I have to agree with everyone else. You said that you know almost everything about the car. I think I can safely say that someone who has only been on S2ki a few days knows HARDLY anything at all about the S.

I would have loved to have my S in college, but I'm glad I didn't b/c I stress over it so much already about where I park and security. There are too many posts where someone who's still in school gets his S vandalized or stolen. A campus is the worst place to have nice things because some of the most jealous and cruel people can go there. Trust me, in the end, the guy with the beater full of women and beer is the cool guy and you'll end up being just another prick with a nice car.

 

Thats hilarious

 

Can't think of a thing...

While we never lacked for things as kids, my family was pretty much middle-class (old school middle-class, circa '60's / '70's) and buying cars for the kids was only something the wealthy families did... lots of Z-28s, Trans-Ams, and Corvettes.

So, my first cars in the mid 70's... '65 Galaxy 500, followed by '70 Malibu in rough condition were cars bought for a few hundred bucks earned slinging burgers at McDonalds and as a stockman at Marshall Fields & Co. I did all the prep work and Earl Scheib paint jobs (cheap) made them look presentable. By 18 I'd found a sweet deal on '75 Cosworth Vega ($1,800); sometimes you get lucky.

The best cars have been the ones I've bought for cash; buying on credit these days is just a necessary evil since car loans are at 4% while invested capital returns 8%...

Bottom Line: If you can convince your parents to give you $30k, do something smart like using $5k to buy a used Honda Civic as your college car and asking for their help in figuring out how to invest the $25k. Play your cards right, and you could always fall back on and retire with the gains on $25k investment when you're 55 if you needed to or, if you've cleaned-up big time before then, to buy one of those rare, low-mileage classic 99' Honda S2000s built for Honda's 50th Anniversay. It would be look pretty cool to what ever they produced in 2048 for their 100th.

 

 

[QUOTE=ruexp67,May 2 2005, 05:54 AM]

I never drove the car hard, because I COULDN'T drive it hard.

 

[QUOTE]Well, here is the story.... I'm an 18 year old graduating senior, and desperately want an S.

 

Huh?

 

i know how you should convince your parents ... refer them to this thread

 

Dude, I would love it if somebody could emial this link to your folks. I'm sick of kids wrecking S2000's and driving up my insurance rates.

I was at an auto-x yesterday and this kid comes up to me and is like, "Is this your car? I had one for 3 weeks. Rain, VTEC and bald tires don't mix." I just grunted or something and bit my tounge. I wanted to tell him, "No, being a suck ass driver and driving a sports car don't mix."

The S is very special in that it is one of the very few cars that is tuned toward oversteer from the factory. That's super rare and it takes most people by surprise. I was reminded of just how good turn in on a stock S2000 is yesterday when I was giving this novice some pointers. The car was definately tuned towards oversteer. Only in the big sweepers did the car suffer any understeer.

 

I'm a pretty young owner (21) of an S2000, I bought it 6 months ago, my own money, but then again i saved 10 grand for the down payment. And now I'm paying my own car note, everyone at work is in awe with me when they see the youngest guy in the company drive one of the nicest car in the parking lot. Except for the M3, and the SL that the manager drives.

What I've noticed is that you have no job, no income except from your parents.

Let me break it down to you:

S2000 =

1. Bad Gas Mileage (com'on people admit it, it's a honda it should get like 35 mpg..but it doesn't)
2. Maintenance is expensive, my oil change costs me 45 bucks, that's with me doing all the labor
3. Tires, haha dont get me started, 6 months.. 2 sets of new tires and S02s (the one worth spending on) are NOT cheap.
4. Attracts police attention like a magnet (especially with an 18 yr old behind the wheel)
5. Insurance may cost more than your car payment.
6. Parts .. expensive, JDM parts .. arm and a leg (I know you want it, I do too)
7. Not all that great for daily driving
8. Rev happy motor will more often than not help you catch a few tickets
9. People like to come up and touch it, and leave prints all over the car
10. Haters like to come up and kick it, leave dents all over the car

there's alot more, I gotta go back to work though..

Everyone here is way over the teenage years and they know what they're talking about, as I've noticed.. buy a civic .. get out of college, and get yourself a nice SL55.. you'll cry happy tears.