How badly do you beat on your S??
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Dealers don't want your car to last forever, the would like to sell you another in a reasonable amount of miles. Hence the 7500 interval. 3000 is the limit....You were smart to leave the break-in oil in for a while.
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From: CHURCHVILLE
Love to drive MY01
After all, its a friggin sports car!
I positively can not drive this car slow
I need to wind out each gear & VETEC as much as possible
Taken the corners fast enough to scare me gives me a rush- since I don't do drugs anymore, I really need it!
haven't done any wheel spins or 360's yet, but who knows!
This car WANTS to be driven hard!
Have fun!!!!!!!
After all, its a friggin sports car!
I positively can not drive this car slow
I need to wind out each gear & VETEC as much as possible
Taken the corners fast enough to scare me gives me a rush- since I don't do drugs anymore, I really need it!
haven't done any wheel spins or 360's yet, but who knows!
This car WANTS to be driven hard!
Have fun!!!!!!!
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From: High Point
Aside from tire wear, will doing donuts stress anything out on the car? Ive owned MY 01 for almost 3 months now i suppose and Ive been tempted to do some 360s but never have because I didnt want to risk tearing up something. 
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From: Memphis
Originally posted by Dolemike
Aside from tire wear, will doing donuts stress anything out on the car? Ive owned MY 01 for almost 3 months now i suppose and Ive been tempted to do some 360s but never have because I didnt want to risk tearing up something.
Aside from tire wear, will doing donuts stress anything out on the car? Ive owned MY 01 for almost 3 months now i suppose and Ive been tempted to do some 360s but never have because I didnt want to risk tearing up something.
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I don't think I "beat" my s2k:
-I've hit the revlimiter twice...once in first and once in second.
-I change my oil every 3,750 miles (about 1/2 highway driving because I have a 40 mile commute one way five days a week)
-I bought the car used at 25K, since then I have changed the oil three times, received differential and transmission fluid service, changed the air filter, and got a new a/c filter.
-Tires are in good shape...more than 1/2 original tread left after putting 11,000 miles on car.
-What I need to do next? Probably get the brakes inspected and do a coolant flush???
I do drive the car hard and every now and then when shifting, I will grind second gear shifting from first (with the clutch fully engaged). Sometimes, it happens...sometimes it doesn't. Usually, if I do it real fast it will gring so lately when I am driving her hard from the get go I shift a bit slower into second.
-I've hit the revlimiter twice...once in first and once in second.
-I change my oil every 3,750 miles (about 1/2 highway driving because I have a 40 mile commute one way five days a week)
-I bought the car used at 25K, since then I have changed the oil three times, received differential and transmission fluid service, changed the air filter, and got a new a/c filter.
-Tires are in good shape...more than 1/2 original tread left after putting 11,000 miles on car.
-What I need to do next? Probably get the brakes inspected and do a coolant flush???
I do drive the car hard and every now and then when shifting, I will grind second gear shifting from first (with the clutch fully engaged). Sometimes, it happens...sometimes it doesn't. Usually, if I do it real fast it will gring so lately when I am driving her hard from the get go I shift a bit slower into second.
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From: Miami
I guess you can consider me driving my car hard, Vtec it alot per outing...constantly downshifting to high RPM's at every offramp (trying to practice heel-toe) occasionally drift, never do burn outs or clutch drops, I auto-cross the car also... and so far I have been changing my own oil every 4k-5k with mobil1 synthetic
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From: never never land
no burnouts, no miss-shifts. no e-brakes, no clutch dumps. i do drive the s2000 hard though. its extremely hard not to go around the block with out getting her in v-tech. just be carefull and dont over do it. i have hit the rev limitor though, but i plan not to do that again...... drive safe......
