2007, 2008 base, and 2008 CR, comparison.
09-13-2007, 06:03 PM
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Thanks for the heads up! Definitely gonna drop by and pick one up.
Honestly, if CR comes with a soft top, I would want to get one. Afterall, the car is meant to perform better than a base S2000 around the track. Yes I could make a base model go faster than the CR with a few mods, but the whole idea of having a stock car appeals to old-school people like me, who does want the car to be much more hassle free (i.e. stiffer & more performance oriented suspension bu maintaining stock ride height is one of the big pluses ...)
Honestly, if CR comes with a soft top, I would want to get one. Afterall, the car is meant to perform better than a base S2000 around the track. Yes I could make a base model go faster than the CR with a few mods, but the whole idea of having a stock car appeals to old-school people like me, who does want the car to be much more hassle free (i.e. stiffer & more performance oriented suspension bu maintaining stock ride height is one of the big pluses ...)
09-13-2007, 07:17 PM
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Originally Posted by negcamber,Sep 13 2007, 05:37 PM
Wait...that's impossible...new cars are always better than the cars they replace. Honda would never make changes that make a car worse than the one before it! 
A better sports car. I have a shifter kart for the track. The S2000's various degrees of being slow around a race track isn't how I rate a car. I do love the S2000 as a sports car on the street. Everyone has different needs in a sportscar. The street oriented 08's look good to me 
09-13-2007, 08:06 PM
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Originally Posted by GPMike,Sep 13 2007, 08:10 PM
Is it on newstands yet??? I just went to the Barnes & Noble by me after reading this thread and they didn't have a copy.
09-13-2007, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by S2KxPhiLe,Sep 13 2007, 09:19 PM
I'm actually looking forward to the new 08's. I've been researching the MY00-07 years and I honestly like the 08's over the rest of the years other then the MY02-03 years, although I have yet to test drive the 08's.
I'm gonna actually pick up this magazine so I can read the article,
but from what I read and seen. I think I might have to pick up an 08 myself.
I like the fact that the new 08's will get the new OEM 5-spoke wheel. And the new gauge cluster looks awesome compared to the MY04-07 plus is has the AP2 chassis design which I like over the MY00-03.
Plus they have a stiffer suspensions over the MY07, which is a plus
--+7%/+9% (F/R) for the springs and +10%/+5% (F/R) for the dampers
The 08's also have added a Tire Monitor Pressuring System, which adds weight to the car. The only thing that I despise in the new MY08's is that the seats are higher above the roll bars. I'm looking forward to picking up one as soon as they hit the showroom floor.
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=525439
http://www.netcarshow.com/honda/2008-s2000/
http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-ar...icle_id=700946
I'm gonna actually pick up this magazine so I can read the article,
but from what I read and seen. I think I might have to pick up an 08 myself.
I like the fact that the new 08's will get the new OEM 5-spoke wheel. And the new gauge cluster looks awesome compared to the MY04-07 plus is has the AP2 chassis design which I like over the MY00-03.
Plus they have a stiffer suspensions over the MY07, which is a plus
--+7%/+9% (F/R) for the springs and +10%/+5% (F/R) for the dampers
The 08's also have added a Tire Monitor Pressuring System, which adds weight to the car. The only thing that I despise in the new MY08's is that the seats are higher above the roll bars. I'm looking forward to picking up one as soon as they hit the showroom floor.
https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=525439
http://www.netcarshow.com/honda/2008-s2000/
http://www.vtec.net/articles/view-ar...icle_id=700946
09-13-2007, 08:59 PM
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love the CR, and have since day one. i am a little sadden to see that the 08 are a tad more mild, but hondas got to make a car that will sell to more people than just me.
im thinking the when my 02 is paid off here soon, i might just keep it. no sense in getting another car payment went i just finished a loan.
im thinking the when my 02 is paid off here soon, i might just keep it. no sense in getting another car payment went i just finished a loan.
09-13-2007, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Saki GT,Sep 13 2007, 11:26 PM
The 08 suspention is stiffer than the 07.
The MY08 is different because it comes in two varieties, one better suited to street use and one better suited to track use. To me this seems to be the biggest improvement since the car was introduced back in '99.
I'll keep my MY00 car, because it still challenges me, but if giving new buyers this kind of choice isn't an improvement then ... What is?
This has to be the best year ever to buy a new S2000, so I give Honda three thumbs up on the latest round of changes.
09-14-2007, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by RED MX5,Sep 14 2007, 12:02 AM
No matter what changes Honda makes to the car, the S2000 you already own still delivers the same things that made you fall in love with the car. Hence, the very best MY S2000 is the MY you already own.
LOL, imagine how much more I could do to my MY00 for the cost of trading for a CR.