An S2000 is a relatively unknown car compared to say a Civic or a Chevy Camaro. Because of this, there are occasions when the car is subject to mistaken identity. Several of us have been asked whether our car is a Miata and even a Porsche. We also have a popular discussion thread in S2000 Talk entitled Funny Things People Have Said About Your S2000 that lists various humorous experiences we’ve had with the uninitiated. However, today we came across a news article on the internet that could be classified as “Funny Things People Say About Your del Sol”.
Technabob is a technology blog with a difference, and in their own words “We try to offer something a little different from all of the other tech news blogs out there, digging under rocks that aren’t already uncovered, and always with a bit of wit and whimsy thrown in”. We don’t know what rock they dug under or perhaps it is their aforementioned whimsy that caused them to call a del Sol an S2000.
Screen Shot
They have since corrected the error in their article but not before we got a screen capture. A guy named Shawn (who is a bigger Star Wars geek than us) converted his del Sol into an H-Wing Carfighter complete with R2D2 on deck and posted pictures up on his own website. His car has been featured in several shows per Technabob and, with that kind of publicity, one would think there would be no room for a case of mistaken identity. However, Technabob’s blog entry stated “If you are a geek, be a geek dammit. Just look at this dude named Shawn. He has embraced his inner Star Wars geek and turned his Honda S2000 into his own H-Wing Carfighter – and it’s epic. It’s also so geeky that it hurts a little to view the car’s awesomeness”.
Anyone who frequents S2KI would take one look and ascertain that the car in question was no S2000. One of our editorial staff also kept hitting the “Page Down” key trying to find the S2000 H-Wing Carfighter mentioned in the article. Calling the del Sol an S2000 is akin to staring Yoda in the face and asking “Where were you until now, Obi-Wan?” We suspect Yoda would be perplexed as were we. However, such mistakes tend to happen, and we suspect that we too could be in that situation someday and mistake an iPad for a Galaxy Tab (mind you, we can’t tell the difference). The blog post itself was complimentary about Shawn and his creation and we hope they will find an S2000 cool enough to feature on their blog someday.
In a sense, we are geeks as well bonded by our culture of top-always-down fun and the never-ending AP1 versus AP2 debate. Like Technabob, have you ever mistaken another car for the S2000? Would an S2000 make for a cool Star Wars tribute vehicle?
Images courtesy of Shawn Crosby
Related Links:
Shawn’s H-Wing Carfighter FAQ
Technabob – H-Wing Carfighter is Star Wars Geek Dream Ride
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on Jul 15th, 2011 at 5:05 am
That is a very cool del Sol. H-Wing Carfighter is a fantastic name. I’ve been calling my S the “S-Wing” since I bought it, since i find it nimble and fast enough to dogfight Imperial TIE fighters.
on Jul 15th, 2011 at 7:46 am
seriously i hope no one ever does that to an S. plenty of other ways to make a tribute to something like star wars then to ruin a perfectly good sports car. personally that del sol is hideous
on Jul 15th, 2011 at 10:29 am
I have a hard time calling a Del Sol a “sports car.” It was a roofless 2-seat runabout, certainly fun but no sports car. Either way, his decorations are fun and unique and clearly get him some attention from the opposite sex. Which is, of course, part of the reason we bought our s2k’s
on Jul 17th, 2011 at 4:08 am
screenshot looks like a shoop i can tell from the pixels and from seeing quite a few shoops in my time
on Jul 17th, 2011 at 7:04 am
@anon
Please click the original link of that article and read the comments. They mention that this is not an S2000 but a Del Sol.
on Jul 17th, 2011 at 10:02 am
Nice writeup, and an interesting take; My del sol is often confused with a Porsche, Fiat and Toyota MR2 by those that don’t pay attention. Some better/more recent pics are here from Trigger’s 2007 blog:
http://blog.triggerglobal.com/2007/01/17/one-geek-to-rule-them-all/
I do up to 160 charity events a year in this thing, from kids hospitals and schools to the military; it’s become pretty worn out over the 11 years of my project with 243K miles on it, and it’s time for a replacement. I had actually strongly considered an S2000 as my replacement car, especially after I replaced my stock sol seats with the extremely comfortable S2K seats. I enjoyed testdriving one, but found it to be a tighter cockpit than the del sol, and was worried about the 200+mile-long roadtrips I occasionally take to do appearances. Several of my fellow Stormtrooper costumers indicated that it was difficult for them.
When I was evaluating vehicles to use, I *did* Photoshop up a bunch of cars using my del sol Star Wars design as a benchmark- the 350z, Saturn Sky, Benz SLK, and more. Therefore, I submit to you my “sketch” of the S2000… knowing full well it will horrify the majority of you:
http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/temp/H-Wing_2/H-Wing_2_S2000_SM.jpg
I’ve settled on the Nissan 350z, which I’m enjoying, but haven’t been able to give the Honda up yet -I really love the sol- as I build the new one. Here’s the new design for the Z, which I’m building right now:
http://www.shawnandcolleen.com/temp/H-Wing_2/ortho/HW2_350z_Orthographic.jpg
Apologies for the sadly outdated and garish site. I’d better get on that!
Cheers, and it was great to see the entry. May the weather be warm enough for you to drop the top- or may the heater make up the difference!
on Jul 17th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I had a guy ask me (sincerely) if my car was a viper the other night. I was shocked.
on Jul 18th, 2011 at 12:39 pm
I dig the fighter look on the S2000, it looks f’ing mean. Do it!!