i was into VWs before and owned a 1991 Jetta, lowered but otherwise stock. then i moved on to a 1997 Jetta, lowered, and threw a stage 2 turbo kit in it and quickly realized that it's still the same slow FWD jetta that i had before. then conveniently around that time, my uncle went out of town for a week and left me with his BMW Z4 and instantly i was hooked on getting one. at that point though the S2000 wasn't even on my radar. i never noticed them around town, never saw them in video games or magazines. fortunately, i did a fair amount of research into the roadster category and it seemed like every article i read and video i watched pointed to the S. fun, reliable, purposeful and as a bonus, not too bad on gas when driven around town. so at that point i went and took a couple for a test drive and purchased one a few weeks later.

 

Because it is such a simple rewarding car.

On my second one... and I'm sure there will be one in my garage for MANY years to come.

 

My first car was a Euro version Honda Accord and I really liked that car for its reliability, VTEC engine, road handling. I always dreamed about someday getting an S2000, but I didn't even know how drive a manual transmission car. Then in 2006 I got assigned to Oman so I had to sell the Accord back in Hungary. Car prices in the Gulf countries are so much lower compared to Europe, that when I checked the price tag of the S2000 I did not hesitate for a second. I walked into the Honda showroom and there were two sitting right in the middle. A blue and a red. I sat in the red and then I told the sales guy to put the SOLD sign on it. Incidentally this was on my birthday on March 25, 2007, so I thought, what a nice B-day gift I managed to pick up...

The same evening I headed down to the Casa del Habano cigar shop because a Cuban cigar roller was there rolling cigars. I asked him to roll a robusto for me on the occasion of my birthday and on the occasion of just buying an S2000. This he did and I placed that cigar in my humidor. I am paying the last loan installment on the S2000 on October 2 this year, and that will be day when I will smoke the nicely aged robusto rolled for me in 2007.

I drive this car every day and enjoy every second of it.

 

Why do I drive an S2000? Once it hit the VTEC; I can hear Mariah Carey screaming a B7 note in the upper register. LOL

 

Its a great combination of fun driving, great looks, cheap maintanance cost and terrific reliablity! Not too many other cars out there like that!

 

I've been in the DSM world for the past 7 or 8 years. A 95 Eclipse, a 96 Talon, a 92 Galant VR4. I was one of the first people in my neighborhood to get into the art of forced induction. It was wonderfull up untill the past 2 or 3 years, everywhere around me it seems like everyone is getting a car simply for the fact that it was turbo and fast. Especially Evos and STI's. Dont get me wrong, i have the utmost respect for those cars. But not their drivers. Every car on the street has a turbo on it now... So much in fact that it's not unique. My urge to be different and set new standards is the reason I bought the S. I believe in the import world that NA is becoming a lost art. The S is a true sports car that isn't hyped up with turbos and every other fad that is currently on the street.

And then I actually drove one. The instant response to handling, steering, breaking, acceleration... etc is amazing. The harder i push it, the more exciting it gets. I feel like the only limitation to the car is myself....And i've only owned my S for 3 months now.

 

I drive mine because it lets me do this on the weekends:
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKTqlZSeu9w [/media]

I've driven a lot of cars at autocross schools. There's nothing in the same class for equivalent money. To have as much fun as an S, you have to either:
1. Spend a whole lot more money
2. Give up creature comforts on the street

 

My second and fomerly favortie car was an 86 Accord so I had honda running in my blood early. A few years later I worked as a valet at a honda dealership. I fell in love with the S2000 the first time I drove it. I bought my 2008 CR (no audio or ac) about a year ago and even though it is my second car I have put 21,000 miles on it. I love the presise balance between power and handling and the smile it always puts on my face when I hit vtec after a stressful day.

 

I just started college , saw it @ the 2000 autoshow in chicago .. and vowed i must have it It was a treat for myself.. I didnt know anything about it except that it was a convertible and a honda...

 

I always loved these cars ever since i saw one for the first time.

My first opportunity to drive one was in probably 02 when i tuned a supercharged 2001, I was hooked.. my 2nd drive in one a couple years later was a turbo ~450hp 01 up in new york that i tuned. I always knew i wanted one, but after that i knew i HAD to have one.

It wasnt until last year that i finally got one. Found it for dirt cheap, sold my 2 civic projects and bought it.

When i blew it up in December it was the ONLY car i had ever owned that i actually missed driving (I have had probably 20 cars since i started driving 11 years ago)