HONDA DVD navigation system (manufacturer option- Japan).
The navigation system for the S2000 (features a DVD-ROM with a 6" touch panel screen) has been for sale in Japan since July 2000.

How come it is not available in the U.S.?????

 

I thought the S2K-V had some other differences than just the nav system. Wasn't there something with a traction control system or something funny like that? Sorry, but this is a very anti-climactic post since I can't remember what I'm trying to remember. Sorry!

 

I am happy with a simple pure powerful roadster. Don't want any nav. sys., paddle shifter, etc. In fact, if I could do without power windows, power top, cruise control, and maybe the A/C. Just think of the weight savings.

 

My biggest worry is having this thing in my dash that is obsolete a few years down the road. Or needs me to pay who-knows-what to have it reprogrammed every couple years. I can get an awful lot of free maps at AAA for the same price.

The Japanese are more into gadgets, have worse traffic, and trade their cars in every 3 years anyway (from what I understand). That's probably why.

 

The Type V or VGS S2000 available in the JDM has a variable gear steering ratio that takes into acount a number of factors that determine the amount of gearing that is used to make the car turn.

We got the chance to drive one on our trip to Tokyp last year at the Twin Ring Motegi on a gymkhana course...just about everyone thought it was awesome, I know I did.

As for the NAV, I wouldn't get it for an S2000, but you also have to understand that in Tokyo there are roads that are practically unknown to most people making a NAV system essential if you want to get around the city. Tokyo is about 800 square miles and I challenge anyone to get around without NAV. This was obvious with our Japanese hosts...all of them used NAV to get around even the city, much less when we got out to the countryside and visited Tochigi and Twin Ring, etc.

I think NAV, for most people in the US, is total overkill. But what do I know...I'm sure it would come in handy every now and again, but in Tokyo I don't see how they can live without it. An aside, the addressing for homes and businesse there does NOT go sequentially like it does here. The house with the lowest number on that street is the first house that was built on that street. It's a very difficult city to navigate and I'm sure the natives rely on NAV to do so...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Destiny2002
[B]My biggest worry is having this thing in my dash that is obsolete a few years down the road. Or needs me to pay who-knows-what to have it reprogrammed every couple years.

 

For years I have wanted a no-nonsense pure sports car without any bullshit heavy, power robbing, cost increasing, unnecessary options. Now I have it, with the exception of the power top and power windows and door locks. I do have to say I would not be happy with the car if it didn't have a/c (some days its just too hot and the a/c makes it bearable to drive with the top down). Honda needs to keep the car the way it is.

 

i voted yes.

i don't know where the heck i am going every time i go out ...

'cause Honda freaking hate us ...

 

I wouldn't have thought I'd need a nav option, but after a co-worker got a TL-S with one, and thinking on some of the drives I do, I would definitely get it if it were available. I do plenty of drives to places I've never been before, it'd be invaluable for Hill Country runs, and being able to find restaurants in areas I'm not familiar with would be quite helpful too.

 

I would get it just becasue. I wouldn't use it but maybe once a month, but heck, that's what money is for.