Posts from ‘May, 2011’

Click here for Part One. Click through for Part Two in which jeallen compares his AP1 and AP2 and describes why he seems to prefer driving one more than the other and more. Driving Comparison: In comparison, I found that the wider wheels, tires, and suspension changes on the AP2 really paid off as the [...]

Our member, jeallen, shared his thoughts on his continuing affair with his S2000′s. Owning both an AP1 and an AP2, he ranks among the privileged few that own and experience both cars and have come to love both for their character. Click through to read Part One of jeallen’s affair with two flavors of a [...]

I’m late for work at least once a week, and it’s my car’s fault. This cannot be ascribed to any mechanical malady or intolerance of cold or inactivity. Rather, it is due to a simple duality. There are two ways to get from my apartment to my office – the direct route or, to paraphrase [...]

As you are all probably aware, Joplin, Missouri (MO), a city that is home to some of our owners, was struck by a tornado this past Sunday evening, a tornado that is being labeled as the deadliest tornado strike in the U.S. in 60 years. The count of lives lost has reached 117 and is [...]

I’m barreling down the back straight of PCA’s autocross course at El Toro, chasing redline in second. Ahead is the final right-left-right complex before the finish markers, broad entrances and exits masking a nasty tightening-radius transition through the middle left. I stand on the brakes, feed the car right, roll on the power, lift slightly [...]

In theory, the S2000 should achieve 330 miles on a tankful of gas when driven on the highway at optimal speed. Our lives and daily commutes are anything but constant and frequently require us to take the path less traveled. This is all the more true when your choice of vehicle is a roadster like [...]

We love bringing our cars to the track to set a few hot laps. Amidst brake bleeding and checking fluid levels, a factor that is often overlooked is track safety equipment of the kind worn by the driver. Checking out one of the local track day events in Malaysia revealed that a majority of folks [...]

We’ve often heard of how well the S2000 does on the racetrack and how competitively a well set up S2000 performs alongside higher horsepower rivals. Case in point, the ASM S2000 holds the lap record for the fastest Naturally Aspirated (NA) car at the Tsukuba Circuit in Japan having won the Front Engine Rear Wheel [...]

Two cylinders. The third had died as I passed through the tollbooth, frantic to escape the freeway traffic with which I could no longer keep pace. Two clattering cylinders, just enough to limp into the first parking lot in sight, a rather dismal motel; any port in a storm. With a sinking heart and a [...]

Sunglasses. Of all the things that become important when driving a convertible, sunglasses are arguably the most important thing to have. With the top down on a nice sunny day, or even an overcast one, being able to see where you’re going is greatly enhanced by a quality pair of specs, but how much do [...]

Driving an S2000 on the track can be a lot of fun. It is a safer environment in which to push the limits of the car and oneself than on the street. There is an etiquette that must be followed on track, an unspoken rule some would say about yielding to the better driver regardless [...]

During the launch of the 2012 Civic Si (9th Generation Civic), a Honda executive told Car and Driver magazine off-the-record that “People have been saying that Honda’s lost its mojo, but that’s not true. We just put it in a closet for a while.” That may be true and perhaps Honda is working on reinvigorating [...]

GavinSSAP1 (the former News Team member formerly known as s2kpwned) thought deeply about the S2000 interior during his brief blogging stint. The pressures of work and college overburdening him, he had to step away, leaving us with his draft text about the S2000’s tub. Coming from a background in building and designing custom interiors, the [...]