my love hate relationship with my s2000
09-02-2008, 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by christopherboon,Sep 2 2008, 06:08 AM
...sorry for wasting your time i was just bored.
But anyhow, it looks like one thing gets on top of the other. It is true; a love hate relationship for good in your case.
09-02-2008, 06:05 AM
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I guess I have a slightly different perspective than some here.
I went through basically the same experience with my 3000GT VR-4. I went into it thinking it would be a beast of essentially japanese muscle car that I could just abuse and it would take it.
I was hit by another car within my first year of ownership, which led to a cracked transmission case. This caused the clutch to fail, which took its toll on the transmission.
Basically, I was always putting $4k+ in the car every year. It got to the point that I was afraid to drive it for fear of what might fail next. Definitely not the fun driving experience I'd been looking for.
To the original poster, my honest recommendation is that you get rid of the car. Regardless of the potential driving experience the car can provide, once you sour on a relationship (with a person or a vehicle), it's generally impossible to recover.
The resale on Corvettes is terrible right now and you could probably get into one for dirt. A base Corvette is going to take the abuse you want to level at the car far better than the S. Alternatively, getting a used Mustang and supercharging it will probably get you more power, though it won't handle as well. Still, if you're just looking for a car to abuse, it's an option.
Oh yeah, and I second the paintball suggestion. Great way to blow off some stress and get some needed exercise.
I went through basically the same experience with my 3000GT VR-4. I went into it thinking it would be a beast of essentially japanese muscle car that I could just abuse and it would take it.
I was hit by another car within my first year of ownership, which led to a cracked transmission case. This caused the clutch to fail, which took its toll on the transmission.
Basically, I was always putting $4k+ in the car every year. It got to the point that I was afraid to drive it for fear of what might fail next. Definitely not the fun driving experience I'd been looking for.
To the original poster, my honest recommendation is that you get rid of the car. Regardless of the potential driving experience the car can provide, once you sour on a relationship (with a person or a vehicle), it's generally impossible to recover.
The resale on Corvettes is terrible right now and you could probably get into one for dirt. A base Corvette is going to take the abuse you want to level at the car far better than the S. Alternatively, getting a used Mustang and supercharging it will probably get you more power, though it won't handle as well. Still, if you're just looking for a car to abuse, it's an option.
Oh yeah, and I second the paintball suggestion. Great way to blow off some stress and get some needed exercise.
09-02-2008, 06:16 AM
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Although I can't empathize, I feel terrible about your experience. Hopefully you can get back in school after selling off the S...don't know how much its worth now considering the history. GL with everything and maybe you'll find better luck in another car....perhaps another S 
09-02-2008, 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by christopherboon,Sep 1 2008, 07:08 PM
it all started last october. i had planned on buying an s2000 in april when my tax check came in but the depression inspired from a recent break up had sped things up. i needed an instant sorce of gradifcation to take my mind of things so i started looking for a red black or white ap1 s2000. after many problems and traveling through 4 different states to look at cars i had given up and decided to wait. a week later i get an email and my enthusiams is reignited. i end up getting a black 01 with 33,059 miles on it. it was the love of my life. i picked it up on october 27 adding to the enjoyment was strange 75 degree weather. over the next two weeks i put ten thousand miles on the car and continued to wash and wax it everyday til january. it was an addiction and life style. i had even memorized my VIN number to give the car an identity. time continued and things didnt start to go down hill until about may. it all started when i got pulled over one sunday night with the top down. i recived 2 tickets and 6 points. two days later an SUV hit a deer into my lane. the deer went under mycar and the car got air born. car is out of commision for a month and the insurance company totals it. i end up getting it fixed for four thousand dollars. and making a bunch of money on the deal. it was a political situation with alot of fights between the adjuster trying to force me out of the shop and spite me and the body shop fighting for me. needless to say i brought the car to a very high end shop and the insurance company didnt like it. eitherway the car has been back on the road for two weeks and i take a road trip to south carolina with my girl friend after getting a paid week off due to an accident at work that required surgery to reconnect tendents in my hand. we get fifty miles from where i have to be in SC and finally get of I-95 and i decide dropping the clutch is in order. this is why im an idiot. one of the keepers on the clutch springs broke and fell into my pressure plate and it wouldnt release. 2000 dollars later a one handed mechanic from NJ is playing honda to install a new ACT clutch and flywheel(price including parts and labor). Three days later im home and i go to the track. take two teeth off my pinion. five thousand dollars and a 91 300zx i bought and sold i have all new drivetrain minus the trans which i thought could handle massive power. i go to the track again wanting to see what this new stuff can do. i get home and all is well. two days later my trans feels rough going into first and is making alot of noise. which brings me to now. now is the point where im 11 grand in the hole and cant go back to school til next semister cause i have an addiction for beating the shit out of my car. but i have reached the point of not giving a shit. oh and over the corse of all this i bought a crx that my friend told me was reliable with a d16y8 in it and i got down to the shore one night and found out it had 1/2 inch bolts holding the drivers side mount to the block. that motor hit the ground hard. so eitherway im not sure why im writting this whole thing except to say the drive trains in our cars cant keep up with the motors and im pissed cause i havent had the car a year yet and a lot of my major components already failed. sorry for wasting your time i was just bored.
And on a constructive note - sorry about your difficulties. Sometimes life screws with us all.
