I had a guy ask me today if my car was an Acura.

I'm too skinny to be Duke.

 

I had 3 guys come up to me at a gas station and ask about the car...I was surprised at how much one of them knew about it (~300lbs, gets out of one of those domestic 1970's yachtmobiles - says "that thing goes to 9000rpm doesn't it?" and other questions similar..)....another guy asks what it is, I say "a Honda", and he goes "about $50k?"...I say "nope only $32k"..."wow..want an orange?"....."Naw"...

yah, I know...kinda strange...

it's nice that people think by the look of the car that is "a Porshce" or the like..I like to "shock" them by saying it's a Honda....Don't underestimate the "H".....I haven't had the miata experience yet...

JJ

 

Actually, it makes for a nice understatement.

"Yeah, I've got two cars, just bought a new one a few weeks ago."

"What kind is it?"

"Oh, nothing fancy, just a little Honda..."

I like to see their eyes gloss over when they actually see the car.

 

One day I was walking out to my car at a grocery store as a young man and his buddy make their way over to my S to check it out. As I approach, I overhear one of them say, "Naw man, all go, no show! It's just a Civic with it's top chopped off. My girlfriend has a Civic. It's such sh!t."

I casually unlock the car, nod to the guys and put my bags in the trunk. The guy looks at me, and says, "Hey, is this yours?" I tell him 'Yes' and he replies, "My girl has a Civic, too. Do you like it?" Trying to avoid any further conversation I say in a friendly tone, 'Well, it's not actually a Civic. It's an entirely different model called an S2000, and yes, I do like it." As I get in, he says, "Well man, Civic or not, a Honda's a Honda." Realizing the pointlessness of attempting to explain, I simply reply, 'You know what, you're right. Later guys,' and head for home. Sometimes, people are just not worth the time of day.

 

But the car IS cheap, $20,000 cheaper than a Boxster.

 

I recently took my S to America's Tire Company to get a nail taken out of a tire. Well, the guys there were pretty damn funny. One of them had seen "The Fast and the Furious," and thus knew the S2000 was a bad-ass car, but none of them really knew anything else about it.

First, I go into the office, and tell them I'd like to have a nail removed. The dude asks me what kind of car it is. I say, "it's a Honda S2000." He says, "oh it's a truck, then." I said "umm.. no, I don't think so. I'm pretty sure it's classified as a 'car.'" He asks me to point at it, so I did. His jaw dropped. He said, "OH! Honda makes that? Yeah I guess that's a car after all."

Next, the tire monkeys are trying to pull the car into the garage to put it on the lift. The guy can't start it. I start it for him. The guy then can't seem to understand my directions of "push down, then right" to put it in reverse (he didn't understand how it had six gears AND reverse), so I then pulled the car into the garage for him.

Meanwhile, another tire monkey is checking my tires, and he was literally flabbergasted that my rear tires were so much more worn than my fronts. He told me I should have had them rotated off the front wheels a lot sooner. I explained to him that the tires cannot be rotated, because they are different sizes, and that the car is RWD, which would explain the rear-tire wear. He seemed to kinda get it, but then asked me, "if the tires can't be rotated, then why wouldn't the front tires be more worn?" I gave up.

Finally, they pull the nail (which didn't even puncture, thankfully). One of the supervising monkeys, who was staring at the S badge on the rear of the car for while, then asks me "how much did this cost? About a million?" I started laughing! "A million?! No, like $35,000 tops!" His eyes got so wide I thought there were going to pop out of his head.

After I drove the car back off their lift, all of the guys wanted to chat about the car a bit. So I played unofficial Honda Sales Rep for a while and told them all about it. I think at least two of them became die-hard S2000 lovers right then and there. When I drove off, everyone in whole place waved!

The S definitely does elicit some pretty funny reactions from folks.

- Warren

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Iceman
[B]But the car IS cheap,

 

i was driving in downtown palm springs , CA.. and this popular street called palm canyon was packed with people.. well everyone was driving slow and i saw a group of guys (about 5) witht here hands out (like fans would put there hands out as a football player runs by to give them high fives) and as i get closer they all yell "yeah S2000!!"... i felt like a star

 

Well, today, while taking a ride in XViper's S2000, a white integra pulled up on the right side of the car and then matched speeds... so I look over (being tall, I also had to duck my head a little to see out the window) and the integra guy is just sitting there glancing and smiling like "I'm driving beside an S2000 baby!"... then he pulled off at the exit... whole episode took a max of 5 seconds

Remember tho, I was only the passenger. XViper was the kick ass driver

 

I had a lady opine that my little del Sol convertible was "real cute". I said, "Oh, thanks!"