I have a cousin that's 16 years old. Her parents won't let her get her license until she's 18. She loves the S2000. She has a few questions. Will this forumn be around by the time she's 18-19? How much would you be able to lease a S2000? Is it too early for her to be looking into this? I wish I could answer her questions, but sadly I'm new to the S2k. She's loves it ever since she was 14. And when I got one she stayed in the garage, the whole night(she was over at my house) just to sit in it. She really loves the car, and she wants a career in automotive art(paint). She takes auto shop right now in high school and she was wondering if you guys had any good advice for her. She's really planning her future out...at such a young age. I envy her. I still don't have a plan for myself and I'm 18! lol

 

Wow, that sucks about the license thing. Although her parents might think she's unexperienced now, she's taking away two years that she could be learning. By the time she's 18, she'll still be driving like a 16 year old. I would take her to track days and go cart tracks and stuff to build her skills in the meantime. Worried parents sometimes only delay problems instead of fixing them.

In the meantime, tell her to start saving every penny she has. I'm sure the forum will be around as long as there are S2000's. Also, tell her to start building connections with people that do what she wants to do. Get a part time job working at a dealer or in a body shop or something related so she get experience for her resume later on.

 

Yeah, it does suck for her; but i won't argue against her mom. Her mom is one of those people who drive from place to place in the city and sometimes. She notices all the BAD drivers, but neveer the good. I'm trying to get her a part time job at Firestone...since friend works there; but i dunno how the hours are going to work for her. She really wants to learn, and she has been saving for her two years, ever since she found out about the car. I don't know how much she has saved up; but its a good start i think. She knows a few people that can help her with speculations, and I don't know if there is a track around SF? i know there's a go-cart track...but a race track? Where's the closest one?

 

S2000 as a first car is not such a good idea. IMHO, of course.

 

i think i agree with jack...
i also think that she should take a basic driving course for handling a car since she has an interest in cars-
here in ca the sheriff's dept has those classes- you drive old police cars through several different courses (braking, flooded skid pad, and "low speed" coned courses) after some class time.
not sure that i would send a new driver to racing school!!

 

Ok, well maybe not track time, but a gokart track atleast or that sherff's saftey thing. The S2000 is a bit to handle for a first time car. I consider myself a fairly skilled driver, but I know having the S2000 as my first car would have just gotten me into trouble (with speeding tickets if nothing else). It's like those kids that want a motorcyle and go buy a honda 900RR or R1 or something as a learning bike. Granted the S2000 is no HP monster, but it makes enough power to need respect.