To those of you who posted useful, informative mature posts, I thank you for your time and information. For the others... well, ya. Anyway, I wasnt looking to start arguements or trouble. I was simply trying to find out how safe you guys really felt the S2000 is by grabbing your attention with a title such as "S2000's not safe..." I totalled my M3 a month ago... so obviously safety is a HUGE concern of mine, and I'm sure for those of you who have been in a big accident or two can respect where I'm coming from. For the children that posted such responses as "pussy" and so on probably have little to no experience with traumatic experiences on the road or behind the wheel for that matter... otherwise they would respect the concern for safety aspects of any given vehicle. I am going to buy an S2000 for many reasons. One being that there arent many cars that I've ever driven that can compare in any reguards to my former baby, Jazmine ('98 M3/4) under $100k. But the S2000 is definitely one that rivals the e36 M3's abilities, and for pennies when you look at bang for the buck and reliability (Lets hope the boys from bimmer.org dont see this, they'll hang me by the bullocks) But in all seriousness... the S2000 truly is a gem of a car and those who discredit it because it's a Honda are stupendously ignorant. "Racecar companies build racecars for racecar purposes; Honda on the other hand is a racecar company that happens to build production cars." That pretty much says it all. I'm well aware of the accident avoidance aspect of the car... and having come from a car like an M3... I really do know how important that is... I couldnt count on my hands how many deer i've dodged... or big rigs i've flanked. So once agains, thanks for your time with the informative replies, and helping put my mind at ease with my one and only (small) concern with the S2000, as everything else about the car is more than adequate in EVERY respect! (except for storage of course)
Peace.

Jeff.
Future owner of a Sebring Silver on Red.

 

Congratulations!

Now you've got to name her.

 

I know that's going to be a tough one since every time I think of the name Jazmine, I get teary eyed This should be tough!!!

 

Why not wait till you drive her and see what name will fit her? maybe she'll be just another mild Jazmine (I doubt it) or a screaming Angela or a wild Rose.

 

I am really glad you posted this. When I purchased my 00 about 4-5 months ago safety wasn't a big concern of mine. Until recently, I havent really respected the s2000 as a safe car. Now you will hear why I vouch that it saved my life. I was coming home from work on a Sunday morning at 11:30 on June 30th, 2002. It was hot out, my top was down, music was blareing. I was enjoying the exhillerating country roads, when all of a sudden something happend. The sad thing is I have no idea what happend because I have Amnesia. I hit an inclinded ditch JUST right like a ramp and flipped 3 times. My car ended up in a feild aimed the opposite direction that I was going. I didn't have a direct frontal impact so the air bags didn't go off. Behind me, 1,000ft back was a woman coming home from church. She found me out of my car passed out with my shoes off. Apparently I had climbed out, taken my shoes off, and passed out. The passing people blocked off the road and called an ambulance. When the paramedics got the call, they packed a body bag, sadly enough. I was picked up by the ambulance, transfered to a helicopter, where I was air lifted to Pitt. I didn't have a scratch or bruise on me. The only injuries I sustained were to my head from boucing around. I have a concusion, and mild amnesia. They said in ANY convertable, death was VERY likely, and it would have to be a very safe car to have kept me so unharmed. The car was totaled, chasis was bent to hell. But I was vertually unhurt. You have to have a very safe car to flip 3 times with minimal injuries, and a unimaginably safe convertable to flip 3 times and be unharmed. So my opinion is that if I would have been in a Miata or another small sports car convertable, I think I would be dead now. So now you have my opinion on the S2000. It has proven itself time and time again in wrecks on s2k, and I feel like there are very few that can compete with it's safety. As for my car, it was totaled July 10th. Pics at: www.buildabox.net/~jasons/wreck

 

whitelightning,

I am glad that you are ok, here is to you and a speedy recovery!

 

Whitelightning,

thank you for sharing your amazing story. I'm glad that you came through it so well.

Ted

 

There are so many ways at looking at how safe the S2000 is. If I were to hit a concrete bridge support on the freeway or be involved in a rollover, I'd rather be in the S2000 than some SUV. However, if I were involved in a head on collision with a 4000 lb SUV, I'd definitely want to be in the SUV.

 

CosmoM3 (or should be call you CosmoS2K?) - Congrats on your decision to get an S2000. I respect the importance of safety, and believe that Honda has done a good job working that aspect over the years. yeah, the car may crumble and cost lost to fix if I mess up and hit something, but its alot cheaper than fixing damage to me. Storage isnt that bad in this car actually. You will be surprised at how much stuff you can put in this car. I've seen certain track folks bring an extra set of wheels with top up and trunk closed! (At least its not an MR-Spyder w/ 1.9cu ft of trunk space)

 

WhiteLightening- Thanks for sharing your story! I hope you have a full recovery soon, and get a replacement S2000 soon too!