veehexx

but even still - 64k on a 7yr old *honda* engine!? im sure everyone has heard of honda's running on for well past the 300k mile range without anything as major as cams worn.

even fiats last longer than that! i might tweak that letter a bit - remove the bit about money/discount thats to blatent obvious. re-word it to sound more like "do you know this happened", "just for your info" etc.

mikey k

Not a hope IMHO
JDM
No dealer service history
Possible over rev?

Ste_Nova

send the letter to honda world

J_D

It cant hurt for the price of stamp, you never know you may get a nice suprise.

Si2k

Has the retainer underneath cracked allowing.... oh wait there. there is no retainer on the high vtec cam lobe.

I almost posted that an overev may have cracked the retainer however an overrev is unlikely to be the cause here.

Ste_Nova

was he cheeky enough to supply an self addressed box

B B

It's a very pleasant social chatty letter, which takes a couple of readings to exactly understand the nature of the problem and the action sought.

Maybe knowing that letter writing skills are not a strength, and no shame in that, it would have been wise to seek advice as to compiling a business-like concise letter devoid of chat, flannel or emotion.
A brief opening & then the key areas of complaint set out as 'bullet points' makes for rapid understanding. Setting a date by which you expect a response, following up with a further letter can work.

In it's current form it makes it too easy for Honda to just submit a standardised reply. But good luck.

But is this a lesson not to buy an Import?
I note that within other clubs such as the MX-5, budget imports are seen as the poor relation much to the irritation and consequent huffing and puffing of their owners.

MB

Not sure its an import issue - this could happen on a UK car and you still wouldn't get a penny from them.

Once the car is out of warranty, they really dont care.

lower

You'd get more help if the car is a UK supplied car on a goodwill basis. On an import that Honda Uk didn't get the revenue from in the first place i'd say your chances are pretty much Zero.

I don't understand why people think that the s2000 engine will do the same mileages that other honda engines will do. It's a much more highly tuned power unit that revs higher than any other honda engine. We've seen on a number of occasions that the F20C will often let go once it gets to the 120-130k miles. I'm sure some last longer, but is certainly not an engine that will do 200k miles as a sure thing.

Nick Graves

I agree;

I tend to think the average engine probably averages 3,000 rpm for most of its life.

I'm sure mine averaged nearer 6,000 rpm for a lot of it.

Wear rates increase proportionately, and stresses often have a square function.

If you want long life, but a diesel.