most irritating thing on S2000
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From: St. Louis
-I hate the squeeks and rattles that I hear when the top is up, but when the top is down, I can't hear them.
-The power mirror switch is in a location ideal for midgets.
-The clutch buzzing upon decceleration. (I bought my car used and it is out of warranty)
-I can hear the plastic window flapping around when I am on the highway.
-It brings out the worst in other drivers on the road. I get flipped off all the time. I get honked at when the top is down. I have had dog poop put on my door handle. Last night someone threw a water balloon at my car while driving the other direction. WTF?
Thats all I got.
This is the best car I have ever owned, and it is the closest thing I can get to a Ferrari right now.
-The power mirror switch is in a location ideal for midgets.
-The clutch buzzing upon decceleration. (I bought my car used and it is out of warranty)
-I can hear the plastic window flapping around when I am on the highway.
-It brings out the worst in other drivers on the road. I get flipped off all the time. I get honked at when the top is down. I have had dog poop put on my door handle. Last night someone threw a water balloon at my car while driving the other direction. WTF?
Thats all I got.
This is the best car I have ever owned, and it is the closest thing I can get to a Ferrari right now.
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From: Midlothian
Originally posted by Triple-H
As others have indicated for myself I have no real complaints, I think the S2000 is an amazing car, however, adb280z asked what was irritating, and here are mine.
#1- An open top car sold in the Northeast MUST have a heated seat option. As a long time BMW fan this amazing lack of thought rattles me. Honda, what were you thinking? Oh wait, you were not thinking.
#2- Seats sit too high. I'm not a tall guy and I sit too high. Some of my friends who are taller look sort of silly in the car because the top of their head is higher than the top of the front window. Honda has gone to all the trouble to give the American market more torque because we seem to want it, and yet they can't use some American body type ergonomics?
As others have indicated for myself I have no real complaints, I think the S2000 is an amazing car, however, adb280z asked what was irritating, and here are mine.
#1- An open top car sold in the Northeast MUST have a heated seat option. As a long time BMW fan this amazing lack of thought rattles me. Honda, what were you thinking? Oh wait, you were not thinking.
#2- Seats sit too high. I'm not a tall guy and I sit too high. Some of my friends who are taller look sort of silly in the car because the top of their head is higher than the top of the front window. Honda has gone to all the trouble to give the American market more torque because we seem to want it, and yet they can't use some American body type ergonomics?
#2 - getting your head popped by a big wasp helps retain the "purity"
Sports car people love misery I am told. I could pass on the cruise control though.
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I love my 04.
........had it one month..........and I have 2 small complaints 
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1. The design of the coffee cup holder sucks.
The only Starbucks mug that fits in it, is one for kiddys...........so I bought the dang thing so I would not have to worry about it tipping and spilling coffee all over the console.
2. PLEASE DON'T LAUGH!!! Ok.....I am 5 foot tall.........so this means I have to pull the seat all the way forward. Well when I do this and then put one leg out of the car to get out..........my hips get stuck between the seat and the steering wheel. I wack my hip bones and it HURTS. Yah don't even tell me to just move the seat backwards because if I could remember this each time I get out of the car I WOULD. So bruised hipbones have become just part of owning my Hottie Girl.
But would not trade her for anything in the world.
Katherine Nell
........had it one month..........and I have 2 small complaints .1. The design of the coffee cup holder sucks.
The only Starbucks mug that fits in it, is one for kiddys...........so I bought the dang thing so I would not have to worry about it tipping and spilling coffee all over the console.2. PLEASE DON'T LAUGH!!! Ok.....I am 5 foot tall.........so this means I have to pull the seat all the way forward. Well when I do this and then put one leg out of the car to get out..........my hips get stuck between the seat and the steering wheel. I wack my hip bones and it HURTS. Yah don't even tell me to just move the seat backwards because if I could remember this each time I get out of the car I WOULD. So bruised hipbones have become just part of owning my Hottie Girl.
But would not trade her for anything in the world.
Katherine Nell
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From: Sydney
Katherine - easy solution is to just roll the seat back before you get out of the car.
I do this because it means that I don't have to open the door quite so far to squeeze out of the car when parked in skinny parking spots.
M@
I do this because it means that I don't have to open the door quite so far to squeeze out of the car when parked in skinny parking spots.
M@
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From: NOVA/SI NY
Originally posted by ttb
if you're living where it's so cold you need seat warmers i think the s2000 is the wrong car for you ;-)
if you're living where it's so cold you need seat warmers i think the s2000 is the wrong car for you ;-)
Please don't say weight - methinks that the original poster is probably more concerned about weight than many here.
Maybe the wink meant that was in jest.
On topic - The radio is a joke - and I'm a sports talk radio guy who rarely listens to music. My $8.00 clock radio is, at the very least, just as good.