Posts under ‘Opinion’

What is the truth? Only those who have tried and lived to brag about it, know. Of course the internet provides for great stories. Top up? or down?, windows open or closed? Is there a preference? Or does it really matter. Why is it so important to know if you can, or you can’t?

Why do we hate hybrids so much? Blame Toyota. No, really. Okay, Okay, half-way blame Toyota. My opinion has absolutely nothing to do with their current recall woes. It has more to do with the Prius and what that vehicle has accomplished. It wasn’t the first hybrid vehicle sold in the U.S. That accolade goes [...]

The word Vintage, has several meanings. It could mean (among others), old-fashioned or obsolete, or it could mean being the best of its kind. The S2000 Vintage Owners forum definitely fits the latter meaning. While the word “vintage’ may certainly have some negative connotation, this forum, in my humble opinion, is the farthest from any [...]

I know we have all seen it, heard it, or even said it ourself, what am I talking about? Good question. I will get to that in a second, but first let me say this. Everyone on the planet is different, that is what makes us who we are, or what we strive to become. [...]

Lest my play on words in the header has you thinking that our S2000’s were blissfully snoozing without a care in the world, let me assure you that it was quite the contrary.
The village of Watkins Glen nestled in the Finger Lakes area, to the uninitiated, is a mecca to fans of racing [...]

A lot of our discussions in Car Talk focus on all-out acceleration performance, top speed and track handling characteristics of various cars. While I appreciate the edge of the envelope capabilities of a performance car, I rarely get to exercise the machine to anywhere near its limits during 95% of the time in the driver’s [...]

I have a confession to make. I was very unfamiliar with Honda about 6 years ago. Heck, I was not even a fan. I would hear about this vtec thing and not get it. It would be scribbled on the side panel of some Hondas as if it was something special. The cars with the [...]

This is a subject that I’ve always wanted to share. However it goes beyond S2KI and to all motor-heads out there. I will try and describe how an opinion can turn into a conversation and sometimes even into a misleading argument… or not. All these years as a member of S2KI I have come across [...]

The recent global economic storm has caught us all by surprise. We see entire nations & communities struggling to make sense of the downturn and adjust to the consequences. The paradigm of constant growth has proven to be a mirage and the situation calls for an assessment of where we are headed and what needs [...]

Have you ever considered yourself a fast driver just because you drive a fast car that can be launched for a quarter of a mile? I am sure that you have thought of this and even got tempted to prove it on the streets. Does it ring a bell? Did you got challenged while driving [...]