S2000 Handling Sucks

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Dec 8, 2005 | 03:24 PM

#41

Chazmo

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Originally Posted by strathound,Dec 8 2005, 06:50 PM

I'm not sure about the 350. But how about a 2000 S2000? What if someone actually bought one when they first came out, put it in storage all this time and never put a mile on it. What do you think it would be worth right now? How about in 10 years? I could see it appreciating, especially a rare color combination given the rate you guys keep wrecking em.

Nissan dealers were smack-talkin' the S when the 350 came out. It's nothing new. Although, I must ask, did anyone ever get a sales pitch about an S from a dealer? I bought mine from the internet manager, so I never knew...

Dec 8, 2005 | 03:44 PM

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brent_strong

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I've heard (from a decently good source) a turbo Ecotec is in line for the roadsters. I'd really like to think it's true.

Dec 8, 2005 | 04:12 PM

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Empedocles99

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Yeah, I read somewhere that the saturn sky version will eventually (not at release) have a turbocharged 'Red Line' version with 240hp or so.

Dec 8, 2005 | 05:31 PM

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FearlessFife

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Wow. Car sales people will say absolutely anything in attempt to get a sale. And it does not matter at all how accurate the statment is.

I will put my S2000 up against a Solstice through some twisties. Pontiac can bring it!!

Dec 8, 2005 | 06:26 PM

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MULDER

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Originally Posted by Popeye,Dec 8 2005, 02:31 PM

I would have bitch slapped him in front of a showroom full of customers

I agree!

Dec 8, 2005 | 08:01 PM

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J3ffro

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But according to Pontiac it hits 60 mph in a stirring 7.2 second!

Stirring, not exactly the most confident phrasing in the world....

Dec 8, 2005 | 09:26 PM

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apex2k

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Originally Posted by mosesbotbol,Dec 8 2005, 04:55 PM

In Autoweek, they said that GM used the S2000 as the benchmark in handling aspirations for the Solstice.

I also read in a review that on windy roads, the Solstice is on par to S2000 in handling, but doesn't have as nice a ride just cruising around.

[QUOTE=Autoweek - 8/29/05]

Dec 8, 2005 | 09:30 PM

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soundzero

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Nice try GM.
But not quite....

Dec 8, 2005 | 10:07 PM

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JohnR_in_la

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The solstice seemed really cheaply made to me ... for example the when we had the hood up, it wavered in a worrisome manner in moderate wind.... everything about it looked cheaply made. Nice lines though. No spare tire.

Dec 8, 2005 | 10:15 PM

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steve c

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What an idiot. You just have to love American car's salesmen, they put down every kind of import because they are usually ignorant to the point where you want to choke them everytime they open their mouths and spew out misinformed information about import cars.

The reverse is true for import sales folks too.

General rule of thumb, people selling you shit are liars.

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