Posts under ‘Opinion’

The S2000 is known by many to be as close as it gets to pure motoring pleasure with no compromises like back seats or luggage space concerns. So what happens when changes in your life potentially necessitate a change of car to match the needs of the moment? Going through a similar circumstance, the concerns [...]

This weekend, I spent a not inconsiderable amount of time blocking a busy street near a popular southern California beach. Worse, I was in a metallic orange Lamborghini, the gearbox and engine of which were having a disagreement resulting in massive and noisy rpm spikes and zero forward motion. To add visibility to humiliation, the [...]

 We often like to tell others that our car revs motorcycle-like to a giddy 9,000 RPM (slightly less for the AP2) and it is a an attribute that has endeared the car to us. There is an inexplicable thrill that comes from keeping the revs close to or at 5,500 RPM and stepping on the [...]

Eight weeks had passed since the fraught weekend on which I purchased my S2000. I had finished final exams, survived a disastrous week at the Formula SAE competition in Michigan, and moved to Maryland for a summer internship. It turns out you can carry everything you need for three months in an S2000 if you’re [...]

At least once a year, this community is set abuzz by rumors that a successor to the S2000 is under development. So far, Honda has instead given us the deeply weird Crosstour and slow but strangely entertaining CR-Z. This has given me time to think about what I believe is essential to build a genuine [...]

We all have it, but some of us don’t know of its existence. It hides in plain sight camouflaged by all that surrounds it. It is associated with mystery and intrigue, although we are pretty sure that, nine times out of ten, it is discovered serendipitously and without subjecting one’s mind and body to the [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

Upon returning from Wake the Dragon 2011, our member LittleBlueS2 was inspired to pen an open letter to Honda. The scenic vistas, mountain roads and, above all else, the camaraderie shared between members of our community made a lasting impression on LittleBlueS2 to the point where a touching and heartfelt open letter was written to [...]

The word “celebrity” typically conjures up images of bling, substance abuse and scandal. Being car nuts, we are likely to think of exotic cars being driven hard around roads with more curves than a photoshopped Kim Kardashian or perhaps we are reminded of the holier-than-thou celebs that belong to the Prius cult spawned by Toyota.

In conversation with a seasoned member, we hit upon the topic of oversteer and the toll it collects on cars, egos and possibly lives. This member opined that best way to correct a spin was to never do anything to cause it in the first place, but then we asked “how was one to know [...]

The S2000 is a roadster, a car Honda designed to connect the driver with the purity of man, machine and the curving road ahead, and with that in mind, everything about the car was designed to elicit a pure, direct driving experience. There are similar cars, the MX-5 and Boxster immediately come to mind, but [...]

We often rejoice when our cars hit a high-mileage milestone in our cars. We celebrate this  achievement of undiluted “top-down” motoring by assigning badges and revel in the bragging rights acquired. It is no doubt a cause for celebration and motivates us and others to keep their cars longer and drive them more. I came [...]