Posts under ‘S2000 Talk’

In response to our previous post about the del Sol H-Wing Carfighter, Obi-Shawn A.K.A. Shawn commented on the article and shared a link to a concept sketch of a Honda S2000-based H-Wing Carfighter that he designed. He was evaluating several vehicles as a replacement for his del Sol that had become tired and worn out [...]

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 [...]

An outsider could very well think that we are a group stuck in the “swinging sixties” a la Austin Powers. With talk of drifting sideways and “swinging” the car around a corner screaming “YEAH, BABY YEAH,” some members seem to be poster children of that era. The recent YouTube video of three S2000 owners hooning [...]

My S2000 is ruined. There’s no one to blame but myself. I chose what I thought was a reasonable, budget-friendly option, and it turned out to be a horrible mistake. The only thing keeping me from complete misery is the knowledge that time and more money are all that’s required to rectify the situation. In [...]

Owning a sports car that has excellent reliability is a rare thing. When you consider the thrashing the cars regularly receive from their owners at the local track day or on an enthusiastic canyon carving drive, most sports cars would light up the maintenance required icon on their dash. I, for one, dread the thought [...]

It does seem odd that a community so vocal about driving with the top down gets all teary when the convertible top frame wears a fine hole through the material. One second you’re a jingoistic top-down proponent cocking a snook (thumbing your nose) at other convertible drivers who are blissfully unaware that the roof can [...]

I used to loathe and despise stability control. Call it ESP, DSC, VSA, or any other acronym; I considered it to be a blight on the dynamic prowess of the vehicle and a hindrance to the development of real driving skills. From the moment I stepped from my non-ABS, non-traction controlled, two-pedals-and-an-emergency-brake 1996 Saturn into [...]

Urban Dictionary contains several connotations that modern society has attached to the word “unicorn”. For the purposes of this article and considering that this is a family friendly section of a car website, we will define a unicorn as that vehicle for which you’d go any distance to own, keep, drive and cherish forever.

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 [...]

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 [...]

When Honda announced that S2000 production was coming to an end, the reactions were wide and varied. You had people giving in and buying the car anticipating that the car’s value would only increase. You also had a huge group of proud owners determined to hold on to their cars and at the same time [...]