any1 here own an S2000??
17-10-2007, 08:17 PM
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any1 here own an S2000??
as title peeps....and what are they like? i've never driven one, but i reckon they're a right laugh, and i've only heard good things about them 
17-10-2007, 08:22 PM
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I like 'em! My mate has one, been in it loads I find it quiet comfy too, nice interior, revs to 9k... sits at 90 happily and goes sideways very well also 
Its actually for sale too... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/267993.htm
ForeignRS (Nick) has one! Cfoster has had one...
Its actually for sale too... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/267993.htm
ForeignRS (Nick) has one! Cfoster has had one...
17-10-2007, 08:22 PM
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Re: any1 here own an S2000??
Originally Posted by bud-weis
as title peeps....and what are they like? i've never driven one, but i reckon they're a right laugh, and i've only heard good things about them
17-10-2007, 08:36 PM
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They are strangley addictive... Goes against everything I usually go for, ie 2 seater drop top, no turbo, no midrange grunt, etc..
I really like them. Not exactly rapid and fook me are they sensitive to tyres/tyre wear and geometry ie I had worn inner edges on front tyres and when backing off acceleration it'd pull the steering violently. I put a set of the correct tyres all round (can't remember what they were now, bridgestone s2000 specifi tho, s201?) and it was perfect.
I really like them. Not exactly rapid and fook me are they sensitive to tyres/tyre wear and geometry ie I had worn inner edges on front tyres and when backing off acceleration it'd pull the steering violently. I put a set of the correct tyres all round (can't remember what they were now, bridgestone s2000 specifi tho, s201?) and it was perfect.
18-10-2007, 06:31 AM
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Yup, owned one for about 6 months after buying it from an import auction, great fun little things, pretty quick but you have to work hard with the engine and keep the revs high!! Would definitely have another on though (although not in yellow!! )
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18-10-2007, 09:42 AM
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superb cars, i love it. 
there is not a lack of midrange or lowdown grunt really, it's just that the top end is so strong that it feels like it - like how a turbo car feels when off boost
i had a weeks driving holiday in the swiss alps in september, and it was just perfect for it.
check out some pictures if you're interested
we stayed in interlaken. a nice little town, ideally situated for various activities. the most exciting in the week we had planned for me was driving these 3 alpine passes - the grimsel, furka and susten
parked up at the top of the grimsel after a foggy drive up. the s2000 dispatched slower traffic with ease, and with the ESP switched off would happily slide out of the hairpins
looking across the valley at the furka pass rising up the side of the mountain
at the bottom of the grimsel pass, looking back up to where we had just come from
halfway up the furka pass, loking back acroos the valley to the grimsel pass winding it's way down the valley across the river of a melting glacier
this really reminds me of switzerland and is my favourite picture of the holiday
paragliding over interlaken (nothing to do with the S2000, but cool anyway )
on the way back we maxed it out on the french autoroute
- well, that's what you pay tolls for isn't it, turns it into a private test track?
and then stopped overnight at a chateau
at the end we had superb entomology collection
it was an awesome holiday, all centred around the car. i will do it again next year, but in the scooby for a change or on the bike. but the S2000 suited it perfectly. superb in the mountain twisties, great fun at 9000 rpm in the tunnels , happy to cruise around the towns with the top down, and at home speeding across the continent with the roof up and a/c on
there is not a lack of midrange or lowdown grunt really, it's just that the top end is so strong that it feels like it - like how a turbo car feels when off boost
i had a weeks driving holiday in the swiss alps in september, and it was just perfect for it.
check out some pictures if you're interested
we stayed in interlaken. a nice little town, ideally situated for various activities. the most exciting in the week we had planned for me was driving these 3 alpine passes - the grimsel, furka and susten
parked up at the top of the grimsel after a foggy drive up. the s2000 dispatched slower traffic with ease, and with the ESP switched off would happily slide out of the hairpins
looking across the valley at the furka pass rising up the side of the mountain
at the bottom of the grimsel pass, looking back up to where we had just come from
halfway up the furka pass, loking back acroos the valley to the grimsel pass winding it's way down the valley across the river of a melting glacier
this really reminds me of switzerland and is my favourite picture of the holiday
paragliding over interlaken (nothing to do with the S2000, but cool anyway
)on the way back we maxed it out on the french autoroute
- well, that's what you pay tolls for isn't it, turns it into a private test track? and then stopped overnight at a chateau
at the end we had superb entomology collection
it was an awesome holiday, all centred around the car. i will do it again next year, but in the scooby for a change or on the bike. but the S2000 suited it perfectly. superb in the mountain twisties, great fun at 9000 rpm in the tunnels
, happy to cruise around the towns with the top down, and at home speeding across the continent with the roof up and a/c on
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18-10-2007, 09:57 AM
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awesome pics 
i don't agree one bit about them being gay either
i can only really afford an early one, but it seems to suit the occasional car mould very well
i don't agree one bit about them being gay either
i can only really afford an early one, but it seems to suit the occasional car mould very well
18-10-2007, 09:57 AM
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Not a lot!! After SVA, Registration, MOT, Tax, Private plate that one owed me just under 10k, sold it 6 months later within 4 days for Ł13500!!!!!!
Would love a white or an orange one but very hard to find!
Chris
Would love a white or an orange one but very hard to find!
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18-10-2007, 10:18 AM
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Grant well spotted
didn't quite get to max it out, as the autoroutes were only 2 lanes and not any big enough gaps. did get it up to 246 kmh though, which is 152 mph, although the speedo is about 10 mph out at that speed according to tomtom - had some more left to go though, given a long enough distance
bud-weis they are not shy at going sideways and have a very tight slippery diff, so be careful as the early ones do not have ESP - hence why most of them have been put backwards through a hedge
didn't quite get to max it out, as the autoroutes were only 2 lanes and not any big enough gaps. did get it up to 246 kmh though, which is 152 mph, although the speedo is about 10 mph out at that speed according to tomtom - had some more left to go though, given a long enough distance
bud-weis they are not shy at going sideways and have a very tight slippery diff, so be careful as the early ones do not have ESP - hence why most of them have been put backwards through a hedge
18-10-2007, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Charlie Chalk
I like 'em! My mate has one, been in it loads I find it quiet comfy too, nice interior, revs to 9k... sits at 90 happily and goes sideways very well also
Its actually for sale too... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/267993.htm
ForeignRS (Nick) has one! Cfoster has had one...
Its actually for sale too... http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/267993.htm
ForeignRS (Nick) has one! Cfoster has had one...
(slightly overpriced from what i've seen....for a private sale anyway!)i need to drive one, but the only 1 local to me is out of my price range and i don't want to book a test drive knowing full well i won't buy it
3dr is up for sale now
........ (not sure what mood i'm in about it lol)
18-10-2007, 09:40 PM
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Love these, might even get one if I ever sell the Escort...
A lot of them has had accident damage though, at least pretty much all of the ones here in Norway has
A lot of them has had accident damage though, at least pretty much all of the ones here in Norway has
18-10-2007, 09:42 PM
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I love it in yellow..i know i shouldn't...
Funny thing is its actually a pearl yellow as well so glitters in the Sun!!
18-10-2007, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by staffi
Originally Posted by JHS
A lot of them has had accident damage though, at least pretty much all of the ones here in Norway has
That's cus you're all nutters...
A friend of mine just bought a accident damaged one today actually... They are stupidly expensive here, like everything else. The first ones sell for at least Ł25000
19-10-2007, 12:22 AM
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I had one last year and loved it in the summer
They are quite small inside though, and the steering wheel doesnt adjust up high enough, but you get used to it.
In the wet they can catch you out, you think your taking it easy and then just loose grip at the rear, done this on me twice at pretty low speeds.
They are quite small inside though, and the steering wheel doesnt adjust up high enough, but you get used to it.
In the wet they can catch you out, you think your taking it easy and then just loose grip at the rear, done this on me twice at pretty low speeds.
19-10-2007, 07:53 AM
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I had one last year and loved it in the summer
They are quite small inside though, and the steering wheel doesnt adjust up high enough, but you get used to it.
In the wet they can catch you out, you think your taking it easy and then just loose grip at the rear, done this on me twice at pretty low speeds.
They are quite small inside though, and the steering wheel doesnt adjust up high enough, but you get used to it.
In the wet they can catch you out, you think your taking it easy and then just loose grip at the rear, done this on me twice at pretty low speeds.
they are not really small inside, but it seems a tight fit when you first get in - it's mostly because it is entirely designed around the driver. but then as you say, the steering wheel does not quite go high enough for proper sized european men. there is quite a bit of storage space actually, and two of us had enough room for a week away in the alps where we also took hiking boots and cold weather clothes for being up the mountains and glaciers.
later ones have honda version of ESP, so as long as it's switched on it will mostly prevent those arse twitching moments that do happen quite unexpectedly
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