This is how I feel, because the S2K is not an easy car to handle especially at turns or high speeds. Owners should take some efforts to participate in advance driving courses with the S2K. This will really allow you to open your scope on how to drive your car at the end of the day, you end up being a better driver day in and out. Nothing beats driver education in a high performance car.

 

I personally watched a M roadster, supercharged spin out at PIR and land on TOP of the tire wall, complete front end damage... No air bad deploy (odd he hit dam hard)....

 

Maybe Honda US weren't lying when they said only 5000 cars in the US, they meant on the road not in a bush somewhere

 

I personally know of one fatality. The first owner in my town was a 58 year old gentleman. He had the top down & was driving beyond his capabilities & rolled it. Decapitation occurred. His was Silverstone/Red. There was a photo of the the car upside down in the newspaper & of course my wife sees it & says that's the car you want? Yes this is a wonderful sports car but respect for it & driving responsibly must be entered into the equation sometime. I am not pointing my finger at any of you guys that have had your babies totaled or injured. I'm merely referring to the above incident.

 

Excellent point, however, accidents are called accidents because they are...well accidents. They can happen anywhere, anytime regardless of driver skill or caution. I believe that our society tends to point a finger of blame somewhere even if there is no true "fault" for something. Perhaps it makes us feel more in control of our own lives. I look at it this way...when I totaled my S, I didn't "lose" control of the car so much as "keep" enough control of it to not to get killed.

 

You point out an interesting dilema for Honda....their marketing plan envisioned a 35 year old 100K plus enthusiast. They forgot about the hoards of "tuners" out there. Give a gun to a kid and look what can happen. I can assure you Honda is really looking at this one. Perhaps next time they'll listen to the management's advice (i.e. circumvent "empowerment") that suggested this should be an Acura and therby bypass the youth.

Perhaps an age based poll would be of interest? I'm 42, adn no offense, can't imagine a 20 year old that can handle the car.

PS: But then again my neighbors couldn't figure out why my dad let me drive his Pantera when I was 16.

 

An older image of Body Werks car..

https://www.s2ki.com/library/gallery/images/bw1.jpg
https://www.s2ki.com/library/gallery/images/bw3.jpg

 

It doesn't seem like it would take much damage to total the car. I dropped my motor cycle in a turn and came up with only cosmetic damage to total a 4 yr old bike with 3500 miles on it. It was a '94 TDM 850 Yamaha.

If you add up the costs for new parts, I'm sure you could put together the S2000 for about $100,000 in individual parts costs. If that's true, 1/4 to a 1/3 damage and you buy a new one.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Utah S2K
[B]You point out an interesting dilema for Honda....their marketing plan envisioned a 35 year old 100K plus enthusiast. They forgot about the hoards of "tuners" out there.

 

I tend to agree. There didn't appear to be that much damage to mine. This might not be such a bad thing, though. I mean can you really ever trust that a body shop will put the car back together right? Would you risk something sub-standard on a car that can go 160+ mph? Both the insurance co. and the body shop gave me the same story about how it will be better than new with brand new parts. But if that were really true, why do cars depreciate so much after they are wrecked?