newyawkballa

My daily hooptie, is a EF hatch with no A/c. When I bought it, there was no radio too. I drove without one for about 4 months. As for the CR weight, Base 2008 S2000 is 2864 (good lord). A CR with audio and A/C is 2855. A delete model CR with the Hardtop on, is 2813 lbs. A delete model with the Hardtop off is 2765 lbs. This is off the 2008 brochure in front of me. U save 9 lbs over a base S2000,hard top on. But your right, sort of..

toofast4yalll

You would rather spend $10k more for a car that isn't a whole lot faster, has a Toyota drivetrain, is dangerous as f*** in an accident and costs 3 times as much to maintain? I think I would MUCH rather buy a delete model CR and put the extra $10k into a suspension and intake/exhaust with money left over for aesthetics. You would have a faster, safer, more reliable, cheaper to maintain/insure car.

takchi

I think it's pure preference if you want AC or not. The AC in the CR isn't very strong, but it's helpful when the outside ambient temperatures do get hot. The hardtop is black on all CR models so it'll soak heat no matter what. What you can do, since you're hardcore enough, is put a layer of heat wrap tape on the hardtop to cool the cabin temps down by about 10degrees or so. You'll also get a shiny hardtop that people will not want to look at when the sun is out.

CHILIBEANZ

If you're talking about the Rio At Bradenton Honda it has AC and Radio...

closetgeek

balla, with enough patience, you're gonna find this delete model. They shouldn't be any harder than finding a GPW CR. Good luck with your search! See you in the chatroom!

newyawkballa

You can get a Lotus Elise for $25k to 30k. I have seen quite a few for $27/28k. I'm not one of those guys where if my local dealership and the next town over doesn't have it, I don't get it. I have no problem going 15 hours away to get something. Long story short, Elise's are going for the same price as CR's. As for the Rio, I'm aware it has The radio/A/C....They also want $28.9k for it.. I might go over there after the beach and window shop a Lil.. When it comes to CR's, it has to be Apb, GPW, Rio and BB. I'm not crazy about the CR in Rio. I like it in regular form....

Vanishing Point

I'm glad you like the blue CR's, the color is Apex Blue Pearl or ABP not Apb! Those that own one are kinda particular about how our cars are perceived. Good luck in your search no matter what color you settle on!

skibbz

Hrmmm... A delete model in Florida, eh? Hardcore! I don't mind the lack of a stereo, I just bring headphones and plug one ear in so I can listen to podcasts - but I missed A/C today when it was 82 out (hot for Seattle) and I had to drive about 4 hours in traffic with the hard top off. I recently bought an '08 delete with 7500 miles, 5.5 years left on bumper-to-bumper warranty, clear bra, great condition, etc. for $28K - I didn't bargain when I saw it listed, I just put down a deposit and said I'd pay asking price. It was really tough to find a nice one that was really well taken care of, I was pleasantly surprised it was a delete model when I picked it up and found that I couldn't open the radio cover, saw the stereo buttons were blank, and the AC was all warm air

newyawkballa

That was a typo. Check my other posts where it is correct.

newyawkballa

Ya right.LOL..Sorry