Salt on the roads here (Chicago area) too. From Dec to March, I drive my dog's car - 1996 Windstar. Insurance is cheap in winter though - comprehensive only. Looking forward to clean roads in spring.

 

It's an easy choice for me, no beater to worry about.

 

Hell I've gone a few miles down the road and turned around and got the S.

 

Yeah I take my civic to school, where the traffic monster is. s2k isn't meant to be driven in traffic obviously.

 

My daily beater is a '92 Acura Legend LS. It has heated seats, heated mirriors, auto climate control, its an auto.. blah blah blah - but when I first bought my S2000 I just hated driving ole beater. Now the novelty has worn off, the S2000 is a "toy" and Im trying to keep the miles off since it seem everyone else's has WAY lower miles than mine.

Is it hard to resist driving the S? Yes.

 

Well, this thread makes me feel better. I thought I was the only one

 

I'm in my second week of ownership.. I'm constantly driving the S...

Will be back to my EK3 soon for the daily grind, as it uses only half as much fuel as the S does :S

 

I drive about 50,000 miles a year(sales) so I know it's not practical to drive it every day. But to answer your questions yes it is hard to walk by on the way out. And yes I have said screw it and taken it. It sure does make the miles in the S that much more special.

See S2KI is like AA. You are not alone. We all have a serious S "jones".

mlc

 

I'm w/you on that. I've done so many mods to my S I just can't bring myself to drive it in the winter.

I live WAY out in the sticks and winters can be pretty tough, mostly it's all the gravel on the road from the snow and ice, but also the de-icer is like butter and once it gets on the car EVERYTHING on the road sticks to it, it's ugly and makes a big mess. Plus my commute is 110 miles a day. My wife even mentioned that I 'almost' need 2 S's, one DD and one toy. It's an attractive temptation but even if I had a beater S I wouldn't be able to drive it everyday due to the weather, hence the CRV and a Toy 4x (as DD rigs for myself and my wife).

So to answer the question, it doesn't bother me at all to leave the S home alot of the time, to me it's like $$ in the bank, it'll be there anytime I want to drive it but I don't HAVE to drive it all the time. And as long as it's at home it's not getting messed up. I've driven it enough that I don't get too anxious not driving it for a couple months and it just sweetens the time I do get to spend w/it.

 

i drive my 91 4ws lude most of the time and when its snowing and what not i drive my 4+4. i work at a lexus dealer so when i do drive the s i park it where i can see it all day.the lude is almost as fun to drive as the s, so its no big deal plus i dont care about miles on the lude.