A couple of weekends ago I was on a US Airways flight. I was bored before take off so I grabbed the November issue of the US Airways Magazine from the seatback pocket to read. I flip to the table of contents. Lo-and-behold, there was a picture of an S2000, with the title "Power meets value." I quickly flip to page 24, the "Material World" section where they introduce, cars, food and technology stuff.

It was only a short article and they start off with "Settle into the seat of the 2008 Honda S2000, and you'll discover a pint-size roadster that thrills like a Ferrari for a fifth of the price."

Anyhow, for the most part it was a pretty positive article, the negative being no side airbags and that it is small and so it won't be comfortable for people over 6ft tall.

Anyways, I thought this article was interesting and wanted to share.

Cheers

 

Well look at that! They have an on-line version of the same magazine here!

 

Sweet

 

I'm flying USAIR on Friday. I better find this in the seat pocket: )

 

Wrong.

I am well over 6' and think it's very comfortable? I feel like I could be a bit taller and not have problems.

I am not a fan of sweeping generalizations (such as that).

 

Yep, I saw the 1 page article in the USairways mag last week (11/13) coming back from a trip. It overall it had good things to say about the 2008 S2000. I like mine!!

 

it gets one arrow for safety yet ppl wrap them around trees and walk away with a bruise.. wonder what gets 5 stars er arrows..

 

That article really made my day.
"While there's nothing quite like driving a Ferrari, the Honda S2000 gives you a good taste of it for about $35,000."
Too bad a lot of S2000 owners are actually younger teens who buy used S2Ks and make the car seem less exotic than it really is; I'm not trying to be disrespectful, just pointing out the truth. I'm 18 years-old but I purchased my S2000 new, which is a rare thing these days for the Honda S2000.

 

I actually know younger people overall in E46 M3's than in S2000's. The past dozen I've seen have all been 25+ year olds driving. Although what you say is true, it goes with any and all cars. Also I am relatively young and chose to buy my car used since driving the car off the lot already depreciates the car to an amount I wouldn't want to think about. I also bought it outright as I hate making payments (although from a financial standpoint it might have been better to invest that money elsewhere and make payments). Some people have to have new cars, some don't care, or some (like me) are all about value and taking a small of a loss as possible. It is a sports car but still a Honda which is a big thumbs up in my books for used car value! As long as the owner appreciates it, it shouldn't matter who drives it, young or old.

Love the article, pretty good that the car is still getting coverage considering it's entering it's 9th year in the US!

 

Forgive me if I am wrong, but I'm reasonably sure I've seen you spouting off about buying a new car a number of times recently.

Purchasing new isn't really a big deal. Besides, it is marketing that tricks you into desiring to buy a new car. I know, I'm in the trade. It's a great image car companies have had for a long time, tricking people into throwing away extra money (and further damaging the environment... and generally wasting resources) for no reason except to satisfy the car company's income.

All that being said... I don't really care how you bought your car, and I won't judge you for it, but please, attempt to show some maturity by not acting terribly superior due to how you purchased your car.

The point about teenage ownership bears not its onus upon New v. Used, but rather age. No on really gives a flip about the former; and I don't much care about the latter, either.

Have a nice day.