You should try actually driving a Taurus and report back.

 

 

I owned a 2001 Prelude from 09/2002 till 04/2009 and owned my S2000 for the last 3 of those years. Having driven both the BB6 and the S2000 back to back for 3 years I have to say that you are over exaggerating this just a bit.

While the S2000 does out handle the Prelude it's not by that much. They both pull very similar G's on a skid pad as well. The difference in stock suspension is notably more body roll in the Prelude and a tendency to under steer at the limit under uniform throttle...while the S2000 wants to over steer.

The S2000's steering ratio makes it easier to point where you want to go but the Prelude can turn in almost as fast with more degree of wheel turn.

I ran the Dragon at 70-90% of the handling limits of both cars and while the S2000 was definitely a little faster, the Prelude was easier to push to it's limits and MUCH, MUCH more forgiving of driver errors at handling limits.

 

I owned a 94 Predlude VTEC for 9 years and have no idea what the chasis code was. I thought BB6 refered to a Berlina Black 06. Too many people in the intranets speak in code. If you want others to read your posts, try speaking in english.

 

Fixed. Please leave the fanboi attitude @ the door.

 

If i hadnt read these posts i still wouldnt know what a BB6 is. The only cars i ever see being refered by chassis code are bmws, s2000s, and some porsches. I assumed Balerina Black 06 myself. XD

as for the lude. well.... its gonna be hard for any car to match the gearbox from an s2000. I still havent drove 1 single car that has a better one and i have driven some pretty high end cars working as a auto body/electrical tech. Thats why after owning a spa yellow 01 AP1 it ruined other cars for me. I could not find a single car that felt as smooth, responsive, or fun for that matter. Thats why i purchased another s2000 recently. I wouldnt mind taking a lude as my daily driver at all but i would take the car for what it is. A prelude shouldnt outclass a S2000. to think that is just silly. However it is a very good memorable car with plenty of aftermarket support. I am sure you will learn to love it.

 

the REAL cool kids don't even use the internet. they're behind the library smoking ciggs.

 

The saddest part of all this is, the 2010 Taurus SHO goes 0-60 in 4.7 sec or something, which makes the S2000 a BB6 of sorts.

 

Even boats can be fast in a straight line.

 

Yeah, but what about the lap time around Tsukuba?

The point isn't that the BB6 sucks, it's that the AP1 is awesome. Same thing happened when I first got the BB6, it turned my ED6 into a golf cart.

I will say that oversteer is some pretty scary stuff if you've driven FWD your whole life. You could get by with pretty bad tires in rainy conditions with the BB6.

I've seen a lot of accounts of people driving what are ostensibly good, fast cars after owning an s2000 and being really disappointed. I'm not surprised.