I used to get only 400kms on a full tank with my s2k and I would mainly cruise so I've noticed the saving in the ep3.
Ep3 seats don't fold straight
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I used to get only 400kms on a full tank with my s2k and I would mainly cruise so I've noticed the saving in the ep3.
Ep3 seats don't fold straight
Is there a boot release button inside the ep3? I can't find it
No such thing, boot is unlocked when doors unlockedQuote:
Originally Posted by doosra
thinking of getting an s2k, found a blue one, abit cheap for what i reckon it should be with 100ks. Only recently bought a dc5r and i love the drive when im sitting in it but once i park it and walk off, it doesnt look any special to me, so i guess kinda a love hate relo for me with my itr, def want an s2k but without logbooks and service history... very sketchy >.> whereas my itr has all
i think i know which one ur tlaking about it. the one on gumtree? ive checked that out a while ago (was up for sale 2-3 months back) and it was very very dodgy. shit engine bay, roof was fkd, condition overall was quite poor and the owner was himself not the most straight-up guy. stay away!
Yes i saw that one too. . .Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
the engine light was on. . . bumper was damaged and not aligned with the car, roof needs fixing and the interior was in pretty poor condition. . . and no log books. . .
its not on ppsr though lol, you need hell of a bargin if you wanted to buy it.
soo hard to find clean s2k these days lol
Thats true. With the s2ks these days, if it looks to good to be true, it normally is. You cant go buy the KM readings anymore (to many dodgy wound back odos). Your best bet is to check general wear and tear that would go as more kms are put on. Seats, carpet, gear stick, steering wheel, engine cleanliness, how many bugs that radiator has snapped up.. Little shit like that will tell you more about the car than the odo (in dodged up car scenarios).Quote:
Originally Posted by _Dee
Not many car enthusiasts buy s2000. They treat it like a toy/vanity ride and therefore lack the attention to detail. The ones that do look after it obviously love it too much to sell it.Quote:
Originally Posted by VeYzZii
why would anyone in the right mind want to move from a DC2 Type R. come on....
To go faster..Quote:
Originally Posted by EVLGTR
Anyone movied from a ek?
Im coming from a stock as hell ek to s2k now lol
^ big jump
you'll love it lol.
Just ran into this in The Telegraph:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226453794442
Soo.. these days we are left with poor conditioned s2000 to choose from :CQuote:
Originally Posted by butterfingers
If there not much good condition s2k might as well spend good money bringing it too a better condition
or wait for a good condition one to pop up, they do come up, but get snapped up within 2-3 weeks
I sold mine in 3 days but surprisingly only got one phone call in 3 days so first person came saw it and bought it. I would've thought there would be more interest considering how everyone says how hard it is to find a good one.
i remember yours, looked like a really good example. 3 day sale is pretty impressive lol
Yeah, was so glad it sold so quickly. Posted it midday, got a call at 8pm, next day viewing and deposit, then the day after took it to mechanic to check over and then sold. My bmw 120I on the other hand, 3 phone calls in one month and no one came to view so I cut my losses and traded in for ep3 :)
I can't agree that good ones go quickly.
My 2001 model had only 27,500 Km on the clock, was in mint condition, & properly serviced.
Sure the owner wanted top dollar, but it had been on the market for over 6 weeks before I decided it was worth driving almost 200Km each way, to look at it.
I had been trying to find a good one in Brisbane, & preferred a quiet grey, rather than a bright yellow, however the only other 2 really good cars for sale at the time had red seats, which I did not like.
I went, I saw, I bought, to paraphrase the old saying, even if it was yellow, but some of those quite nice cars took some time to sell.
There were also some quite nice cars for sale in the low to mid twenties, as it would appear there are now.
Oh, & the car is everything I hoped for, & have got to really like yellow.
i think colour has a big thing to do with it. ive noticed yellow and silver don't sell nearly as fast as the good conditioned and reasonably priced white/black/blue cars. even a really clean red one was up for at least 5-6 weeks before it got sold.
Is buying a s2k with logbooks a must? I seen a few which looked very clean car wise but they dont come with log books. . .
if ur referring to the blue one on gumtree... stay clear. i spoke to the owner and asked him how many owners the car has had and he replied with "i dont take notice of little things like that, the car drives really well". He kept reiterating the fact that the car 'drives well'. Seemed in a rush to sell (probably something very wrong with the car), albeit i will admit from the pics it looks clean, but those pics could have been taken 2 yrs ago for all we know =P
i think log books are not a MUST, but definitely a big big bonus and a good sign the car has been treated well. if u do all the mechanical checks (compression etc) and there is no chassis damage, a missing logbook will just mean u get less resale out of it.
Nah not the blue one theres another blue one listed that one was in good nick, engine bay down to the mods were top stuff just a few i have seen doesn't hav log books. Im going to do a mech inspection so don't you worry about that, I offered the guy with the dodgy blue on 14k and he was happy to take that offer but i was only joking around lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
LOL 14k? wtf.. hahaha goes to show it must be fuked....
is the blue one on carsales or gumtree? cos the one i was talking about was the more expensive one on gumtree
The 14k guy was the 16.5k on on gumtree. I said i will only take it for 14k after a mech inspection and he was happy so i dont think its that bad. I also checked the more expensive blue one on gum tree and the car outside/inside was in great condition.
really? interesting.... but 14k really seems like a sign telling u to stay clear dude... well if u end up getting the inspection let me know how it goes lol. i went to see that one and everything about it seemed terrible... bad condition overall
Funny thing is. . . his the only guy that has 2 original keys + red key + original manual . . . The way neater ones i checked are like one sets of keys only and not even the manual . . those ones are the ones listed for 20k above. . .Quote:
Originally Posted by black8thgen
weird..........
You can buy manuals online. You can also buy service logbooks online.Quote:
Originally Posted by manonastick
i don't think logbooks are always a deal breaker.
My logbook hasn't been touched since i got the car because i do all my own services lol..
Sae I do my own servicing too, however I fill out the log book, & keep the receipts for oil, filters etc, so I have a record of what was used for myself.
This will also provide a record of the maintenance done on the car, when the time comes to sell.
in relation to resale, buyers wont like the fact you service it yourself.
they dont know what kind of person you are, whether you have mechanical prowess or not and how meticulous you are at keeping your car mechanically A1.
if i was to buy a car from Robert of Hannys, id trust if there were no log books cos i know who he is and his expertise with Hondas (or do i?)
if i was buying a car off a 21 year old, how can you be sure he even knows how to change oil properly?
log books or not, an inspection and a test drive is the only way you can be sure of the condition of the car.
The 2-3k you lose from the sale for not having logbooks is more than made up for in the amount of money you save servicing the car yourself.
The issue is how much more difficult it might be to sell. If the car is in genuinely good shape and the buyer is diligent with inspections I don't see why there should be any problem.
Some ppl may not even consider looking at a car without log books so you minimize the buyers market without log books.
I'm sure that some of you can service your car properly, but there's no way for anybody else to know that. I would never buy a car that somebody has "serviced themselves", because more often than not, it means that the car as actually just been neglected.
I service my car. I have the means to pay a dealer but I don't trust them, they know what they're doing but in my opinion they are generally pushed too hard to get the job done quickly rather than properly. I also get a sense of satisfaction from working on my car.
I purchase original parts, keep all receipts and have never had trouble selling cars I have owned.
Indie, saying no way, or never, is a very foolish way to go. In my case you would be robbing yourself of a chance to buy a 32000Km S, which will be much better maintained than would be a dealer serviced car. The fact that you could look at the couple of Triumphs that I have restored should reassure you, as would perhaps the information of the F1 & F11 cars I maintained back in the day.
The only car we get regularly serviced by a dealer is my wife's Mazda 2. I do find I have to keep a close watch on them, as the servicing is not as good as I would like. It is only continued as I can't be bothered with the thing myself.
At least our Mazda dealer does the job, if a little perfunctory, unlike the Ford dealer who had not disturbed the chalk marks my son put on his Ranger before having it serviced. When confronted with the evidence & photos they did at least tear up the invoice.
I bought the car 18 months ago with only 27500Km on the thing. I did get my nearest Honda dealer to do a major service, & change all fluids & hoses for me, an $1,800 job. Unfortunately on the way home, the thing started to get a little over normal temperature. They had under filled the coolant by almost half a litre.
Would you suggest I go back to them? I certainly won't be.
Service log books are "comforting" for people who don't know what to look at. You could send your car to the dealer to service every 500km and still have a pos on your hands if the owner bounces off the rev limiter constantly, clutch dumps at every set of lights or gutter bashes regularly while fish tailing their way to the dealer for this "magical" service. It's helpful to a degree but not the end all answer.
Look at the car now, not just part of their history. Much like girls ahha.
i see "never been thrashed" a lot on advertisements as if its a selling point. what is their definition of thrashed?
it seems the majority of people still think WOT/shifting at redline is harmful to an engine or something.
1. your kidding yourself if your buying a performance car and expect the owner to have never hit WOT/thrashed/redlined.
2. its probably in better shape than someone who's always shifted at 2000 rpm all day everyday and/or short trips.
when dealing with this factor, regular maintenance would make a difference.
^ My definition of thrashed is to belt it day in and out and never adhere to service intervals, and when you do you spend the bare minimum, with shitty stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by butterfingers
I HAVE GIVEN ALL MY CARS a beating. But they always got the best care in return. 2 way street.
But somethings I never do; like flat changing, 7000 RPM launches, or hectic burnouts where you try to gas everyone out of their homes in the cul-de-sac with oxidized rubber.
i would have the same definition of thrashing as you then. no hard launches or flat shifting.Quote:
Originally Posted by DakDak
otherwise the engine was designed and intended to be used in any part of the rpm range between idle and redline. unless it was a shit quality engine, I'm sure manufacturers don't build things that break when used and maintained as intended.
Be careful. I believe you can get into trouble for posting well thought out and informative posts on OzHonda. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by aozora
Seriously though, if my car is ever for sale (perhaps an estate sale?) it will come with a log book. And it will be totally pristine and never sullied by the pen of a dealer. I service my car myself and would never trust it to the trained apes at a Honda dealer.
So true DakDak, there is no point in destroying perfectly good machinery.
There was a beautiful story about Fangio, when he was the best ever. A young thing from a ladies mag was interviewing him, & he was his usual courteous self.
However, when she asked, "Mr Fangio, how do you put your car into a slide"? His response was to step back, & state, "madam I spend my entire time on the track preventing slides, not initiating them" & terminate the interview.
When my son first got his licence he was showing signs of being impressed by some of his acquaintances doing burnouts in their old XD XF Falcons. I told him the Fangio story, then pointed out that although no Fangio, when I was setting Bathurst lap records, I spent my entire time preventing wheel spin, not initiating it.
He got the message, & became quite quick, while displaying plenty of mechanical sympathy. I do let him drive mt Triumphs & my S.
He'd be lousy in a drift competition though. ;)