I have to agree, no regrets but I wouldn't want to smash it around town on a daily basis.

I have an s10 pickup for the daily grind and my s2000 only gets driven on coastal/mountain roads/, and track use when I make time for it :-)

 

Nope

 

I regret getting my ap2 as early as I did (always wanted one)...both my DD got stolen last year and I needed a car. I intended to drive my gsr until it died was at about 270k miles when it was stolen from driveway it's not that fast like any other car but iits fun to drive which is why I bought it

 

I love mine! No regrets.

There are a couple of books available. I have one that is numbered and comes in a sleeve, but it is kind of an expanded brochure that i bound like a book. There is another called Honda S2000 but it is out of print. You can get a used one for about $70.00 on Amazon.

 

like many have said, I really regret not getting it sooner. but thats life

 

No regret.whatsoever had MY02 got hit by a drunk driver.savedmy money and baught my curent MY00 and I dd the thing no regrets I live in the city to only thing that'd really make it better for a dd is a few boltons and like a 4.56 diff to give it a lil more umph sometimes but 90% of the time this stock badboy is fun enough! And as a friend used to tell me you poon score goes up tenfold owning or even riding in an s lolz

 

What he said. Before I moved to the North East, I lived in a place with year round topdown conditions. Owning the S2000 has been a lot of fun.

The only regret is not buying it sooner and never letting my impractical side take over when I was younger

 

4.77s would make it MUCH better in the city.......consider that!

 

This is a strange place to ask for regrets - the S2000 enthusiast community. We need to excommunicate anyone who lists a regret other than, "I regret not getting one sooner!" I think we should also admit, "I regret that I can no longer have one."

It's not a perfect car - what is? It's purpose-built as a sports car, and it's quite unapologetic about that. It is also a roadster, and there's just something about topless driving. That this car is so beautifully suited to both of those purposes is a testament to its designers. It's not a quiet car, nor is it luxuriously appointed. It has neither a spacious interior, nor a cavernous trunk. It's small, but it's not economical (I don't get much over 20 mpg). It's nimble, but unforgiving (applies more to the AP1, and I base that more on owner comments and the wreck threads than personal experience - I've never driven an AP1). It's reasonably quick, but by no means a drag car. These are all things which potential buyers should understand and accept going into the purchase.

For the money they fetch, I just can't imagine a better sports car or roadster - and this is both! It's a delightful car to toss around a corner. The car communicates the status of the contact patch to the driver's hands and butt, just like a sports car should. My CR has VSA, but it lets me rotate the rear end with the throttle (I'm not talking about drifting) - I've only seen it intervene when driving through standing water, and then but a flash. Getting into the car is like putting on your favorite pair of jeans - reminds me of an old expression, 'snug as a bug in a rug'.

I do wonder at times, when I read posts by new owners asking about how to turn this car into a drag racer, why some people choose an S2000. Then again, an amazing level of performance can be coaxed out of this engine (in either form). I'm sure many buy them with tuning them in mind and there's nothing wrong with that. I bought mine to enjoy it as Honda designed it (okay, with a few minor changes), and there's nothing wrong with that. Hey, it's a pretty versatile car too.

My only regret is that I couldn't get one sooner, but life imposes constraints on all of us. My CR is my daily driver, but I only work 3 days a week and my office is only a 15-20 minute drive (I sometimes take a circuitous route just so I can have more time in my car). My S2000 is my mid-life crisis car. It's going to be a tough act to follow (I don't even want to think about that right now).

Think about what you want in a car. Take an S2000 for a spirited test drive. If you don't have trouble sleeping afterward, then you should probably pass - that is, unless you buy it on the spot. If, on the other hand, you can't stop thinking about how fun that test drive was, then (do be diligent about researching the car's history though - common sense) buy it - you won't regret it!

 

Full disclosure - I don't own an S2000 (yet) but have driven and test driven several.

In my opinion, the S2000 isn't that great in city environments. If you will never get the tach over 6000 RPM, it will feel like you are driving a Civic around. For the money (and it does seem like AP2 S2000s have gone up a bit in the used car market lately) there are better options for your current situation.

Do you need a roadster? Also consider a 350z roadster, BMW Z4 (with some $ set aside for maintenance, but honestly it's not as scary as everyone says), or even a Porsche Boxster (again with $ aside for maintenance, but this one IS kind of scary for maintenance costs LOL). In each case you get more "car" for the money, but I would definitely say each lacks the certain personality of the S2000.

If you don't need a roadster, you have plenty of other options as well.