Cheapo S2000's
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Give it a few months and spirited drives. I had some scary times in my 140hp 318is with some sticky tyres. Just takes a bit of camber hint of damp and a dap of oppo' and you're side on over the whitelines on a blind corner
It gets adictive until... 
Give it a few months and spirited drives. I had some scary times in my 140hp 318is with some sticky tyres. Just takes a bit of camber hint of damp and a dap of oppo' and you're side on over the whitelines on a blind corner
I've had the car for 5 months and I do like a good drive in it. However I so far can't say Ive got into any trouble what so ever. This is with throwing it into corners and round-a-bouts...
I do appreciate what you're saying though!
Because they are clowns! I've seen some being driven terribly. It's quite easy to find the limits on these imo. Step over that line and it's not very forgiving in the wet.
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Give it a few months and spirited drives. I had some scary times in my 140hp 318is with some sticky tyres. Just takes a bit of camber hint of damp and a dap of oppo' and you're side on over the whitelines on a blind corner
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The 318iS loves going sideways...even in a straight line, I think the bushes are and were basically dust along with the suspension being in poor condition as well...it's certainly getting worse, more and more skittish on uneven surfaces (which helpfully is all around town for me due to dire tarmac).
I can see why S2000s often met posts, hedges etc. at the hands of people that have no clue as to what they are doing or what is going on, especially with VTEC kicking in y0....as has been said, uneducated people would and do assume it's a turbo and so an extra kick of power at the wrong moment will see you going backwards.
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When you come to sell the 5 please could you give me 1st refusal, I've got some interesting ideas I wanted to try out with it.
Certainly, least I can do.
What ever you do dont go onto the S2000 owners club.
They will tell you that its some uber super car and anything more than half an inch throttle will have you spinning out in the wet as its such a difficult car to drive.
Don't you have the fairly soft 2002+ version? Or even softer 2004 model?!
Can vouch for the stupid insurance situation, mine generated the highest premium i have ever paid if i recall.
To be honest i put this as the primary reason that they are now so cheap, which creates a catch 22 situation with regards to knuckledraggers owning them and then subsequently crashing them.
To be honest i put this as the primary reason that they are now so cheap, which creates a catch 22 situation with regards to knuckledraggers owning them and then subsequently crashing them.
Don't you have the fairly soft 2002+ version? Or even softer 2004 model?!
I image even the early ones are soft compared to a rev1 MR2 turbo that I had.
Bridgestone S02s were part of the problem on the early models
The earlier ones tend to oversteer on the limit due to the suspension setup and the passive rear steering, lifting off midcorner is destiny for finding a hedge.
They then got more toned down, however the claim history cannot be argued with.
I pay £590/yr FC now.
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They can be lethal in the winter. I had to drive mine through light snow to get home and I have never concentrated so much whilst driving. It was fish tailing all the way home even doing silly slow speeds. Yes, insurance is expensive and in a way it keeps young knob heads from ever owning one which is good. Geo cost me 700 quid and roofs are about the same.
Yep, as per Tim's post. I sold my S2000 about a month ago now. Time to get sensible with outgoings and sort out getting on the housing ladder.
What ever you do dont go onto the S2000 owners club.
They will tell you that its some uber super car and anything more than half an inch throttle will have you spinning out in the wet as its such a difficult car to drive.
To be fair, this is because every single year you get to about November, and then every week until March a car is written off by someone who posts on there. Usually this is a male, 20-30 in age, first RWD car, previously driving an evo/impreza/fwd hot hatch who is shocked that in the cold and wet the bridgestones are useless as they blast off a wet roundabout at 90.
It is an easy car to drive if you are progressive with it... something you will have learn't from your mr2 turbo days
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These threads make me miss my S2000 (although not from November to March!).
Just saw this... You might get lucky and get more than that. I managed to get £6700 for mine (2000 W plate, but it did have 'the right' history (Centre mavity, Wheels In Motion, Jorge at Crown Honda, all the right parts, Polybushed, New roof, etc))
Sounds like I did rather well to get my 52 plate 67k mile S2k for £6700. First years insurance was around £900 (25 / 3NCB / good postcode area), renewal came in at £1300 
but after shopping around, I went with Adrian Flux for £800 
Oh and ive not had one moment in mine at all. It was even unflappable in the snow (Uniroyal Rainsport Tyres). Ive not found it to be the widowmaker everyone says it is!
but after shopping around, I went with Adrian Flux for £800 Oh and ive not had one moment in mine at all. It was even unflappable in the snow (Uniroyal Rainsport Tyres). Ive not found it to be the widowmaker everyone says it is!