What'd you bring me I brought you an S2000 S2000 originality freaks would go crazy for this stuff
you're gonna leave it alone it will get modified this is typically not the condition of a car
that people intend to modify but none of that matters to you because you're just the butcher
hey Chris hey how you doing nice to see you nice to see you so what'd you bring
me I brought you an s2000. it's a second gen S2000 is that ap2 2004
um Suzuka blue okay with the blue interior all right and how long have you had it three weeks
three weeks okay so long-term owner it's always good to have a motor yeah you love it it's your
baby you're never going to touch everything oh no my day job is with KW suspensions it's kind of a
tie-in story that I wanted the car for a long time got the train to get one so so now you have it now
I have it and you're gonna you're gonna leave it alone today this will be uh documented as its uh
stock form okay and it will get modified changed um okay a bunch of stuff will get done to it all
right well you know you know why you were asked to bring it in here even though you're you're
just gonna butcher it up and you've only had a little short while the whole premise of the
show here is I'm going to walk around it and give it an appraisal yep and I'm going to tell
you what I think even though it clearly doesn't matter and you'll tell me how you don't care and
then you'll drive out all right sounds good all right see you in a little bit all right thank you
all right so I've done my inspection and Appraisal of Chris's 2004 Honda S2000 now it's a second gen
car so it's really not 2000 CC's like the first gen cars were it's actually a 2.2 liter which
is the ap2 Gen this is the first year of it it's also Suzuka blue which is a great color has a blue
interior which is super cool it's basically just a nice clean used car at this point but none of that
really matters to the owner because he's going to chop it up and modify it so what I'm going to
show you is just walk around and see some of the finer points of what you would look at if you were
looking to buy one of these and perhaps keep it the way it is and you want to see how original it
was so the first thing with any late model car is you want to check for Vin decals on all the
panels to make sure the panels are original not replaced this car has them all where they should
be so if you look in every panel here you'll see thin decals all the way through the door jambs on
the doors under the hood on the hood front fenders front bumper cover they're all there air the
interior for a convertible living in California is extremely nice it has stereo speakers in the
headrest it has this Nifty little storage bag that hangs behind the passenger seat these are things
that you typically don't see I also poked inside the trunk this is typically not the condition
of a car that people intend to modify this is a really nice clean car has the original boot cover
in the bag it has the CD changer in the trunk with the original cover on it S2000 originality
freaks would go crazy for this stuff service manual has a bunch of all the original delivery
paperwork owners manuals all that stuff is in here these are all really good things for value
now let's hop inside and take a look at the interior on the inside it's
super nice everything's in place you know I'm surprised that Chris's plans
are to take the car make it into a race car but you know it's it's his dog and his yard
so personally I'd leave it the way it is but let's start it up and see how everything works
so it starts like you'd expect the Honda to start 80 000 miles
up to 8 000 RPM but you know that's what these are known for let's see if the top works here
so top works as it should
air conditioning is blowing cold the radio's playing music
um you know everything's good it's just a really nice used 80
000 mile Honda which uh you know you can't fault it for function that's for sure
let's take a look and go under the hood and see what all that looks like
foreign before under here it's really nice and clean it's just a really nice California
car it has all the secondary Vin decals the trim decals you can see them here on the front bumper
cover the front fenders I don't see any leaks the engine compartment super nice super clean
looks like a well-maintained car a great jumping off point I guess if you want to make a hot rod
out of it or you could just drive it the way it is another thing you look for when appraising a
late model car you're thinking of buying one look at the wheels these alloy wheels you know they're
low profile tires these days the curbs seem to get a lot higher so you end up getting all the curb
rash this car has a little bit of curb rash on the right front the other wheels are pretty nice
and clean so again it was taken care of and it's just a nice old car so I finished my appraisal
of Chris's 2004 S2000 I'm going to impersonate a car buyer at carvana or a used car manager at your
local Honda dealership I'm going to pull them back in here and tell them what his car is worth today
hey Chris hey welcome back what do you think well I like it it's a nice old Honda S2000 obviously
there's a few minor condition things it's had a little paintwork here and there it's got a
little rip in the top but none of that matters to you because you're just the butcher yes yeah okay
that's good you're proud and I appreciate that but before I tell you what I think it's worth I'd like
to hear what you think is worth um I paid 30 for it okay so I figured that was fair market Price
considering that it's got all 10 bins on it yeah and this one hasn't been modified so it's kind
of like a clean slate to start with right yeah I agree it's it's it's a beautiful chassis all
the fins are there everything's there it has to meet options the color is great in the market
even though the Market's crazy right now I don't think it brings if you were just to say not going
to build it I'm going to sell it I don't think it brings 30. I think it brings high 20s I think it's
27 28 grand but I'm like you if I were gonna buy something to modify and fix up I'd spend the extra
money I'd be okay with spending 10 or 20 more to get something good to start with because as you
know you buy a bad one thirty thousand won't make it right yeah no no no and that was the
whole premise when I looked at it I knew it was a little bit higher yeah but also for a starting
point for what I need I don't want to have the headaches and find out it was crashed and this
has been replaced and then yeah I've been through that road before yeah I've learned my lesson just
pay a little bit more find the nicest one you can and start from there well I really appreciate
you bringing it I hope I hope you're not too offended no not at all you're still going to
go home and yeah yeah fire up the wrenches so it doesn't matter I mean I'll probably just sell all
the parts off of it anyway so it'll be fine yeah well there you go I mean that's what that's what
Craigslist was made for so and I'm like most of people selling Honda parts in there you actually
own them yeah exactly I know they just didn't randomly fall off they're not from a friend
yeah so all right well thanks so much I really appreciate it very much have a good one all right
I mean it's fair it's it's right on the money I know that I paid
what market value is for the car but also given the amount of Suzuka blue
with the blue interior cars that are out there it's fair so yeah I'm good with it