I Used To Hate S2000's
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Originally Posted by Nate4635,Apr 8 2008, 04:16 PM
While I NEVER hated the S (always loved it infact, even though I couldnt afford them when they came out...
Heck some people didn't have short and curlies when the car first came out.....
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Originally Posted by CKit,Apr 10 2008, 07:03 PM
Some people on the forum didn't have driver's licenses when the car first came out.
Heck some people didn't have short and curlies when the car first came out.....
Heck some people didn't have short and curlies when the car first came out.....
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Originally Posted by detonator2x,Apr 10 2008, 07:59 PM
::cough:: I was 14 in 1999 ::cough::
Our President was a young guy named John F. Kennedy. A year later, '63, we had the kind of year nobody ever forgets.
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Originally Posted by Relax Mon,Jamaica MeCrazy,Apr 8 2008, 04:03 PM
HI all. This is my first post.
So I was saving my money to buy a car. My dream car has always been the nissan 350z.
After Driving the car I was pretty disapointed. The whole reason I wanted a sports car was because I'm young and wanted something fun to drive. But the Z didnt feel anything like a fun to drive sporty car to me. It felt more like a muscle car with almost truck like acceleration (power low end, runs out of breath at higher revs).
I've driven small hatchbacks that were more fun to drive. So I figured, maybe a minicooper but it was too funky for me. So I decided to try the civic si just for the hell of it.
What a blast!!! It was exactly what I was looking for. Light, comunnicative and an engine that loves to be driven hard. It wasnt as fast as the 350z, but it was 10 times more fun to drive! But it was too similar to cars I've driven in the past.
My friend, who races cars and who I respect the most when it comes to cars, happens to drive a S2000.
I never bothered asking him about his car because the S2000 has always seemed like a silly car to me. What kind of sports car has only a 4 cylinder engine with no turbo and only 240 horsepower? Not to mention it being a convertible which causes loss in rigidity. I have always thought of it as a hairdresses car thats more about looking good then ultimate performance. Vtec has always sounded silly to me, But after driving the civic si I couldnt ignore it. Vtec is no joke.
So I asked my friend about his car, and he explained what he enjoys about it as a race car driver. I explained that the S2000 doesnt sound very impressive on paper to me. He simply smirked and said, "drive one". And so I did, and this is the result.
The S2000 was my dream car. I just didnt know it
Funny thing is, people still ask me where my 350z is.
So I was saving my money to buy a car. My dream car has always been the nissan 350z.
After Driving the car I was pretty disapointed. The whole reason I wanted a sports car was because I'm young and wanted something fun to drive. But the Z didnt feel anything like a fun to drive sporty car to me. It felt more like a muscle car with almost truck like acceleration (power low end, runs out of breath at higher revs).
I've driven small hatchbacks that were more fun to drive. So I figured, maybe a minicooper but it was too funky for me. So I decided to try the civic si just for the hell of it.
What a blast!!! It was exactly what I was looking for. Light, comunnicative and an engine that loves to be driven hard. It wasnt as fast as the 350z, but it was 10 times more fun to drive! But it was too similar to cars I've driven in the past.
My friend, who races cars and who I respect the most when it comes to cars, happens to drive a S2000.
I never bothered asking him about his car because the S2000 has always seemed like a silly car to me. What kind of sports car has only a 4 cylinder engine with no turbo and only 240 horsepower? Not to mention it being a convertible which causes loss in rigidity. I have always thought of it as a hairdresses car thats more about looking good then ultimate performance. Vtec has always sounded silly to me, But after driving the civic si I couldnt ignore it. Vtec is no joke.
So I asked my friend about his car, and he explained what he enjoys about it as a race car driver. I explained that the S2000 doesnt sound very impressive on paper to me. He simply smirked and said, "drive one". And so I did, and this is the result.
The S2000 was my dream car. I just didnt know it
Funny thing is, people still ask me where my 350z is.
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i used to have a ctr almost fully built which i loved and never wanted to get rid of it but i was getting older and
thought the best thing was to sell it to a person who will enjoy it. well he did enjoy it for 5 days till it got stloen
from him by a tow truck dude.
my girl was driving a vw passat and i liked how the germans built there cars so i switch from jap to german quick
well i was driving my mb for a couple of years and always wanted a S so i drove it and took it that day
but this will be probably be my only jap car that i will own for a long long time
but im proud to own a S and love it
i treat her like a baby
thought the best thing was to sell it to a person who will enjoy it. well he did enjoy it for 5 days till it got stloen
from him by a tow truck dude.
my girl was driving a vw passat and i liked how the germans built there cars so i switch from jap to german quick
well i was driving my mb for a couple of years and always wanted a S so i drove it and took it that day
but this will be probably be my only jap car that i will own for a long long time
but im proud to own a S and love it
i treat her like a baby