I bought a Honda S2000~ - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Grizzly · 10-09-2006, 08:01 PM

I have a new-found respect for the S2000. I was out exercising my Mustang GT this weekend. Lined up next to an S2000, and he walked away from me like I had missed a shift. Very humbling experience.

Nice car. Did you get the Nuke-Proof Package, I hope?

jonomo · 10-09-2006, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Grizzly

I have a new-found respect for the S2000. I was out exercising my Mustang GT this weekend. Lined up next to an S2000, and he walked away from me like I had missed a shift. Very humbling experience.

Nice car. Did you get the Nuke-Proof Package, I hope?

ha... that reminds me I should carry around my passport with me.. if Bush decides to attack yet another country.. i'll just jump in my car and head south with my passport in my pocket!

Adam · 10-09-2006, 08:56 PM

I like S2000's. If I was looking to spend 30k on a new sports car the S2k is the hands down winner in my book.

ohioboxster · 10-09-2006, 10:06 PM

I think its a beautiful car too. I looked at a silver one prior to my Boxster the only thing that stopped me from buying it was te cockpit. I can hardly fit in it width wise, I felt kind of smashed. Im much larger than the average Asian population. Nice car, I bet it provides trouble free driving for years to come.

subgraphic · 10-10-2006, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Grizzly

Nice car. Did you get the Nuke-Proof Package, I hope?

Silverstreak · 10-20-2006, 07:36 AM

I dig the S2000s. That is the car that eventually led me to my Boxster. I'll get one sometime..... they are probably the best bang for the buck roadster out there!

Perfectlap · 10-20-2006, 07:47 AM

just roadster?
S2000 is the best bang for the buck sports car period.

But going on six years now its due for an overhaul in exterior design.

I Would love to see something ground breaking for a japanese car
something more European-like but new in a way that would make the Euros
look outdated and the Japanese their usual run of the mill (begging for mods which gave birth to the whole import tuner phenom).

I think its safe to say that the Italian exotics are the most coveted sports cars and
something along the lines of a Lambo or Ferrari in exterior/interior design but with Japanese engineering/reliability would be sports car nirvana.
Really no one at the momment has achieved that. That's what I would be striving for if I were in a position to make such calls.

Ronzi · 10-20-2006, 08:06 AM

"...something along the lines of a Lambo or Ferrari in exterior/interior design but with Japanese engineering/reliability would be sports car nirvana."

Seems to me Honda tried it with the NSX, a very Ferrari-esque piece. Turned out nobody cared, or at least not enough folks to make it anything but a curiosity.
You can take a Ferrari out of Italy, but you can't take Italy out of a Ferrari and transplant it into a ricer, or so it would seem.

Perfectlap · 10-20-2006, 08:25 AM

The 1st NSX is probably the best example of a well engineered car that looked like a $25,000 commuter car. and thanks to the v-tec cruised around like one too. That car was one of the last projects of the late Ayrton Senna, so technically speaking its a piece of history. I think there is a youtube of him talking about it after a testing session.
Now the new NSX is an improvement in both departments but who the heck in sports car world (luxury sedan world seems to be a dif. story) is going to pony up that kind of dough for a Honda when they can buy a Porsche or other German make?

MNBoxster · 10-20-2006, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ronzi

"...something along the lines of a Lambo or Ferrari in exterior/interior design but with Japanese engineering/reliability would be sports car nirvana."

Seems to me Honda tried it with the NSX, a very Ferrari-esque piece. Turned out nobody cared, or at least not enough folks to make it anything but a curiosity.
You can take a Ferrari out of Italy, but you can't take Italy out of a Ferrari and transplant it into a ricer, or so it would seem.

Hi,

Well Honda was ill-advised to make the car resemble a Civic from the 'B' Pillar forward, for a supposed Supercar, I think that killed them. Another thing, I have a friend with a '96 which I've driven and frankly they're a little boring to drive...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Perfectlap · 10-20-2006, 08:36 AM

Found it. This would have taken forever before YouTube.
This gives me the chills.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ehe92vPt2qU&mode=related&search=

edit: better video quality here^

p.s.
I'm sure allot of the 1st gen NSX went into the S2000.

wild1poet2 · 10-20-2006, 01:28 PM

I like the S2000. I think the only complaint is the high rpm's. Ironically it is also the high rpm's that are what's so cool about it and make it a fun track car. It looks great and is bulletproof. No RMS issues either. But the Porsche is a better daily driver for me.

vijen6 · 10-20-2006, 11:18 PM

Last time I was in Seoul, I saw 99% Hundai / Kia, and the other 1% was BMW / Mercedes types .. I am guessing CEOs?

Never saw a Porsche.

Nice S2K though.