2022 Buyer Of $200K Honda S2000 CR Reselling It After Driving Just 7 Miles

Driver-focused limited edition S2000 has covered just seven miles since last changing hands

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We’ve all dreamt of buying a perfect, no-miles example of our favorite youngtimer and enjoying how tight and together it feels as we carve through some twisty roads, rev needle hovering just before the red zone. But the reappearance on the auction circuit of a barely-used S2000 Club Racer that sold for $200k in 2022 reminds us of what really happens to those pristine, unrepeatable classics.

Almost two and a half years after changing hands via Bring a Trailer when it had a mere 123 miles (198 km) on the clock, the yellow S2000 is once again being offered on the same auction website. And the mileage still only reads 130 miles (209 km). Which means that in the more than 800 days the current owner has had custody of the Honda, he’s managed to add just seven miles (11 km).

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It seems cruelly ironic that the most driver-focused of all S2000s should find itself being driven so little. The CR’s 2.4-liter VTEC made the same 237 hp (240 PS) as the ones in regular S2000s of the period, but the 699 Club Racers built for 2008 and 2009 each benefited from uprated suspension components, wider rear tires, a quicker steering rack and a bespoke aero package. The CR also came with a removable hardtop, but no folding soft top.

We can understand why the owner wanted to protect his investment by preserving the Honda’s originality and condition. You don’t spend $200k on a CR and daily it when you can buy a still-excellent 24,000-mile (39k km) example for $65k and get much of the same experience. Cars like this are all about the investment.

The question is, will the owner realize a return on his? This CR might be a unicorn, but that $200k it went for in April 2022, when used and classic prices were booming, was a lot of bread – the original window sticker shows the first owner paid a comparatively tiny $38,465, the equivalent of around $57k in modern cash.

At the time of writing, with three days of the no-reserve auction still to run, bids were at $100k. What do you think it’ll go for? You can check out the auction listing here.

H/T to The Drive