MX5 vs S2000
12-18-2007, 07:18 AM
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MX5 vs S2000
Looking on one of the old forums i use to haunt and have just stumbled into a 'race' (so to speak) heated debate about mx5s out handling s2000 on track and being difficult to drive ???
Personally i love the stance of the s2000 and enjoy the 'over step the mark, and ill kill you' handling but my question is will i be out done by an mx5 on track ..... i doubt it but we never know
Personally i love the stance of the s2000 and enjoy the 'over step the mark, and ill kill you' handling but my question is will i be out done by an mx5 on track ..... i doubt it but we never know
12-18-2007, 07:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ge2,Dec 18 2007, 04:23 PM
If the mx5 is driven better and there aren't too many long straights, it'll go quicker than a S.
12-18-2007, 07:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ge2,Dec 18 2007, 04:23 PM
If the mx5 is driven better and there aren't any straights, it'll go quicker than a S.
so will a Morris Minor
12-18-2007, 07:33 AM
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Here's some footage of me and an MX-5 round Donington from Saturday. I let the MX-5 past me as he was a tiny bit quicker round the track, although I was backing off on the straights as I was catching him pretty easily.
However, the MX-5 in question was completely stripped for racing and had a more experienced driver (nice chap by the way).
I suspect that some of the fastest S2000s would have been quicker than him, and had it been a standard MX-5, then I would have been quicker.
See from about 2:15 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NemxtP-Vts
However, the MX-5 in question was completely stripped for racing and had a more experienced driver (nice chap by the way).
I suspect that some of the fastest S2000s would have been quicker than him, and had it been a standard MX-5, then I would have been quicker.
See from about 2:15 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NemxtP-Vts
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12-18-2007, 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by lovegroova,Dec 18 2007, 04:33 PM
Here's some footage of me and an MX-5 round Donington from Saturday. I let the MX-5 past me as he was a tiny bit quicker round the track, although I was backing off on the straights as I was catching him pretty easily.
However, the MX-5 in question was completely stripped for racing and had a more experienced driver (nice chap by the way).
I suspect that some of the fastest S2000s would have been quicker than him, and had it been a standard MX-5, then I would have been quicker.
See from about 2:15 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NemxtP-Vts
However, the MX-5 in question was completely stripped for racing and had a more experienced driver (nice chap by the way).
I suspect that some of the fastest S2000s would have been quicker than him, and had it been a standard MX-5, then I would have been quicker.
See from about 2:15 here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NemxtP-Vts
That MX5 is in the same vein as PJL's S2000, not really comparable.
When I had my MX5 it did genuinely inspire confidence to push on more than the S2000 does, I always felt that the MX5 would break away a lot earlier but remain very controllable compared to the S2000.
