Interesting on Driven tonight.

The 'Viewer Reviewer' didn't find the new Mini's boot big enough. And didn't know how to use the steering wheel... how puch power assistance needed?

The TVR Tamora seemed to do okay, but I wouldn't call their hood test very good - less use a pressure washer and a big fan, its the same as on the road, honest.

I must admit I'd still think about a Tamora in a few years, once someone else has suffered fixing the niggles and the initial depreciation.

Anyway on a more serious note, what do people think about day to day use of sports cars these days?

My S2000 is my only car, and is doing good mileage. I've even shifted a lot of stuff using the boot. Seems very practical, even more civilised than my last car (ITR - bigger boot, but far more raw.)

What do you think relative to your S2000 - could you live with a rawer car? I know I could, but I'm begining to think Honda's sussed the mass convertable market. The S2000 isn't going to seel in Boxter/Z3 numbers ever (thankfully), but now I don't think Honda will make a full on S2000 Type-R. It just wouldn't sell enough.

Thoughts? (Other than, Brian's a nutter who likes his car too raw please! )

-Brian.

 

Our S2000 is our only car as you know Brian. We have to make concessions to have the car we want basically. We're prepared to let it sit in the garage and use public ransport when it snows. It accomplishes most shopping expeditions, but picking up a new 30" TV is a No no... so we have to wait for deliveries on some things we would normally pick-up ourselves.

Would I go rawer... er are we talking AC Cobra? We......ell my heart says 'Yes' but my head says ' As an only car?' I've recently done a few runs to Aberystwyth and back, none stop either way(250 miles) and jumped out of the car like I'd just driven round the corner, so the ride and seats in the S2000 can't be that bad.
Would I want to do that too often in an Elise?or a Caterham 7?

We're happy with the S2000!

 

My only other choice would be the Elise.

But, no roof, no luggage space, no doors, no warranty, no creature comforts, no sound, no xenon, no vtec, no choice!

Wuss! Perhaps I should get a Legend.

 

I am finding the S2000 very easy to live with as my daily drive, that includes a 35 mile round trip commute into a city centre each day. The civility of the car has astounded me, when I test drove the car I thought it was quite raw in that it had a loud engine note .... guess that was due to the VTEC frenzy Now I've lived with the car a while I'm amazed at how Honda have setup such compliant suspension that deals with potholed roads etc. without loosening filings whilst still keeping excellent road holding. Also find the car is crammed with nice features like the A-C, dash mount stereo controls, great seats etc.

On a practical note, i loaded up the boot with 50kg of instant concrete last week (to repair the drive following the wife's recent ram-raid ) and the car still drove fine (the back end felt incredibly planted on the road ). The head lights definitely self level!

We do have Bernie's Focus hatchback to lug big items and run stuff to the tip / park in less secure areas - not too bothered if it goes walkies as it is a company car!

I think I could live with a Type-R S2000 (or S2000 GT ) but will know better after I have experienced my mates ITR and seen for myself how the car behaves with no soundproofing etc.

 

We even use our Stook for shopping trips and it swallows all of the bags without a problem. It truly is impressive the amount of luggage the boot will hold.
The car is easy to drive around town and a monster when you want it to be.
We have the luxury of a second car for lugging loads about so living with the Stook is easy peasy.
The only truly hardcore car I would go for would be a cobra replica. I watched Discovery channel last night, they showed that bloke build his and it really wetted my appetite.
As long as you have a second car, living with a hardcore car is no problem at all, you can cherry pick when to use it and therefore get the best out of it.

 

I tnink I'd need good power steering if I had them two footballs between my chest, I was keeping quiet but as the wife pointed out she was a tad top heavy

 

She had her own very impressive pair of safety airbags

 

Andy, I only saw the first 2 parts, did it pass the SVA test? do you know what engine he had in it, I said to the wife we need to move as we currently only have 1 garage and I'd love to have a 2nd one to build something like that. Must be a great feeling to start off with nothing and end up with such a classic looking car, I also thought 14K was pretty good too even though he was 5K over budget.

 

I found the most jaw-droppingly astounding thing about Drivel last night was their suggestion for a

 

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