Official 2004 S2000 Specs by VTEC.net
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Originally posted by steve c
It's odd that a company continually dogged for this same problem with the overpriced and underperforming NSX would make the same mistake twice.
It's odd that a company continually dogged for this same problem with the overpriced and underperforming NSX would make the same mistake twice.
Plus, M3, porches won't get that many stares as the NSX. Too many of them around!
Just my .02
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I owned an s2000 until I sold it to pay for my postgraduate education. Does not seem worth it at this point in time, but perhaps it will in the future.
Sorry to disappoint you but I am not a v8 freak. Never was, but could well be in the future. However I do not recall wanting more torque as being a bad thing, and a lot of s2000 owners on this board sure wouldn't mind some extra midrange punch.
I agree with what you say about car reviews - they are opinions only. And I say I agree with non-US magazine reviews. I don't agree with them all the time (for example, I think the E46s oversteer too much, is boring and has an awful exhaust note - not too many people agree with me there), but I do when it comes to s2000s.
Don't any of you really notice the lack of steering feel? Don't think the car oversteers too suddenly sometimes? Perhaps the s2000s are set up differently on this part of the globe, or maybe it's the American setting working badly on New Zealand roads. I hope the changes have been enough to take away its flaws (just like the non-US magazine journalists say).
The s2000 would, in its 2004 guise, appeal to a much broader audience without necessarily compromising its hard-edged character. It just means the car won't be as impressive on paper and I just simply could not care about 120hp/litre.
I owned an s2000 until I sold it to pay for my postgraduate education. Does not seem worth it at this point in time, but perhaps it will in the future.
Sorry to disappoint you but I am not a v8 freak. Never was, but could well be in the future. However I do not recall wanting more torque as being a bad thing, and a lot of s2000 owners on this board sure wouldn't mind some extra midrange punch.
I agree with what you say about car reviews - they are opinions only. And I say I agree with non-US magazine reviews. I don't agree with them all the time (for example, I think the E46s oversteer too much, is boring and has an awful exhaust note - not too many people agree with me there), but I do when it comes to s2000s.
Don't any of you really notice the lack of steering feel? Don't think the car oversteers too suddenly sometimes? Perhaps the s2000s are set up differently on this part of the globe, or maybe it's the American setting working badly on New Zealand roads. I hope the changes have been enough to take away its flaws (just like the non-US magazine journalists say).
The s2000 would, in its 2004 guise, appeal to a much broader audience without necessarily compromising its hard-edged character. It just means the car won't be as impressive on paper and I just simply could not care about 120hp/litre.
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From: St. Louis
Originally posted by SJSHARKS
For every new gentler customer they attract, they are going to lose two previous hard core enthusiast.
For every new gentler customer they attract, they are going to lose two previous hard core enthusiast.
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Originally posted by geminiS2
Cant honda just put a 300hp motor thats all I need for an improvement???? Lika a M model Roadster or a SLK AMG32
Cant honda just put a 300hp motor thats all I need for an improvement???? Lika a M model Roadster or a SLK AMG32
