Hey everyone,

My name's Trent, I'm 19 from QLD Australia. I'm new here and to the world of S2000's. I've steared clear of Honda's because I am not a fan of FWD, and have only recently started looking into S2000's. I used to (and still do) want an R34 GT-T. I've basically had to kiss my dreams of a skyline goodbye. I started uni this year, so I'm too broke for a car loan, and I've realised (way too late, lol) that I'm not in the right course, so I'm thinking of deferring until I'm a mature aged student, and pursuing journalism.

Anyway, my brother is in the construction game and has guaranteed me a job where I would be guaranteed to earn $1300 AFTER tax a week on average. Some weeks it could be up to $1600, the slow weeks would be $1000. Keep in mind this is all in my hand, after I've kissed a big portion of it goodbye to the government -.- So I'm fairly keen to take him up on this and if I do, I want to get a loan for a car.

You may ask why I want to get a loan? Well, I also want to invest in real estate whilst I am young, so I'd like to have a good credit rating.

Here comes the biggest question.... I have a couple of options that I am looking at.

A. Get a loan and "buy" an s2000, supercharge once off my P's (early february)
B. Wait and get a 34 GT-T (wanted one for ages)
C. Get a loan for the s2000, sell it when the time comes and get into a GT-T. Is there a way I can put my loan onto another vehicle? Or I could sell the car (with the owner being there to watch me pay the loan out) and get another loan for a GT-T.

For now I am interested in the S2000, I think it's a reasonably cool car, the only reason I don't like honda's is they are fwd, obviously the s2000 doesn't have this imperfection, lol.

How do they go stock compared to a 34 gt-t? Obviously the 34 is turboed and the s2000 is N/A, but they rev to 9 grand. I know the s2000 is faster, they don't have a speed cut and can get to 260, I'm more looking at torque/acceleration.

Can the s2000 slide? I think with the short wheelbase and the weight distribution it could, and I think it would be easier than a skyline, not 100% sure though, can someone enlighten me?
If I did go the supercharging route, what do you guys think would be the outcome?

Anyone with a car loan, could you give me a ballpark figure of weekly repayment prices? S2K's are going for mid 20k at the moment, so I've no idea how much I'd be looking at per week to pay it off.

I know this is a Honda forum, but please try to keep your opinions unbiased.

BTW, I have read the "Will it beat a skyline thread" and it didn't really shed light on anything.

How much would it cost to supercharge the S2k (keep in mind I'm in Australia), and is there a way to keep the boost at a level where it could be daily driven with reliability?

Thanks in advance, any and all replies are appreciated.

Regards,

Trent

 

Have you even driven an S2000? I always wonder why people want to buy an S and supercharge it out of the gates. At any rate, a supercharged S is a reliable daily driver and will have more than enough power to send you off the road. Do you want a convertible or a GT?

 

Better off posting in the australian subforum, this post looks like a copy paste from Ozhonda, lol.

Try here:
https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/forum/30-...ckUserAgent__1

 

Damn,

1300-1600 after tax a week for a 19 year old.

Torque, acceleration, slide, good luck with a AP1

GT-T

 

I'd prefer a hard top s2k. How much are the mugen hard tops? I don't wanna sulerjarge it out of the gates, but when I get the opportunity I'd like to.

 

I don't have a payed email address so I can't post on ozhonda

 

Trent,
I hope you realize that the costs that the guys in US pay will be meaningless to you. To start off, an S2000 in the States cost ~$32k new, while in Oz it was ~$72k new. Same thing applies to any parts or mods that you may be thinking about doing.

But I agree with the other guys here - you should probably drive 1st. To me S2000 is 10x a sportscar a Skyline GT-S is ... I can't think of a single thing that the Skyline will do better (besides carrying more than 1 passenger). If you were thinking about S15 200SX then it'd be a closer comparison ... but the S2000 still has a few things that the S15 can't compare / complete with.

ps. And like the post above said - you may get more meaningful answers on the Oz section of this forum.