virtue.

 

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amen to that

 

im selling mine might be too much but im asking 19,5k its an 03 with 24k miles on it

 

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10,000 max

if he doesn't want to drop then look elsewhere

what does http://www.edmunds.com value the car at? use it as a baseline compared to the actual car itself</TD></TR></TABLE>I agree I wouldnt pay more than $10k and thats pushing it. Thats a grip of miles for a 2000.

 

ive been lookin at this 03 s2k for 17k has 68k on sound good? its at a dealership i was gonna try to low ball em

 

Something to also keep in mind about high mileage engines.....Metalurgy has seen big advances in the last 20 years and things last longer wear less and also can endure more abuse. Theres a good chance that a vehicle with that many miles (150k) was mostly done on the highway at 3-4k rpms. Most of todays engines can easily go 300k+ properly mantained and not abused too much.

If you going to buy a high mileage vehicle be more concerned with who owned it vs the mileage on the engine. Younger owners tend to be a lot harder on vehicles vs older more mature people. also women generally dont drive cars too hard.

 

Its a HONDA...not a ford

 

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Cost vs. mileage, dude. Even if it is going to last for a long time...why over pay for it? That's the issue here. Example: Would you pay $6k for a stock 93 civic with 150k on it?

11k+ is too much for a 150k mile 00 S2000.

You could get one with lower mileage for only slightly more. The price for AP1s....especially early AP1s has dropped RIDICULOUSLY.

There's an 02 on ebay with a hard top for $16k right now. I think it has like 50k miles.

 

Never told him to buy it.... just sayint its not going to brake ... just do what i did date a girl at a dealer ... get one for 12K and dump her

 

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thats f@ckin awesome

 

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i cant do fat girls lol

but if she had a nice bod and worked at a honda dealership.....**** i'd keep her hahahaha

 

LOL you can date her shes filling for bankruptcy after her second car was repo

PS she liked Skions more thats one reason why she had to go lol

 

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PS she liked Skions more thats one reason why she had to go lol

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damn dude. what's up with the really bad spelling? Grammar-tech.com FTW.

Scion.


I dated a girl from a dealership once. We worked together...it was WEIRD. Little bit of then some .....then got a little with her. Then I was all . Then there was inevitably some more . Then I was like ok ok for real.

 

I'm so sorry; next time I will use proper grammar and spell check before I ever make an other post on Honda tech. I just hope you can forgive me for not using proper grammar on Honda-tech.

PS I know its scion but its a peace of **** car company and I'll spell it any way i want to

 

You're so badass. You make me want to date you with the way you bash other car companies names.

 

LOL... I love all types of cars from Chevy to Koenigsegg. I just have my reasons to hate on scion.

 

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PS I know its scion but its a peace of **** car company and I'll spell it any way i want to </TD></TR></TABLE>

damn right you're sorry.

 

do you live in the Chicago area I never see a black S2k around