Pics of the S2K from the Fast and the Furious
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From: The BadLands
I think that if he screams loud enough after they put in the VOX that it might even scratch his balls for him, whatca think. Can someone say overkill.
HEHE he said multi-colored. Well after he puts another paint job on it, it sure will be. What's the point? I hate to tell him, but there are far better looking S2000's in Nippon land!!
HEHE he said multi-colored. Well after he puts another paint job on it, it sure will be. What's the point?
I hate to tell him, but there are far better looking S2000's in Nippon land!!
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From: Houston
I'll have to disagree with your guys here. I think that car is probably the best looking S2000 I've ever seen. Excellent color and very aggressive looking. Would I ever do that to my car...prolly not, but I do think it looks great!
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From: Redondo Beach
The body kit is Veilside (mostly); the supercharger Comptech; I have no idea who "Bill" in the pictures is, but clearly he (Bill) wrote the text, not RJ.
For those making snap judgments of the car and its owner:
I had the pleasure of meeting RJ DeVera at the Irvine meet and discovered to my delight (and surprise, I admit) that he's a wonderful, humble, personable young man. He's only 25-ish, and worked (still working?) his way through an engineering degree by starting his own import tuning parts business (the image in Luder's post is from one of his brochures). He spoke with some regret of his struggles in balancing the demands of his business versus academics -- it's sort of a catch-22: the business helps pay for school, so he can't neglect it, but if he puts too much effort into the business he'll sacrifice school, which was a big reason for starting the business in the first place... Of course, I was struck by the fact that he was continuing school even after the success of F&F -- how many people do you think would stay in school after "hitting it big" in a Hollywood movie?
As for the car, it's a "company car" -- it's considered an asset of his company and is basically used as a rolling ad platform. Of course he owns and basically *is* the company, so he must maintain it himself. It was through his business that he got involved in the F&F project, and it's the producers of F&F and its sequel that were mandating the black paint. I think the blue/purple paint was his preference for personal and business use, and he certainly wasn't happy about the prospect of going back to black and then back again to purple.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd let y'all know that this is one of those cases where things aren't always as they seem.
John
For those making snap judgments of the car and its owner:
I had the pleasure of meeting RJ DeVera at the Irvine meet and discovered to my delight (and surprise, I admit) that he's a wonderful, humble, personable young man. He's only 25-ish, and worked (still working?) his way through an engineering degree by starting his own import tuning parts business (the image in Luder's post is from one of his brochures). He spoke with some regret of his struggles in balancing the demands of his business versus academics -- it's sort of a catch-22: the business helps pay for school, so he can't neglect it, but if he puts too much effort into the business he'll sacrifice school, which was a big reason for starting the business in the first place... Of course, I was struck by the fact that he was continuing school even after the success of F&F -- how many people do you think would stay in school after "hitting it big" in a Hollywood movie?
As for the car, it's a "company car" -- it's considered an asset of his company and is basically used as a rolling ad platform. Of course he owns and basically *is* the company, so he must maintain it himself. It was through his business that he got involved in the F&F project, and it's the producers of F&F and its sequel that were mandating the black paint. I think the blue/purple paint was his preference for personal and business use, and he certainly wasn't happy about the prospect of going back to black and then back again to purple.
Anyhoo, just thought I'd let y'all know that this is one of those cases where things aren't always as they seem.
John
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From: La Mirada
Yeah, a buddy told me it wasn't his car, the company's car, and that some old dood owns the company. But who cares, it's a S2k, a funked up one, but an S2k. IMO everything on that car takes away from the essential lines, something that Mugen was successful in bringing out.
Man that car is ugly
Man that car is ugly
