WHO CARES if Honda never told you about it? Does your mommy and daddy have to hold your hand wherever you go? If you are over 16, can drive, and can afford to purchase a car, you should, hopefully, be bright enough to know you need to read an Owner's Manual. It is NOT Honda's fault for NOT holding your hand and informing you of this. You bought the car, the car came with the instruction manual, you should read it. It is there for a reason.

toofast4u you are losing more and more the possibility of ever having any credibility on this site with statements such as this. If you want "any power" you need to drive it right there in the 7-9k RPM range?? What are you smoking? Are you trying to say that while crusing around a neighborhood with a 35 MPH speed limit that we should all be sitting in 2nd gear with our tach reading between 7-9k RPM's instead of 4th gear at 4k or less RPM's?? Just because the engine goes that high doesn't mean you should be keeping it at that level. That is completely ignorant. That's like driving around in a Z06 between 4-5k RPM's all the time. NO ONE is going to do that...except for maybe you.

NO it is not a sports coupe. It's a sports car that happens to be a roadster. A Honda Accord V6 Coupe or an RSX Type-S is a sports coupe. Sure this isn't an F1 car. I would be scared for you if you were to purchase a used F1 car. Knowing you, it would be taken out on the track for a 50 lap flogging without checking the oil first and when it ran out of gas you would ask McLaren, Ferrari, etc to build you a new one....and line your pockets with some cash at the same time because you were so put out. If you don't know the bare essentials of cars in the first place, for example that oil is the lifeblood of an engine, then you don't need to be driving ANYTHING period. I am still COMPLETELY in disbelief that you would purchase a used car and not check the oil level. That is simply ridiculous.

 

I think I'm going to call my lawyer about a whining in a public forum suit.

Gimme a break. I just don't get how you could come to a forum as involved and mature as this one and feel like everyones attacking you just cause a car you bought used without knowing its history, and without taking proper, reasonable care of it, broke.

sh*t, i think it's an opportunity: call up Ultimate Racing, get that b*tchin turbo kit they got, call up Import Builders, get a built bottom end at 9:1 CR, turn the boost up to 14 lbs, and start griping about the weak rear end instead. God! if i had the dough that's what i would do.....Not that i want my motor to blow or anything....

 

the point is this is not a race car. this is a car that HONDA markets to anyone with $33k. you dont have to have a competion driver licence to purchase one! if i wanted to be under the hood all the time i would drive a camaro! the average Joe goes out and buys this car because it will be dependable "because its a Honda" and its looks cool.
no other car i have ever owned does the oil have to be checked every 300 miles. if this is the case should the salesman teach buyers to do this? off course not ; the salesman is was too busy running his mouth about revving the car to 9000 rpms.
if i wanted a tempormental car , i would have bought an old Ferrari or kept one of my 11 second mustangs. i wanted a stock easy to mantain fun car.

 

Huh?

checking oil = being under the hood all the time.

that's odd. takes me about 30 seconds, every coupla weeks. Ya'll a buncha lazy folks.

don't rev past 6000 and it will last as long as every other honda. And by the way, of the three VERY reliable honda's i've owned, one of them used more oil than the other two. If i didn't check it i'd be about a quart low by the time i changed it. So i just filled it up. What's the big deal refusing to check your oil?

And some people actually DO buy this car because of its performance, not just because its a Honda and reliable. I think this site is proof of the high percentage of buyers interested in this cars performance. I think some people need a butler to check their oil for them so they can just drive. Not for me, i can do it myself, thank you. I cut the umbilical a couple decades ago.

 

You must have at least had some inkling that the highest reving, highest hp output per liter engine ever created for passenger service might have some unique maintenance demands.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wicky
[B]OH! and guess an rx7 must REALLY be a POS since it consumes oil as PART OF ITS DESIGN!, having oil injectors to shoot oil onto the rotors.

 

That info is available from Comptec's web page.

HP 210 @8200

TQ 143 @6400

 

Please quote the person that said these cars have high low end torque. I have re-read the entire thread and no one has come anywhere near saying this.

As far as dumping the clutch is concerned I DON'T. I don't plan to ever do it either. Why would you? I'm not risking clutch or differential damage for a few extra .10's of a second. It is becomming more and more apparent each time you mention dumping the clutch that you clearly have no idea what this car is about. This car wasn't meant for roasting tires at a stop, it was meant for taking turns and handling like a madman.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by wicky
[B]Its real simple people: Honda built the engine and says in the manual to check the oil at specific intervals, why would you argue with the engine's maker?.

 

God you are an ass.

MY rx7 lasted past 100,000. Granted, the cats didn't.... but that's that way it goes. I suppose they were sh*t. Go buy a BMW if that's what you're looking for. I mean, you're problem is right there, dude. You expect the s2000 to be something you want it to be and because it's not, you throw a fit. What are you? 5 years old?

the point is you are a troll. thanks for making MY point.

You DO have a big problem. It's the chip on your shoulder.

If by track you mean a drag race, then that's your problem right there. No one with two ounces of brains would expect this car to hold up in a drag. I'm talking about twisties. This car wasn't built for the drags. Did you think it was? hmmm..... Formula 1 engineers tapped for design of big block dragster at Honda. Now there's a fantasy.

Who said anything about low end torque? It happens over 7000. Clutch dumps? If you're clutch breaks doing a dump are you going to sue Honda?

rx7=POS, Honda=POS, what's with all the negative. all this because you can't check your oil? so you're looking for the lowest common denominator? something a monkey could operate.