My girlfriend and I are planning a rather long vacation. Probably 23 days. Leaving from central Arkansas and looping west, the trek will be roughly 6,000 miles starting in May and overlapping to June. Is an S2000 a good choice? For me, the guy, I think it would be fun for me and really bad for her. But she keeps saying how cool it will be. I think maybe she's got some screwball idea of what it's like to live in a roadster for three weeks. "I'll look so hot", she keeps saying. "No one sees how hot you look at 75mph on a highway when no one is within 50 miles of you", I reply. "All you get is a stiff bum, a sore back, and eardrums that won't stop buzzing."

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Err the bigest problem I see is your luggage. I can't fit 5 days worth of stuff in my trunk let alone stuff for 2 people. (I realize you'll probably have your laundry laundered heh)

 

Oh yeah, for sure. We've talked about space. She looked in the trunk at a dealership and said there was plenty of space. I looked at her and laughed out loud.

The girl is crazy, I'm telling you. But she thinks we can do it. We are both good at packing for trips, though, and could probably pull it off. Some things that came to mind, for any car, as I went over the logistics in my head ... I'd have to get my oil changed at least once on the trip, if not twice. On a trip that long, there is some serious space for mechanical failure - everything from tire blowout to major engine disfunction. And fuel is going to be unheard of! A tank a day at increasing costs as we head west ... lets say we average $25 a day. That's $575 in gas alone. NUTS!

 

Dont do it.

I did a 2 week Tour de California in a 4th Gen Prelude with the wife last summer.

We could barely fit our stuff in the car on the start of the trip, let alone souvenirs we picked up along the way.
Our trip was only 2 weeks, staying in hotels the whole time.

Besides, the only thing you could fit in the S would be 3 changes of clothes each. 2 changes of driving around clothes and 1 nice change for dinners.

 

Well, it's good to have some support on my side, though I don't really know if that's how I wanted it to go ... (:

I was thinking of doing some real sweet talking and try to get my dad's `99 Accord Sedan away from him for the trip.

Any suggestions on location? Any museams or national parks that just can't be missed?

 

I disagree with the prevailing opinion of this thread.

The wife and I are planning a 3 week trip (Denver to Washington State, down the coast to San Diego, back to Denver). We don't anticipate any issues in terms of luggage and plan to pick up a number of bottles of wine. in the NAPA valley. We actually spent 2 weeks in the British Virgin Islands and our luggage took about half of the S2000's trunk.

We also did a 1000 mile trip over a 3 day weekend (80% twisty mountain roads) with no sore bums or backs. In fact, the constant turns kept the blood flowing and I felt much better than similar length trips in my Accord.

May I suggest that when preparing for a driving trip in the S200 wear the same clothes many days in a row (jeans and T-shirts). You are very unlikely to meet the same people two days in a row. Consider a couple of hours at a laundromat in the middle of the trip.

Also, minimize the amount of interstate/4 lane highway travel and try the back roads, the more twisty they are the better. This is what the S2000 was designed for. Interstate highways are boring as hell unless you enjoy driving in straight lines at 75-80 MPH. I prefer the scenic by-ways. Enjoy the jouney, not getting to the destination.

 

The S2000 is barely adequate to pull off daily driver duties for some people. I can't imagine using it for a 6000 mile road trip.

I took a six hour trip in my S last summer and here's what I thought before taking the trip:
It'll be fun to take a road trip with the top down.
I'll get some sun.



This is what I learned:
Driving with the top down for a long period of time is not as much fun as it seems.
If you're going to drive with the top down, wear LOTS of sunscreen ALL over. I can't stress the "ALL over" part enough.
3 hours into the trip you'll wish you drove something else.


Good luck.

 

well the trip in an s2k will definitely see how good your relationship is with her.. hehe nothing like a great test..

if you are coming westward... might want to check out the mesa museum in mesa, az .. great SUE exhibit. -g

 

man, don't do it. you will regret it.

i just took a trip to vegas from LA. it was cool for about an hour or two, but from the third hour on, it was like man i should have brought my accord.
your passenger won't be able to recline, and the main thing for you is that niether one of you will be able to stretch your legs when you start to go numb from the road and the seating position.
i love my S, and i can take it for 2 hour rides to san diego, but i really don't look forward to anything farther, maybe a meet where the mission is to drive the S, but not for a 23 day chill out trip.

good luck!!

 

IMO it's entirely doable, I recently did a 2000+mile trip (In 40+ Degree Celcius weather!!!) in the s2000. We had luggage for 2 ppl for 2 weeks.

Use soft bags and plastic shopping bags to fit soft items into the gaps you can't fit big bags into (i.e sides of boot & toolwell). However it's a biatch to repack when the police empty out your car to search for drugs

I found the car very comfortable however as you know you don't have much room to move. My only other complaint was that it was a bit noisy (Had the top up due to the heat), however not unbearable.