I realy have to agree! From all the cars I've owned, this is the only car that hits the spot everytime. Compared to all the cars coming out, with all the power but still would not compare to the feeling that I get from mys2k.

I love my car!

 

I only wish,I could afford the original.

 

i guess the gig's over, need to take the ferrari emblems off my car

 

The closest thing to the S2000 ever built by Ferrari was probably the 365GTS/4 Spider.

Note that the top speed is only slightly higher, while the 0-60 time is almost identical to a stock S2000. I don't have any numbers, but given the advances in tire technology it is a sure bet that the S2000 will handily outcorner the famed Daytona.

The big difference in owning a Daytona Spider and an S2000 is that the Daytona will break more often, and when it does it will frequently spend an extended amount of downtime waiting for parts to arrive from Italy. In addition, the S2000 feels MUCH MORE like a race car for the street than any stock Daytona. If you want a Ferrari that feels as much like a racer you have to look at F40s or SWB GTOs. Of course THOSE particular Ferraris are in a class all their own. IMHO, the same can be said of the S2000, for the same reasons (and as a plus, we get Honda reliability).

I see the S2000 as more of a motorcycle serogate than a poor mans Ferrari. I get 90% of the motorcycle experience with a greadly reduced risk of road rash.

Interestingly, when you come across a Ferrari (any Ferrari) on a mountain or canyon road, it is almost always easy to out run them, because their owners will rarely push them hard enough to keep up with an agressive driver in a car like an S2000. In fact, I've even seen it happen during track days, and I really think I'd rather be the guy in the Honda passing the Ferraris than the other way round.

 

BTW, FWIW, I think it was Car and Driver that named the Volvo P1800 "the poor mans Ferrari." Compare an S2000 to a P1800.

Also, the Corvair was often called "the poor mans Porsche." Compare the S2000 to a Corvair.

At our regional autocrosses there is NO Porsche, not even those running R compound tires or racing rubber, turns better times than my S2000, and I'm running the OEM tires. Of the dozen or so Ferraris we have in this area, none of them are ever autocrossed or even driven hard.

 

 

the last time i brought this point up, people laughed and said there is no comparison at all. how about instead of poor man's you say smart man's ferrari. a huge factor in a car's fun is how cheap it is and how you dont worry if it gets hurt.

 

 

To be fair, in their day the P1800 and the Corvair (I think the hopped-up one was a "Monza") were really ahead of the pack. (You had to keep the tire pressures just right on the Corvair, though.) Of course, now they're just old and obsolete except for collectors.

And dyhappy's comment about being able to drive our cars without too much worry hits the nail smack on the head. How many Ferrari owners use their cars for daily drivers, including bad weather? HPH

 

i'd like to hear from ferarri/s2000 people to see which one is more fun to drive, regardless of people gawking at you.