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Old Apr 6, 2005 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by axemansean
Please kick yourself in the ass. What the hell were you thinking dude? Be glad you just hurt the car and not yourself or some others. And no these cars don't spin out easily, these cars spin out when in the wrong hands.
So very true
Old Apr 7, 2005 | 06:07 PM
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Check the springs to make sure that no spacers were left in them. A lot of people have spun out because the dealer forgot to remove all of the spacers. There are several on each wheel.

This car is very hard to spin if you know what you're doing. I 've done several track days & run the dragon a bunch, but the only time the S2000 has tried to spin without me expecting it was when the tires were cold or it was raining. I've never spun the car, but I know to be careful in the rain/cold.
Old Apr 7, 2005 | 08:50 PM
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Your an idoit, its not the s2000 fault. You just can't drive an s2000 right.
Old Apr 8, 2005 | 03:57 PM
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[QUOTE=flyromeo3]A honda isnt a porsche. Doesnt grip the road like your european cars your used to driving around.QUOTE]

You are kidding....right?

In it's class, it blows the doors of the European cars. Look at the last three years of SCCA SoloII results. The S2000 becomes more dominent each year. The first non-S2000 in the SCCA National Championship was a BMW in 17th place. The first 16 were S2000.

BTW, after that BMW in 17th, it's all S2000 again until 29th position won by a Nissan 350Z. The first Porsche Boxster came in at the 32nd position.

Check it out here SCCA SoloII 2004 Championship Results
Old Apr 8, 2005 | 04:55 PM
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Old Apr 9, 2005 | 05:57 AM
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[QUOTE=LateApex]
Originally Posted by flyromeo3
A honda isnt a porsche. Doesnt grip the road like your european cars your used to driving around.QUOTE]

You are kidding....right?

In it's class, it blows the doors of the European cars. Look at the last three years of SCCA SoloII results. The S2000 becomes more dominent each year. The first non-S2000 in the SCCA National Championship was a BMW in 17th place. The first 16 were S2000.

BTW, after that BMW in 17th, it's all S2000 again until 29th position won by a Nissan 350Z. The first Porsche Boxster came in at the 32nd position.

Check it out here SCCA SoloII 2004 Championship Results

I saw that on TV.
Old Apr 10, 2005 | 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted by EK hatch
Your an idoit, its not the s2000 fault. You just can't drive an s2000 right.
So I assume no one else read that the car was previously wrecked? If the car isn't quite straight it could still have a high thrust angle which under the situation he had could result in a spin more often that not. I've driven bent RWD cars in the past that would start rotating at a constant speed, in the middle of a turn with no additional throttle, steering, etc input.

Until you've seen how a bent RWD car handles, don't insist that he can't drive.
Old Apr 11, 2005 | 01:55 PM
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In addition to that, the S2000 is pretty twitchy to drive in its stock form anyway. It was meant to be an intense driving experience.
Old Apr 12, 2005 | 04:24 PM
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i would say, lock this shit
Old Apr 26, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Azcheron
i would say, lock this shit
Haha yea this shit depresses me still... Im done paying for all the monetary damages. Finally.

I drove up and down that freeway section trying to figure it out. Every 15-20 feet the freeway has a sectioned bump, and im pretty sure that caused the shocks to bottom out, so when u turned back to pass had no traction, started to spin. I didnt jerk the wheel, im pretty good about that, maybe it was the car being previouslly wrecked, or maybe im just a shittyass driver.

All i know is that any car shouldnt be going more than 65mph on a bumpy highway. Dont let this discourage anyone from getting one. I would say that car was very fun to drive, and just to remember driving a rear wheel drive car is diff than a fwd.


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