I don't know what I get at autocrosses (haven't taken this car to the track yet), but I do find that I take a slightly different line through moving traffic than I do stationary pylons, which may be more fuel efficient.

 

The car you described had zero to do with what an S2000 Type R would be. It is and S3000 that you described.

Making a car into a type R doesn't include such things as dropping in a new engine...

I was the one who wrote the original "proposition to Honda for a S2000 Type R" article. I hope they bring that car here, the one you created is a more powerfull copy of the s2000s competition.

I don't understand the point of the car you created, might as well go buy an M roadster or M Coupe. I have never understood why people who want to sacrifice handling and balance for a bigger engine don't buy the Ms or the Boxster S and leave the pure S2000 alone.

Here is the original Type R proposition thread. Hope this car makes it.

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/showthread.php?...?threadid=23269

 

We all know that it was not true, anyway, but if you read the article, you would see that there there was not going to be a sacrifice for handling or balance. The car was supposed to be hundreds of pounds lighter than the original.

 

Is yours a daily driver? Mine is. Maybe you're able to be agressive through a whole tank of gas rather than me where I can only get agressive when other cars aren't around.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by ltweintz
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Is yours a daily driver?

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gernby
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It's my daily driver.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by StrangeDaze
[B]Mine is also my daily driver (since April 1st). I got 21.9 MPG over my first 9100 miles. I do tend to spend a good amount of time, 50% give or take a few %, on the freeway. However, I don't exactly cruise along at a fuel efficient speed if you know what I mean.

 

Some of the web stats are interesting:

- 184 hits from Ford motor company. These were to caches, there may have been more page views
- I couldn't trace any other car manufacturer, however: 84 hits from United Technologies

34852 views of the fantasy review. Top referrers were:
20996 Direct request (email or IRC or bookmarks)
1470 S2ki
1436 granturismo
1424 honda-tech
667 vwvortex
634 clubsi
597 corvetteforum

The international sites, except for the Italian S2000 forum, picked up about a day later. Currently, there are many hits from Japan, but I don't have a clue where they're from. I know, I'm looking for hits from Honda, but I don't see them. They could get by me fairly easily, though.

A very rough count gives 350 +/- 50 different threads on nearly as many different bulletin boards.

As for gas mileage, gernby's WIFE drives the Tahoe!

 

I really like where we get the information about this "potential" environmental catastrophe. It comes from so called scientists that receive their grants from politicians who want us to know how important they are to our daily living. Do you really think that the conclusion of the majority of these studies (or any study for that matter) is going to be that there is no problem here, we don't need your money to study the problem any more, everything is OK, we will just find a different line of work. Or, do you think that they are going to say that there could be a problem in the future and we need to do more "research". Translation: We need more of your money. Then they feed us this crap about having a computer program that predicts the temperature is going to rise X degrees in Y years. I can write a program that says the temperature will go down 20 degrees next year. Big deal, a computer will do and say exactly what you program it to. The cure for this potential future problem is always the same too. The politicians need more of our money to dole out as they see fit and we need to live in a manner that they deem acceptable. Finally, why is it that a car that gets 20mpg is destroying the planet, but a car that get 30mpg is good to drive? If you believe that the 20mpg car will lead to this environmental catastrophe, then I don't see how you can conclude that the 30mpg car won't take us there too. If you do think the 30mpg car will lead to this catastrophe, then don't be a hypocrite: park your car and ride your bike. Otherwise, enjoy your S2000!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by gernby
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True, but that is primarily because the Tahoe WON'T drive quite as hard as the S2000!