I just bought my 05 with 17Kmiles for 20.5K . Private party foundon Autotrader....

 

06, 11..5K miles, w/ 7yr/100K bumper-bumper warranty, $22.5K private party...i checked out a lot of dealers to for 05 certified ones with 25-30K miles and none of them accepted my offers of 22K - so I def. think private party is a better deal.

 

I use to feel like you but now I want more speed. lol

 

I bought my 05 with 12k miles for 18k, prices on s2k are dropping, wait a lil while and you'll get alot of good deals

 

It's acutally not too bad. I've had to deal with far pickier clutch pedals on an 89 Camry. I've heard VW's can be fussy as well. If you're not very experienced then any clutch pedal is going to seem sensitive.

I don't think anyone has complained about the S's lack of speed. There are, however, a lot of torque fetishists that bought the wrong car.

Bah. That's what your significant other's car is for...

The S2000 has just the right amount of space IMO. Check out the comparison of trunk space in this clip: Fifth Gear: S2000 vs 350Z. I can take a passenger and bags for a weekend. No one asks me to take them to the airport or to move furniture. Any more would just be wasted.

 

Yea we all felt that way at one point.

And then you buy one and after a year or so (or less) you realize, hmm this car really isn't that fast. It does take slightly more than 6 seconds to reach 60 IIRC .

Although I still love it dearly, I'll be purchasing a sportbike soon

 

I've driven manual cars since I started driving, only have owned one auto so maybe my perception of manual being easy is not accutate. But when it comes down to it, its NOT that tough.

I think an S2000 is very easy to drive. I grew up on old trucks and jeeps which had 1 foot shifter throws, worn out clutches etc.. The s2k's shifter is precise, you know when you are in gear, the pedals are perfect..

As long as you realize and understand the car is better than you, you wont have any problems. If you drive it for a week and assume you know what you are doing and push it past your limits - that will be a bad situation.

Dont race it, dont hot rod it, just drive it, learn it and eventually you will come to appreciate what it is....and what it isnt

 

I drove autos for my first couple of years of driveing and recent switched to a manual. Your right its not that hard. But for me at first it was tough and i would get frustrated then it was like one day it clicked and now i can drive it fine. It only took a week for me to be able to drive it with out stalling out or messing up with anything else.

 

i am going againt the grain, I say get the S2000. It is probably one of the easiest cars to learn on for a manuel. Yes rwd and not knowing how to drive a stick is not too good, but if you start slow and build up your confidence it should be ok. The car does not have much tq so it is hard for your too get the car sideways unless you are driving very hard. If you drive it like a granny you should be fine.

I started driving stick when i first bought my 94 Cobra. Now that car had a lot tq and no traction control either. After about a month or so of practicing different situations and what not I got use to it. I am still in awe when I read people spinned there s2000 just by driving it. The 5 years I have owned it now not once was i ever close in doing that. I must drive like a granny by the way amit you a patel ?

 

Gotta laugh at all the children who have grown up in the FWD era. All they've ever known is torque steer coupled with uber safe understeer and an automatic transmission from a market overrun with front wheel drive paragons of drivetrain packaging efficiency.

You guys wouldn't really know this but, there was a time (a long time) when front wheel drive was a huge novelty (Cadillac Eldorado) and almost every car on the road in the US was RWD. Also, three and four speed manual transmissions were commonplace. Automatics were an upgrade option at a premium price. So, they weren't all that popular. And they weren't all that good either.

For those who say "don't try to learn on a RWD manual car", I say .

If millions in this country did it for decades and millions of Europeans/South Americans still do it every day, I guess our current generation of young drivers fall into the "special needs" category.

It ain't that friggin difficult. You guys are depriving yourself of the joys of trailing throttle oversteer and power induced oversteer. It's not something to fear, it's just another tool for changing direction that isn't available in a Civic.