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Nothing.
This is a pure sportscar with amazing refinement. Fit and finish are superb.
The 6 speed transmission and clutch are the smoothest I have ever used (Vette, Supra Turbo, Porsche, Z28, MR2 Turbo, Viper).
The ride is smooth with excellent feel and virtually no body roll. The 50/50 balance and light weight make this car a blast to drive.
Acceleration is amazing with a 6k rpm clutch release and then shift at 8k rpm and just hold on!
This is the best sports car I have ever owned at any price! I am also 6' 3" and 215 lbs, most cars do not handle my size well (Z3 and Boxster). The Vette was comfortable as well.
Maintenance costs are only $21 every 7,500 miles for an oil change.
The S2K is a fine car, but it is far from perfection in my experience. The electrical steering lacks sufficient feedback considering the skittish rear end, which combined with the lack of progressive torque to help control the rear with the throttle it makes for a very scary experience in anything other than warm, dry conditions.
The build is fantastic though, and it fits like a glove. In a hot country its probably the best car you can buy. In the UK, a Boxster is a better all-weather funster in my opinion.
I would say any Foreign sports car is far from perfect.
If I had a Choice between a 69 Charger R\T with a 440 and 4sp, or a S2000, id take the Charger, every time.
I have driven a Viper, and a S2000, and the Viper was a MUCH better car.
You're right! After all, we all know that chargers, vipers and s2000s are in the same price range... haha.
Foreign Sp0rts cars are far from perfection eh? Especially as you have blown the price issue out of the window.
Now let me see... hmmmmm... Ferrari 360, yeah rubbish. Porsche 996 Turbo, junk! BMW M3 or M5, low tech. Subaru WRX Sti, little slow of the line. Nissan GTR, can only be modded a little. Any Aston Martin, cheap and nasty. Honda S2000, no fun. Lotus Elise, not involving enough.
Tell you what, I'll do you a deal. You keep your cars, us foreigners will keep ours ;)
Right on!
Love it!
I am in the market for a sports car. Have looked at the 350z, the base Elise and the S2000 and only driven these things in the dry.
Exactly how hairy is the S200 in the wet? Exciting hairy or useless?
I don't see why your S2000 is any better than my Austin Allegro automatic.
I hate all that messing about changing gears by hand.
The tiny, torque-deprived motor in an S2000 IS much too high strung for city commuting. Launching from a stop @ 6,000 rpm. Hope you know how to change your clutch. In a real race from a rolling start, the S2000 will be creamed by a host of four door sedans on the market today. Nissan Altima 3.5, Honda Accord V6, and Pontiac Grand Prix GTP come to mind. Torque allows those cars to be launched from a roll and still produce low six second 0-60 times. The same cannot be said for the Honda. Look up a 5-60 time for an S2000 in any well known auto magazine... you'll be less than impressed. I promise.
I have no idea what you're talking about when my jetta has 117 lbs ft of torque at 3200 rpm (i know it isn't a race car) and the honda has around 150-160. How is that too little? A 98 Vr6 motor from a VW has about 175 lb ft of torque and that's a 2.8 V6.
But of course the bigger V6 engined cars wil beat it being that the engines have a difference of 1 liter so I don't know what your beef is dude, you posted another negative comment on the other s2000 review too. Did a S2000 cut you off or something today?
So what if the car is different from your old way of thinking or whatever, if its no good then the design will flop and you can laugh later, however it seems to be doing rather well and I think you need to tone it down.
I am not downing the car, I am downing the engine. How is 150-160 lb. ft. of torque too little? Because there are cruiser motorcycles with almost that much torque. I am just annoyed with the hype of a car that is not really very fast. On the track, it is, if you can keep it in it's powerband. One missed downshift, and the guy behind you is going around. I didn't mean to offend, just putting my 2 cents in like everyone else. I am rather old school in my thinking about autos. If I don't want to buy into the new style of it all, just let me run along on my happy, torque filled way.
You're comparing it to cruisers now?
Wow...
Crusiers have boatloads of torque and no top end so there is as little shifting as possible so the rider can just roll the throttle and get back into the powerband. They're motorcycles...
You must race s2000s all the time at the "track".
A lot of hype? Sure, it's an affordable sports convertible. Made by honda, looks great, has great handling, and a different engine that's made to shift, not to be drag raced from stoplight to stoplight.
You Honda guys love to put words in people's mouths, don't ya? I am definitely not comparing an S2000 to a cruiser, where did it say that? I stated that a cruiser has almost as much torque as an S2000. They are 2 totally different animals, I know this. As for you talking about me going to the "track", you don't' know where I drive, or where I live for that matter, so maybe I do go the "track", as you so eloquently put it. You don't know me, so don't act like it. I'm just an auto enthusiast who put in a comment you didn't like... I am not an enemy. Grow Up!
This car is obviously not for everyone. Drivers that don't know how to properly shift should rather buy an American car with gobs of torque and auto tranny.
However if you KNOW how to drive it's a great machine for not that much money that can hang on the track with the big boys that cost at least twice as much. Anybody who thinks that the car is not fast I bet has never driven one and relies on the mags info - "the car has very little torque so it must be sloow". Not every race is about straight line acceleration (which BTW S2000 is not bad, but the car was never meant to be a drag racer).
Formula 1 engine relies on high revving engine too. Is it slow? S2000 is a similar concept - a true sports car, not some watered down 'wannabe sports car' that is good only in straight line.
The only more hard core car on the US market is Lotus Elise, and sure enough some will say "oh, it has a little torque, no auto tranny available (it makes me sad that some great companies like Porsche and Ferrari offer automatic nowadays), no cup holders, etc.
Go buy yourself a Buick and live a happy life.
I agree with the first car. The Honda S2000 is a remarkable car that is pure driver orientated. Why are you commenting that a motorbike has the same amount of torque? Notice that motorbikes are fast??? Hmmm, hey, what do you know, so is the S2000!
From down-under Australia, the S2000 is a fantastic, high revving car, and only one other car that is affordable, reliable and economical has tried to copy Honda's concept. And that car is the Toyota Corolla Sportivo. Revving nicely at 8500rpm with help from it's Kawasaki technology. So, in conclusion, we like what we like, and the S2000 is a fantastic car that will out-rev, out-handle, out-perform and out-class the large majority of vehicles on the road today. So who are you to say buy a Buick?
I've been an S2000 fan ever since I purchased my first Honda in 2001. I'm a college student that does not make a lot of money. However, to me the S2000 is an attractive car seeing as... 1) it's a Honda (reliability)
2) it's a stylish two seat convertable
3) Rear wheel drive is a blast
4) 2000-2001 models are avaiable used for around 14-16 thousand dollars... which is cheap for a honda sports car. The mileage on these used cars is sometimes below 60k. I've owned crx's and civics and don't plan on switching to another automaker anytime soon. My last sports car was a 1998 Mustang Cobra SVT with a number of bolt on modifications. This car was great performance wise, but made me a little nervous about it's dependability over the next few years... Would the Ford be around, running smoothly over the next five or so years as a daily driver? I suppose that depends on how well I take care of it. I wonder if I were to treat a mustang and an s2000 the same... which would hold up longer...