Uhh... that rollover was because the driver went off-course and hit a drainage ditch.

No more the fault of the S2000 than this was the fault of BMW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsP41FvKD1M

And then there was my friend's Audi's rollover at Daytona for the Koni Challenge race - again, noting to do with the car, hitting a wall just does that sometimes.

 

So did they drive into the wall on purpose?

Or did the car losing control contribute to the hitting of the wall?

 

Anyway, their comments on the S2000:
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I thought we were talking about rollovers, not handling? A rollover in a race from hitting a drainage ditch, or a wall, or whatever, has nothing to do with the car's propensity to roll over.

 

That commentary is f-ing rediculous. They were under race conditions. Of course the car can slide off the course.

 

The *driver* losing control contributed to the hitting of the wall. Cars don't lose control.

 

I was just referring to losing control...even when you are a 'good' driver.

Race or not, I am fairly certain that hitting the wall was not the desired outcome of a guy who is probably well seasoned in driving the S.

Despite his driving experience, and despite his desire not to end up in the wall, he ended up in the wall.

 

True. But what does that say about the S2000's handling and rollover characteristics? Absolutely nothing, I'd say.

F1 cars spin. NASCAR cars spin. Le Mans cars spin. WRC cars spin. Miatas spin. Ferraris spin. Porsches spin. Hell, even Civics spin at autocrosses.

So if what you're trying to say by bringing up the S2000 CR roll at the 25 Hours of Thunderhill is that S2000s don't handle well, are prone to rolling over, and catch out good drivers "quite often", no offense but I think you have a pretty poor example.

 

I like to roll over around my 25 hour mark too

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[QUOTE=Elistan,Mar 29 2008, 05:51 PM] True.