You need to be carefull about whats on Carsales & the Trading post.
I've rung about cars advertised as 00 & 01 models & they have been 98 models when I actually asked.
Series 2 R34's started in Aug 2000, they have the front bar as pictured above, 363Nm instead of 343Nm, two tone silver & black steering wheel & the centre console up to the triple gauges is silver & not that funny grey stuff that scratches easily.
I have a Jan 2000 R34 GT-T and the only thing a 2000 model has in common with a Series 2 is that it uses the same engine cover. (no red writing)