OHHHHHH, I never though of that. Thats a great way to teach them a lesson, by cutting them off as they did you. And too add some salt to the wound, we could slow down to 10mph below the speed limit. That'll make them go insane. MUHAHAHAHAH.

 

My odometer clicked over to 601 miles as we were heading down highway 101 from Seattle to the Oregon coast. Many cars were passed that day .

Ted

 

Lots of fun running around 60 or so in 3rd, then nailing it as you start to pass. Always amazes me how quickly the Stook gets to 95-100!

Makes passing soooooooooooooooooooooo much fun.

 

In the San Francisco Bay Area, where I live, there are very few 2-lane roads where you can practice passing techniques. Most are either multi-lane, twisty mountain roads, or city streets. When I drove around the west in May, I had a few hundred passing opportunities on rural 2-lane highways. After a while, I really looked forward to them.

The usual routine was to shift to 3rd gear while travelling somewhere between 60 and 70 mph, jam the accelerator to the floor, pull out, and shift into 4th at about 85 just as I'm pulling past. It was hard to keep from exceeding 100 under such circumstances, because the S2000 pulls so nicely at that speed.

I discovered that it was even more fun when going about 50 mph, because then I could shift down to 2nd gear and blast off. The car is truly amazing accelerating from 50 to 100.
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I never knew passing was such a big deal; I guess this is something I miss by living in a huge city... There's not a single 2-lane highway around here for hours! The freeways are all 6+ lanes and even the city streets are 4+ lanes.

TXR, now anticipating a road trip...

 

Rick is your car still pretty much stock? What mods have you added?

 

Many mods and more planned, but few for flat out performance: throttle body, Digrappa xbrace, front stabilizer bar on the way, new rotors and calipers, a new sound system, and of course all of the things that I now offer on the web site (which started out as mods for my own car). Next up is Mugen exhaust and headers and maybe ECU, resources permitting. Where does it all end? Everytime I think there's nothing left to change, more possiblities present themselves.

 

Yesterday, I repeatedly hit the rev limiter and passed four "vehicles"--- camper/pickups, pickups and trailers (horse trailers, utility trailers, camper trailers) and some semi's..... all on my favorite two lane--U.S. 16 over Powder River Pass (9,480 feet) crossing the Big Horn mountains.

What a great day driving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The road looks like this: http://www.buffalowyo.org/JCvisitorguide.htm#Cloudpeak

Oh yeah....it was in my '93 Prelude VTEC. Do you think I'd park the S2000 at a trail head for a week? I was coming home from a week's backpacking in the Wind River Range.

 

Barry,

I've driven a bit in Wyoming, and I'm jealous .

 

Rick- I hear ya on the mods....there is always something new to add....where does it all end? very good question...I guess when we either blow up the cars or run out of $$$