The Fifth of August marks a quiet anniversary, an event that will most likely pass by unknown amidst the media circus over the Civic losing its Consumer Reports Recommendation and other worldly affairs. Twenty years have passed since Soichiro Honda breathed his last on August 5, 1991. He rose from humble beginnings to a position […] More »
By: A 2 | August 4, 2011
We often like to tell others that our car revs motorcycle-like to a giddy 9,000 RPM (slightly less for the AP2) and it is a an attribute that has endeared the car to us. There is an inexplicable thrill that comes from keeping the revs close to or at 5,500 RPM and stepping on the […] More »
By: A 2 | July 11, 2011
Recently, discussion about the “heel-and-toe” downshift technique has raised quite a bit of interest in our Racing and Competition forum as also on my local (Singapore) motoring forum. It is the norm for most (if not all) driver coaching / instructing schools to teach their students to proficiently perform the heel-toe technique. It is widely […] More »
By: admin | June 10, 2011
We all have it, but some of us don’t know of its existence. It hides in plain sight camouflaged by all that surrounds it. It is associated with mystery and intrigue, although we are pretty sure that, nine times out of ten, it is discovered serendipitously and without subjecting one’s mind and body to the […] More »
By: A 2 | June 1, 2011
Click here for Part One. Click through for Part Two in which jeallen compares his AP1 and AP2 and describes why he seems to prefer driving one more than the other and more. Driving Comparison: In comparison, I found that the wider wheels, tires, and suspension changes on the AP2 really paid off as the […] More »
By: A 2 | May 28, 2011
Our member, jeallen, shared his thoughts on his continuing affair with his S2000’s. Owning both an AP1 and an AP2, he ranks among the privileged few that own and experience both cars and have come to love both for their character. Click through to read Part One of jeallen’s affair with two flavors of a […] More »
By: A 2 | May 27, 2011
I’m barreling down the back straight of PCA’s autocross course at El Toro, chasing redline in second. Ahead is the final right-left-right complex before the finish markers, broad entrances and exits masking a nasty tightening-radius transition through the middle left. I stand on the brakes, feed the car right, roll on the power, lift slightly […] More »
By: ScandinavianFlick | May 19, 2011
