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just brought home my05 25 min ago

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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 01:26 PM
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whats up everyone like the title says i just pulled in the garage a couple minutes ago, the ride was an hour and 30 minutes away from where i live so i got to get a feel of it a little and i have a question its probably just that i have never drove a rwd car but when going around a turn if im on the gas and let off the car kind of shifts more into the direction of the turn is it just how rwd cars act or is my allignment off? i got the car from a dealership even tho that probably dosent matter it has 27k miles
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 08:26 PM
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:10 PM
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Welcome and congratulations on the purchase.
You may or may not have an alignment problem... rest assured, what you describe is not an alignment problem; it's pure physics.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 09:43 PM
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Welcome aboard!

Be careful with your car though, RWD cars can cause a lot of trouble
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:44 PM
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rwd cars act that way.
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Old Aug 30, 2008 | 11:46 PM
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Welcome to S2Ki.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 05:29 AM
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Honda power,

Please, please, PLEASE take some time to get used to your S. Especially since you're not familiar with RWD. Your MY05 pre-dates the yaw control system so this car will *not* start applying brakes to save your patootie when you start to slide it.

The concept behind the S2000 was to be a true "driver's" car with little/no intervention by the car. It's true that over time, Honda tried to dial out some of the inherent oversteer, but definitely not much.

Get used to rear-wheel drive. Take it easy.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Chazmo,Aug 31 2008, 05:29 AM
Honda power,

Please, please, PLEASE take some time to get used to your S. Especially since you're not familiar with RWD. Your MY05 pre-dates the yaw control system so this car will *not* start applying brakes to save your patootie when you start to slide it.

The concept behind the S2000 was to be a true "driver's" car with little/no intervention by the car. It's true that over time, Honda tried to dial out some of the inherent oversteer, but definitely not much.

Get used to rear-wheel drive. Take it easy.
This goes for all newbies, as well as people who have owned S2Ks since they first came out. Be careful.
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Old Aug 31, 2008 | 11:20 AM
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thx for the reply guys i really appreshiate it i didnt think i was going to get any replys
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