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Old 08-02-2005, 06:40 AM
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After a bit of lurking I've finally signed up. Thinking of buying an S2000 and this site has been very useful thus far. I'm after a new 2nd car and have been weighing up my options. Been there, done that with the Scooby / Evo thing and I was on the verge of buying a new Golf GTI (
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Get a silver one as they are the fastest
Old 08-02-2005, 06:47 AM
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You can get a fairly decent older S2000 for 15k Check the list of those for sale here in the FS&W forum

welcome along too
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Come on, give the lad a chance, we all know Berlinas by far the most swift!

P.s. Get one, you wont regret it!

Where you from Greg?
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This is my 14438th post and I reckon you ought to check out the FS&W boards btw.
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Think I do prefer black funnily enough
I'm from Mursley in Bucks. Out in the sticks near MK. Spend most of my time on Scoobynet and Tyresmoke!
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Get a brand new euro import for
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Originally Posted by gregjd,Aug 2 2005, 02:54 PM
Out in the sticks near MK.
Come along to the Herts meet in Welwyn Garden City on thursday night and you can have a look at a few different cars.
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If you can, get a glass screen. If you're using it as a daily driver, it really helps. Although just having aircon can mitigate the plastic rear screen somewhat.
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Rubbish. I never had problems with my rear screen as a daily driver. I'd rather have the bigger screen and put a little effort into keeping it clean than the smaller lazy boy version


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