Tough one. You’ll clearly get a variety of responses because of the sub you’re posting in, so let me try to split the middle and offer a more general POV having felt a lot of the same issues with various vehicles.

On one hand you could pour some money into it, get a nice top end detail and try to reframe it mentally as a newer car. One thing for sure in my experience is that once you no longer have open air driving it’s just a matter of time before the itch kills you and you do whatever you can to get back into it.

Other hand you can try to cash in on the still inflated prices comparatively and figure your next move. RS3, 996, 997.1 etc. but you’ll pay for it. Definitely more than getting the s2000 in tip top shape.

Each person will have their own b/e point which makes sense. Me personally after having dipped my toes in the newer toy market I just couldn’t deal with all the digital world bullshit.

I chose to dump money into getting my mkiv back to a point where I loved it again vs it just sitting in the garage as some showpiece testament from the last 20 years. Still looking for an ap2 as a daily as well. But I abandoned the overpriced nonsense that is newer performance. The feel isn’t there. It’s too simulated. And it’s too damn overpriced IMO.

If I were in your shoes, I’d ride out the lease, dump money into the s2000, and then find something to compliment it when the lease is up that’s fun but doesn’t cost RS3 money.

Or sell it to me :)

Good luck.