S2000 people, need insight
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Re: S2000 people, need insight
I've always loved the four door. I would rather not purchase another FWD car, so the RSX is out of the question. Climbing in and out of a lowered car is probably just the same as the s2000. We will see tomorrow I'll keep you guys updated.
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Prove me wrong. You are the prime example of ignorance when it come to the S2000. Do some research and then try to lol at that statment. If you still lol at that statment, you must not be much into cars or autosports.
My car was 7 years old and 80,000 miles with no tear. Cory also stated he had no problems. He thinks all s2000's tops tear after 5000 miles- WRONG
I drove the shit out of mine w/ 4.77 and never any problems with my diff. He thinks S2000 have weak diffs, when alot of 400 whp s2's have stock diffs. Weak diff?- WRONG
Anything else you want to try?
My car was 7 years old and 80,000 miles with no tear. Cory also stated he had no problems. He thinks all s2000's tops tear after 5000 miles- WRONG
I drove the shit out of mine w/ 4.77 and never any problems with my diff. He thinks S2000 have weak diffs, when alot of 400 whp s2's have stock diffs. Weak diff?- WRONG
Anything else you want to try?
Awesome, another idiot S2000 driver who seems to think his "automotive masterpiece" is God's own gift to the fucking geniuses who drive them. If you're of the opinion that thinking the "automotive masterpiece" statement isn't something to lol at, I'm sorry: you're the one who has no clue what the fuck they're talking about.
Okay:
You admitted the top and the diff are common issues, and yet you call me "ignorant" based on the fact that you alone have had no issues with either?
So I'm wrong that the diffs are weak? I may not have ownership experience of an S2000, but I DO have ownership experience with the diff.
Hmmm, how's that work? Well, you see, I had a turbocharged Miata. Miatas, as it so happens, use the same differential as the S2000. It's known far and wide in the MX5 community that these diffs have issues, especially when venturing into the 300+ whp range. While you and your automotive masterpiece may not have had issues, there are PLENTY of instances where that's not the case, and if you try to say anything otherwise, you're nothing but an ignorant fuck yourself.
I've driven S2000s, and really, to be honest, they're nice cars. But they're FAR from automotive masterpieces. Trust me, I drive a car that actually IS one.
I'd love to hear what kind of bullshit excuse you come up with to work your way around the AP1's snap oversteer and gutless engine. Yeah dude, those are DEFINITELY earmarks to a masterpiece.
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Re: S2000 people, need insight
Ignorant? hahahaaahhaahhaha
Awesome, another idiot S2000 driver who seems to think his "automotive masterpiece" is God's own gift to the fucking geniuses who drive them. If you're of the opinion that thinking the "automotive masterpiece" statement isn't something to lol at, I'm sorry: you're the one who has no clue what the fuck they're talking about.
Okay:
You admitted the top and the diff are common issues, and yet you call me "ignorant" based on the fact that you alone have had no issues with either?
So I'm wrong that the diffs are weak? I may not have ownership experience of an S2000, but I DO have ownership experience with the diff.
Hmmm, how's that work? Well, you see, I had a turbocharged Miata. Miatas, as it so happens, use the same differential as the S2000. It's known far and wide in the MX5 community that these diffs have issues, especially when venturing into the 300+ whp range. While you and your automotive masterpiece may not have had issues, there are PLENTY of instances where that's not the case, and if you try to say anything otherwise, you're nothing but an ignorant fuck yourself.
I've driven S2000s, and really, to be honest, they're nice cars. But they're FAR from automotive masterpieces. Trust me, I drive a car that actually IS one.
I'd love to hear what kind of bullshit excuse you come up with to work your way around the AP1's snap oversteer and gutless engine. Yeah dude, those are DEFINITELY earmarks to a masterpiece.
Awesome, another idiot S2000 driver who seems to think his "automotive masterpiece" is God's own gift to the fucking geniuses who drive them. If you're of the opinion that thinking the "automotive masterpiece" statement isn't something to lol at, I'm sorry: you're the one who has no clue what the fuck they're talking about.
Okay:
You admitted the top and the diff are common issues, and yet you call me "ignorant" based on the fact that you alone have had no issues with either?
So I'm wrong that the diffs are weak? I may not have ownership experience of an S2000, but I DO have ownership experience with the diff.
Hmmm, how's that work? Well, you see, I had a turbocharged Miata. Miatas, as it so happens, use the same differential as the S2000. It's known far and wide in the MX5 community that these diffs have issues, especially when venturing into the 300+ whp range. While you and your automotive masterpiece may not have had issues, there are PLENTY of instances where that's not the case, and if you try to say anything otherwise, you're nothing but an ignorant fuck yourself.
I've driven S2000s, and really, to be honest, they're nice cars. But they're FAR from automotive masterpieces. Trust me, I drive a car that actually IS one.
I'd love to hear what kind of bullshit excuse you come up with to work your way around the AP1's snap oversteer and gutless engine. Yeah dude, those are DEFINITELY earmarks to a masterpiece.
Yes IGNORANT. MISINFORMED. Not knowing what the fuck you are talking about. But you have the nerve to laugh at someone that does?
Yes masterpiece. Designed to preform and do something better than the compettion which it did with flying colors. Including your Miata. And Bmw. And everyone else in the class. It was the leading roadster for years.
120 hp/liter, one of the best flowing heads to ever be mass produced. Forged lightwieght pistons, rods, crank. Inconel valves. Perfect matched gearbox. Triple cone syncros. 50/50 weight distribution. Double wishbone in wheel suspension. Tilted strut towers just like the F1 car it was designed after. Fully adjustible toe and camber components. Super ridgid frame. Beautiful lines that will stand the test of time. One of the highest quality projectors to ever be produced including Ferrari, ect. And many other small little things that set it apart from all of the other roadsters at the time. Bottom line is it is a beautiful, very high quality top performer. And that's why I consider it an automotive masterpeice. It was a winner.
Also. maybe you need to re-read what I wrote initially. I said the top and diff problem was HEARD of. I'm sorry your little Miata had diff problems but there are plenty of high hp S2k's with the stock diff. Like I siad DRIVER ERROR. Wheel hop ect. destroys diffs. Sticky tires, dumping the clutch. Of course it's going to break if you are launching it with high power. GTFO of here all diffs have a breaking point. Learn how to drive the car so you don't jolt double the tq through the diff all at once.
How do I explain the snap steer? I fucking loved it. I learned how to make the car do what I wanted it to do. That car is nimble as fuck and it will either help you or destroy you. Learn how to drive the car before you use one of the sweetest things it offers against it. I can tell you are not a driver.
What do you drive that is a masterpiece? Probably a BWM with so many "high end" usless features that make it nicer than the S2000? Congratulations. You have a nicer car. Not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function. Many racers have gone back from the M3 to the S2000 again.
Now, 9 years later, yes there are better performers. But that doesn't change what the S2000 was in it's prime.
You are the typical ignorant non-owner assuming everyone that drives an S2000 thinks it is a gift from God. Yes alot of retards have them now. But that doesn't mean everyone is a fanboy and can't justify why. That's like me saying everyone that drives BMW is a prick and doesn't know anything about their cars.
You are entitled to your opinion of the car, it just doesn't matter. The S2000 was built to beat. And that's what it did. That's why everyone that owns them loves their car. Well the ones that know how to drive them and don't wreck them within the first month of ownership that is.
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Yes IGNORANT. MISINFORMED. Not knowing what the fuck you are talking about. But you have the nerve to laugh at someone that does?
Yes masterpiece. Designed to preform and do something better than the compettion which it did with flying colors. Including your Miata. And Bmw. And everyone else in the class. It was the leading roadster for years.
I'm glad you think outperforming a Miata and an SLK320 makes it a masterpiece. Really, I'm happy for you and the delusions that allow you to think your car is something truly amazing and worthy of such a title.
120 hp/liter, one of the best flowing heads to ever be mass produced. Forged lightwieght pistons, rods, crank. Inconel valves. Perfect matched gearbox. Triple cone syncros. 50/50 weight distribution. Double wishbone in wheel suspension. Tilted strut towers just like the F1 car it was designed after. Fully adjustible toe and camber components. Super ridgid frame. Beautiful lines that will stand the test of time. One of the highest quality projectors to ever be produced including Ferrari, ect. And many other small little things that set it apart from all of the other roadsters at the time. Bottom line is it is a beautiful, very high quality top performer. And that's why I consider it an automotive masterpeice. It was a winner.
Wowee, hp/liter, the quintessential Honda fanboi defense. That argument might fly in fantasyland, but the real world tends to favor much more than pretty numbers on a sheet of paper. The F20C itself might be an engineering masterpiece on said paper, and believe me, they are very cool engines...for what they are.
Also. maybe you need to re-read what I wrote initially. I said the top and diff problem was HEARD of. I'm sorry your little Miata had diff problems but there are plenty of high hp S2k's with the stock diff. Like I siad DRIVER ERROR. Wheel hop ect. destroys diffs. Sticky tires, dumping the clutch. Of course it's going to break if you are launching it with high power. GTFO of here all diffs have a breaking point. Learn how to drive the car so you don't jolt double the tq through the diff all at once.
And there are plenty of high hp Miatas with a stock diff that do fine. Mine was one of them. A broken diff doesn't automatically equate to driver error, I'm sorry to tell you. All diffs do indeed have a breaking point, and this one is pretty delicate as far as differentials in a performance car go. The thing you seem to be missing is that while it may be what you might call "driver error" that causes a diff to go out, it is, in reality, failure by design that's truly behind it. But I digress. We can argue that point back and forth as much as we want, but a diff is a tiny piece of the whole package, and an easily interchangable one at that.
How do I explain the snap steer? I fucking loved it. I learned how to make the car do what I wanted it to do. That car is nimble as fuck and it will either help you or destroy you. Learn how to drive the car before you use one of the sweetest things it offers against it. I can tell you are not a driver.
So you love snap oversteer? Sounds like you have no clue what the fuck you're talking about. Ask any professional if they want snap oversteer in a performance car, and they'll look at you like you're fucking retarded. There's no arguing that.
What do you drive that is a masterpiece? Probably a BWM with so many "high end" usless features that make it nicer than the S2000? Congratulations. You have a nicer car. Not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function. Many racers have gone back from the M3 to the S2000 again.
It seems you already know what I drive, you mentioned me having a BMW earlier. Which would only further your obvious ignorance, since you apparently know absolutely nothing about the car you claim has "so many 'high end' usless features that make it nicer than the S2000", that you claim is "not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function." Quite the opposite, really:
A 3.5L inline six (with origins in a very special engine from the late 1970s) making damn near 100hp/liter. Gee, a big 3.5L six design 30 years old, in a 19 year old car, making ~325 hp. You and your Hondahumping friends should be sucking my cock. And Jesus Christ, it has individual throttle bodies. WHOAAAAAAA!!! Maybe you should be sticking your thumb in my butthole at the same time!
"not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function." Haha. There were 1,465 examples of my car built for the United States. Period. The entire car was assembled in Munich, Germany, BY HAND, from the ground up by a small team of experts. Every nut, every bolt, every single piece of the car, engine included. It lacks many of these "high-end, useless" features you seem to think it has. No traction control, no ASC. FFS, no cupholders.
Hailed by every magazine, every writer, every reviewer that was given the opportunity to drive it as the world's only 4 door supercar. And by a good few, if memory serves me correctly, as (and I quote) "an automotive masterpiece".
Now, 9 years later, yes there are better performers. But that doesn't change what the S2000 was in it's prime.
Nope, it sure doesn't. Still a great, fun topless car that sadly falls short of a masterpiece.
You are the typical ignorant non-owner assuming everyone that drives an S2000 thinks it is a gift from God. Yes alot of retards have them now. But that doesn't mean everyone is a fanboy and can't justify why. That's like me saying everyone that drives BMW is a prick and doesn't know anything about their cars.
You are entitled to your opinion of the car, it just doesn't matter. The S2000 was built to beat. And that's what it did. That's why everyone that owns them loves their car. Well the ones that know how to drive them and don't wreck them within the first month of ownership that is.
Great, it outperformed sluggish outdated designs. The Miata set the standard over 10 years before the S2000 came out, and with the Miata being basically the same car it was in 1990, it really didn't take much.
Honestly, it's laughable that you call me ignorant, saying the things you say. I have plenty more I could say , but I have a ride to centreville waiting outside for me.
Yes masterpiece. Designed to preform and do something better than the compettion which it did with flying colors. Including your Miata. And Bmw. And everyone else in the class. It was the leading roadster for years.
I'm glad you think outperforming a Miata and an SLK320 makes it a masterpiece. Really, I'm happy for you and the delusions that allow you to think your car is something truly amazing and worthy of such a title.
120 hp/liter, one of the best flowing heads to ever be mass produced. Forged lightwieght pistons, rods, crank. Inconel valves. Perfect matched gearbox. Triple cone syncros. 50/50 weight distribution. Double wishbone in wheel suspension. Tilted strut towers just like the F1 car it was designed after. Fully adjustible toe and camber components. Super ridgid frame. Beautiful lines that will stand the test of time. One of the highest quality projectors to ever be produced including Ferrari, ect. And many other small little things that set it apart from all of the other roadsters at the time. Bottom line is it is a beautiful, very high quality top performer. And that's why I consider it an automotive masterpeice. It was a winner.
Wowee, hp/liter, the quintessential Honda fanboi defense. That argument might fly in fantasyland, but the real world tends to favor much more than pretty numbers on a sheet of paper. The F20C itself might be an engineering masterpiece on said paper, and believe me, they are very cool engines...for what they are.
Also. maybe you need to re-read what I wrote initially. I said the top and diff problem was HEARD of. I'm sorry your little Miata had diff problems but there are plenty of high hp S2k's with the stock diff. Like I siad DRIVER ERROR. Wheel hop ect. destroys diffs. Sticky tires, dumping the clutch. Of course it's going to break if you are launching it with high power. GTFO of here all diffs have a breaking point. Learn how to drive the car so you don't jolt double the tq through the diff all at once.
And there are plenty of high hp Miatas with a stock diff that do fine. Mine was one of them. A broken diff doesn't automatically equate to driver error, I'm sorry to tell you. All diffs do indeed have a breaking point, and this one is pretty delicate as far as differentials in a performance car go. The thing you seem to be missing is that while it may be what you might call "driver error" that causes a diff to go out, it is, in reality, failure by design that's truly behind it. But I digress. We can argue that point back and forth as much as we want, but a diff is a tiny piece of the whole package, and an easily interchangable one at that.
How do I explain the snap steer? I fucking loved it. I learned how to make the car do what I wanted it to do. That car is nimble as fuck and it will either help you or destroy you. Learn how to drive the car before you use one of the sweetest things it offers against it. I can tell you are not a driver.
So you love snap oversteer? Sounds like you have no clue what the fuck you're talking about. Ask any professional if they want snap oversteer in a performance car, and they'll look at you like you're fucking retarded. There's no arguing that.
What do you drive that is a masterpiece? Probably a BWM with so many "high end" usless features that make it nicer than the S2000? Congratulations. You have a nicer car. Not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function. Many racers have gone back from the M3 to the S2000 again.
It seems you already know what I drive, you mentioned me having a BMW earlier. Which would only further your obvious ignorance, since you apparently know absolutely nothing about the car you claim has "so many 'high end' usless features that make it nicer than the S2000", that you claim is "not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function." Quite the opposite, really:
A 3.5L inline six (with origins in a very special engine from the late 1970s) making damn near 100hp/liter. Gee, a big 3.5L six design 30 years old, in a 19 year old car, making ~325 hp. You and your Hondahumping friends should be sucking my cock. And Jesus Christ, it has individual throttle bodies. WHOAAAAAAA!!! Maybe you should be sticking your thumb in my butthole at the same time!
"not an automotive masterpeice built soley for function." Haha. There were 1,465 examples of my car built for the United States. Period. The entire car was assembled in Munich, Germany, BY HAND, from the ground up by a small team of experts. Every nut, every bolt, every single piece of the car, engine included. It lacks many of these "high-end, useless" features you seem to think it has. No traction control, no ASC. FFS, no cupholders.
Hailed by every magazine, every writer, every reviewer that was given the opportunity to drive it as the world's only 4 door supercar. And by a good few, if memory serves me correctly, as (and I quote) "an automotive masterpiece".
Now, 9 years later, yes there are better performers. But that doesn't change what the S2000 was in it's prime.
Nope, it sure doesn't. Still a great, fun topless car that sadly falls short of a masterpiece.
You are the typical ignorant non-owner assuming everyone that drives an S2000 thinks it is a gift from God. Yes alot of retards have them now. But that doesn't mean everyone is a fanboy and can't justify why. That's like me saying everyone that drives BMW is a prick and doesn't know anything about their cars.
You are entitled to your opinion of the car, it just doesn't matter. The S2000 was built to beat. And that's what it did. That's why everyone that owns them loves their car. Well the ones that know how to drive them and don't wreck them within the first month of ownership that is.
Great, it outperformed sluggish outdated designs. The Miata set the standard over 10 years before the S2000 came out, and with the Miata being basically the same car it was in 1990, it really didn't take much.
Honestly, it's laughable that you call me ignorant, saying the things you say. I have plenty more I could say , but I have a ride to centreville waiting outside for me.
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Re: S2000 people, need insight
Well, I normally spend about 1,000 on my suspension anyway. I thought Hard tops were a little cheaper! Holy shit. I guess I've seen them go for like 1k on here. I bought a chargespeed front lip for my four door and that was 380.
I'm definatley (cant ever spell that right) going to go test drive an S tomorrow. I really do like them and once I get back on my feet, I will sell everything I have and eventually sell my four door and use the money towards buying the S.
I'm definatley (cant ever spell that right) going to go test drive an S tomorrow. I really do like them and once I get back on my feet, I will sell everything I have and eventually sell my four door and use the money towards buying the S.
