5 Ways to Maximize Storage Room on the S2000
By Conor Fynes

Among the S2000's other unique points, it offers some of the least storage space of any sports car around-- even less so than the Porsche 911. While this means nothing for purely sporting purposes, if there's any case you'll want to take it on a trip or even for groceries, you're going to have to get smart about your use of the real estate.

 

"Larger" doors nets in 2002? Me thinks you got the year wrong What door nets where in the '01 and '00 models? Maybe larger door nets in 2004? What a typo.

 

There are a few more that weren't mentioned:
- Remove the spare tire cover: this may only give you an inch or two, but that's valuable real estate.
- Put small loose items ion top of the spare tire. I can fill that space up with lots of stuff, including tennis shoes, a small umbrella and bottles of motor oil. Soft stuff like towels or a light jacket can be crammed in there too, and help insulate sound entering the cabin.
- there's a little space below the trunk floor by the jack. Better yet, you can remove the entire foam insert below the trunk to free up more space.
- in a pinch, I pull out the spare tire for trips. That takes up a LOT of room and if you have good tires, the odds you'll need it are pretty low.
- with the top up, you can stash stuff in the tray where the top gets stored when the top is down. Just don't forget stuff there when you drop the top.
- Under the seats: Not much space down there but that's where I store sunglasses, sunblock, a container with spare change, a spare baseball cap, spare cell phone chargers, etc.

 

I would caution about storing loose items under the driver's seat. They could come loose and move under one or more of the front pedals, severlly interferring with car control. The passenger seat might be better used, if you can fit anything there.

 

I just put a cap and a pair of driving gloves in the drivers seat net storage. My, that was a tight fit.
The S gives me an excuse to pair down and minimize what I really need to bring. Just essentials. There really is enough room in the S for two to pack for a weekend or weeklong trip, and still keep the spare tire and OEM tools.

 

I pull the spare tire and tools and just put in a small compressor and tire gel in the space filled by the tools, perfect fit , decent weight savings, and more room overall. When I think storage space I also think of small gains, like the glove box organizer, and Muz trunk saddlebags that I have. The trunk saddlebags are quite handy for storage.

One of the few trips I took was to the Dragon event, I had plenty of room for a five day trip with all of my luggage, tools, and food/snacks. it was tight but I had all the room I needed.

 

Yep! I just checked a Stickied post about changes between model years on this very forum. Very small door nets were added in 2002. There were NO door net pockets for '00 and '01 model years.

 

Those door net pockets are useful for...maybe business cards? Like, three of them?

 

Yes, I agree. I swapped my '01 door panels for '02 or '03 panels in order to get tweeter slots when I upgraded my audio system. I did not pay too much attention to the net pockets at the time. They are pretty useless, except for maybe a few business cards. I can't think of what else might fit in there.

 

One thing I did to save quite a bit of room is relocate the tire changing tools into the same area as the spare tire. I took out the jack, wrench, tow point, etc, and wrapped them in a towel and wedged them into the "dish" of the spare tire. With the towel there, they don't move around or make any noise. I took out the foam tool holder, and now you have access to the entire trunk area. Not much extra, but enough to comfortably shove a backpack or duffel entirely into that area now.

I also keep a roadside kit with first aid pack in the trunk on one of the sides. It's the kind with velcro on the bottom and has stayed put through many hard bumps and turns.