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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by s2kvince,Mar 23 2009, 08:03 PM
I started to think about this, then I decided I'd rather just go on believing the S2000 > the rest.
Yes, keep living in your bubbleworld.


I kind of skimmed through the vid but I wonder what tires were on the S2K in that vid.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by s2kvince,Mar 23 2009, 07:03 PM
I started to think about this, then I decided I'd rather just go on believing the S2000 > the rest.
good thinking.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 05:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Ks320,Mar 23 2009, 07:18 AM
Each car probably had one shot at it, or at most three. Chances are, the test results would have been much closer had they did a few more to be fair.
think how bad the other 2 tests must have been for them to use that shot. cars just arent in the same class when it comes to feeling the road
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 05:45 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blDGg...eature=related

however it came up last on the track
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 10:24 PM
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first thing i thought of when i saw this vid: just like all best motoring tests, this test proves nothing.
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Old Mar 24, 2009 | 11:43 PM
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tests are subjective, and depend a lot on the driver, track, weather, etc
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 08:22 AM
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the s is also the lightest car, shorter stops prevail. we have good brakes no matter what they test.
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by NorthWestS2000,Mar 24 2009, 08:13 PM
think how bad the other 2 tests must have been for them to use that shot. cars just arent in the same class when it comes to feeling the road
You really think so? I actually think they were just not familiar with the european cars, and were being sloppy.

Look at what happens whenever they drive European cars on Tsubuka. The Euros generally get smasged (yes, it's a tight track ... but I'm quite skeptical whether the euros were THAT bad on the Tsubuka track)

@ 60mph / 100km/h down to zero ... the S2000 generally scores roughly the same compared to the other cars "on magazines"
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Old Mar 25, 2009 | 09:19 PM
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[COLOR=blue][QUOTE=hirev,Mar 25 2009, 11:22 AM] the s is also the lightest car, shorter stops prevail.
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 12:48 AM
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The S2000 will lose to the NC miata in braking. My first time driving the S I almost backed into a car and missed a stop sign by about 3 feet. I noticed the huge difference right away.
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