Add in alignment (toe setting) and rear tie rods, two areas that very directly address this behavior.

I agree it's the driver's fault, but at the same time, it is a sports car. That Honda designed this thing over the heads of most drivers was a deliberate choice they made. That many people who bought the car never drove it hard enough to realize this is pure luck. That others found out the hard way was inevitable.

These threads are troll-fests, but frankly the people who deny the car plays any role in it are just as absurd as those who completely blame the car. (Not saying you, Chris, but there's a bunch in this thread).

 

LOL, I'd never expect those gargantuan rear tires to just give up at almost normal speeds!

 

[QUOTE=zachismisitok,Oct 14 2010, 11:21 AM]OMGz, I have never done that.

 

Rx7s are faster than s2000s.

 

depends, was it a 10-speed? unicycle?

 

I'm starting to love this thread. Now I want to know whether after the spinout there was a hot young mother with two kids in a minivan, and then in the end this will be totally made up.

 

im definetly going with a troll... numerous spelling errors and no posts, with a 12.2 ppd average....

 

hondafrvr, if by "best" you mean safest then you want, in general, front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive. If you push too hard with those (excluding extreme examples) you understeer. However, throttle-lift rotation still happens and is one of the techniques I used to hustle an Integra GSR around an auto-x track faster years ago. But safest isn't usually fastest. I think front-drive street cars can beat rear-drive street cars only in extreme low-traction situations (e.g. standing water).

Too many unskilled drivers like the OP (troll or not) don't understand the essential character of RWD sports cars and get into trouble more easily. The S2000 is exceptionally unrecoverable at the limit (less so in later years due to suspension/tire changes). The Miata is a good example of a forgiving RWD car. The C5 Z06 is another. (assuming both in stock trim & OEM tire alignment)

 

Have no idea of the troll status of the original poster, but it sounds like he had the choice of staying on the brakes or hitting someone. He chose to stay on the brakes. Apparently he was surprised by the fact that the car rotated. So either he hasn't driven a car (FWD or RWD) that close to the edge before or the handling characteristics of the s2k caught him out. Counter steering may have saved him or he may have just run out of room. Stuff happens.

 

Hey sorry to cut you off OP, but I had to get over to the right lane. My exit was coming up and you were in the middle of not going fast enough and going too fast for me to pass safely.

Next time please stop thumping that raver music too. It kills the trees.