S2000 Worste car ever!

[Charlie 350 Z]

All were stock except the Civic which has Koni shocks, BBS RD 220 (17 inch) rims and Goodyear eagle sliks. Further more it was chipped, highflow intake and a highflow exhaust.

Personally I think the S2000 is a an over rated car. I test drove it and compare it with the 350 Z, deciding which one to buy and my friends, S2000 sucks in all aspects. You could say flimsy structure, you don't really feell it. Now the 350 Z that is something else although you can over steer in curves and go all over the place if you are not carefull, hehehe.

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[Charlie 350 Z]

Personally I think the S2000 is a an over rated car. I test drove it and compare it with the 350 Z, deciding which one to buy and my friends, S2000 sucks in all aspects. You could say flimsy structure, you don't really feell it and the rpms going nuts,it looked like it wanted to explode. I only was able to drag it the sales man did not let me do anything else, he almost shoked in that shit. Now the 350 Z that is something else although you can over steer in curves and go all over the place if you are not carefull, hehehe. . but still the best car I have driven so far, sorry but only talking about performance, never had the privilege to test it on real track. peace

[bleh]

the s2000 quality is much higher. wait till you sychros take a crap, or your toe angle gets screwy and your tires start to feather, or your interior door handles break. the average person will always think the s2000 is slow, cus they want low end torque. you have to take it to 9 to appreciate it.

one of my buddies used to have a z and it performed decently, but he got rid of it within less than a year and lost a chunk in the process. im not saying its a crappy car, i loved driving it, but i would never buy one. however, given the finances, i would be a proud owner of an s2000. its a matter of preference.

[Charlie 350 Z]

the s2000 quality is much higher. wait till you sychros take a crap, or your toe angle gets screwy and your tires start to feather, or your interior door handles break. the average person will always think the s2000 is slow, cus they want low end torque. you have to take it to 9 to appreciate it.

one of my buddies used to have a z and it performed decently, but he got rid of it within less than a year and lost a chunk in the process. im not saying its a crappy car, i loved driving it, but i would never buy one. however, given the finances, i would be a proud owner of an s2000. its a matter of preference.

What Z was the new 350? How did he drive it, trying to bust it all over. Please is not a Honda but it is a Nissan, they both make exellent cars & quality to be honest is comparable. Now i drag race a lot and believe me I would get a 350 over the S2000. Only droping some weight out of it and it becomes really fast. So far I have only lost one race with an STI souped up pushing 350 to the wheels and I have race it with SRT's , S2000's, Porshe's ( got kicked but no for to much ) RX-8 's and only lost that race with the STI ( great car by the way ) Remember my friend is not what you drive, is how you drive it also, and so far no complaints, although I could not say much about the S2000 since I haven't tested to the fullest but in a drag I would take the Z. Just a coment peace

Also the Z is what some people call Japanese muscle, I will go with it, low end torque, yeah

[mercedes_junge]

A neugbour kissed a tree with his s2000.

i liked the car, because i hate my neugbour

[bleh]

What Z was the new 350? How did he drive it, trying to bust it all over. Please is not a Honda but it is a Nissan, they both make exellent cars & quality to be honest is comparable.

he owned it for a few months and got sick of its problems. yea it was fun and whatever but this thread isnt about that car, or how many cars youve beaten. i was just telling why the s2000 is not over rated and how it compares to the 350z in other aspects aside from lowend torque. to make the s2000 perform you have to rape the clutch.

2 of my friends got cars at around the same time. one got a z one got the s2000. my friend with the z sold it for an s4. 4 clutches later, my other friend still has his s2000 and loves it.

[Charlie 350 Z]

2 of my friends got cars at around the same time. one got a z one got the s2000. my friend with the z sold it for an s4. 4 clutches later, my other friend still has his s2000 and loves it.

[bleh]

dude i drove the z and it was cool but the s2000 is a different car entirely. im just going to tell him to post.

[djfux69]

the z had problems from the factory. nothing to do with driving. im sure if i would have beaten the crap out of it i would have broken something... but i didnt need to. front suspension, syncros, throwout bearing. all withing the first 5k. this happened to A LOT of people in the Z community. it was a fun track car, but i got rid of it for a reason.

[iroc-z89]

i have heard that a slightly modded S2000, is extremely nimble and somewhat quick, and for my car very hard to outrace, though it has been done. (reason being it weighs 2800lbs. as opposed to 3500+ with the same horsepower). I have yet to race one, and it will be awhile before i get the chance too ... Though my stand point is anything under 3000lbs. and made in Asia has no handling. I have good reason for this. 8)

If the car doesn't give you any feeling at all then it's pretty useless as a supercar.

hey i can do 130mph and it feels slow,

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[wEstSide]

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It would destroy your car.

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[iroc-z89]

little hint i have seen minivans destroy my car

[wEstSide]

That minivan also ran a 10 second quarter mile.

[iroc-z89]

you know what van i am taking about then, problem is their was another one that out ran an 87 Iroc(yellow) as well, but that car was an auto LB9 if not an L03.

[Charlie 350 Z]

the z had problems from the factory. nothing to do with driving. im sure if i would have beaten the crap out of it i would have broken something... but i didnt need to. front suspension, syncros, throwout bearing. all withing the first 5k. this happened to A LOT of people in the Z community. it was a fun track car, but i got rid of it for a reason.

Yeah if you say it it got to be true, now remember that the car came out that year. Usually new models need adjustments and a little bit of work. now to be honest I think that the car handles better and performs better than an S2000, about the weight they are right, the S2000 is under the 3000 lbs what could be a problem at the time of driving it because of lack of grip. Now my friend I have not have any problems so far with my 350 and I hope it stays like that, now I have heard of weight reductions done to the Z's of more than 500 lbs by removing some metal door panels, that come with the car for safety. That is a lot of weight off. Me personally did not feel the S2000, but that is my opinion. Usually when you go below 3000 lbs you will have those problems of handling, of course you will need to improve the suspension really good to solve them. Still I respect the S2000 as a good car but my friend give me a little bit more heavy car with a good suspension and decent power and I gaurante you, I will smoke Mr S2000 in the track, even with a nicely tuned Mustang, and that my friend is something that can be done with out sweating it to much. My humble opinion and taste. peace

[Charlie 350 Z]

i have heard that a slightly modded S2000, is extremely nimble and somewhat quick, and for my car very hard to outrace, though it has been done. (reason being it weighs 2800lbs. as opposed to 3500+ with the same horsepower). I have yet to race one, and it will be awhile before i get the chance too ... Though my stand point is anything under 3000lbs. and made in Asia has no handling. I have good reason for this. 8)

hey i can do 130mph and it feels slow,

You are so damn right.

[iroc-z89]

hey charlie, are you refering to a 2800lb. Japanese car, not having handling or are you just calling my car slow?

[bleh]

wait, wait. i just have to clarify. are you guys saying that a car that weighs more handles better? your really going to have to spell that one out.

and how did minivans jump into this? yea, those things are worked, so what? thats like saying a drag car is faster than these, no crap. can we please have one post that stays on topic. please.

[iroc-z89]

generally when a car weighs less than 3000lbs., it needs more of a suspension set up to keep it from swaying off the road, the car generally needs to be lower to the ground than a heavier car. Spring rates, physics, harmonics, speed, (even air density) and weight all come into play with this.

As an example, remeber when I said I can take a hard turn at high speed and hold it. (my car has 3300-3700 curb weight), Now remeber how i said that the suspension dropped completely, and the passenger side may have come up off the ground.....

Now try that with that car i just wrecked , it weighs in around 2800lbs. Has actually a better suspension, but doesn't. Some times it is better when a cars springs aren't very stiff, but its stability is to some extent. its hard to explain because i dont have a full working knowledge of suspensions, but i know enough to know i like heavier cars.

oh to back up the weight differences and suspensions on cars, try the f1 cars that a 1/2" from the ground

[bleh]

generally when a car weighs less than 3000lbs., it needs more of a suspension set up to keep it from swaying off the road, the car generally needs to be lower to the ground than a heavier car. Spring rates, physics, harmonics, speed, (even air density) and weight all come into play with this.

As an example, remeber when I said I can take a hard turn at high speed and hold it. (my car has 3300-3700 curb weight), Now remeber how i said that the suspension dropped completely, and the passenger side may have come up off the ground.....

you totally lost me. i can understand that a car will ride smoother when there is more weight with an identical suspension setup, thats easy physics: a = f/m

Now try that with that car i just wrecked , it weighs in around 2800lbs. Has actually a better suspension, but doesn't. Some times it is better when a cars springs aren't very stiff, but its stability is to some extent. its hard to explain because i dont have a full working knowledge of suspensions, but i know enough to know i like heavier cars.

at least you can admit to not knowing that you dont have a complete knowledge of the subject. the car you crashed was obviously not able to handle the driving you put it to. or you were not able to handle the kind of driving this car is accustomed to.

so to further articulate your argument in the most logical sense. if your car weighed 500lbs less, it would handle worse. its not fair to compare one car to another, as i have never been a fan of hyundais and do not favor their handling characteristics.

oh to back up the weight differences and suspensions on cars, try the f1 cars that a 1/2" from the ground

go on. finish this thought.

[icemans2k]

i was browsing the internet when i saw this, i was totally baffled that someone would actually dog the s2000 so much. If you never owned it you wouldnt know the power of the S. I have an 02 s2000 yes it has no low end torque but its the 9k red that prodcues power this enables the back tires not to want to spin in cornering, plus 50/50 weight balance. This coming for a 4 cylinder 2.0 liter. Now charlie i know your biased since you have a Z. To be honest yea they are great cars, and will bark up to third. My friend has his white 05 z which that year semmed to fix alot of the problems and he loves it. There was alot of competition between us and arguing like this...so we took it to the track:). as far as quarter mile racing it is never a straight call, out of about 10 launches it was 50/50, depending on the start. In cornering the philosphy about weight is #$%$ he will tell you that since he popped a curb trying to manipulate turn in the Z like i was. Now as we got onto from 40 up the s2000 pulls ahead in our tests, now i had the top down so i had more drag, but once we got up to about 110 he came back up on me, so in the end the Z will outperfrom on top end. But charlie you racing tracks know that quarter miles in those car ranges end about 100-105 so top end is useless. Now please dont argue with me as you will...because you own a Z. But any road course will tell you the S will out handle the Z. As far as prefrence the S is alot more compact then the Z, as it is more of a comfortable sports car, especially since it shares the G35 chassis and they turned that into having....a back seat!! Both cars are great, before you get all technical Charlie, please man dont make the owners of the Z look jealous Peace

[bleh]

now that i think about it, my biggest criticism of the s2000 is the unavailability of a hardtop. if i could get a hard top i think it would be my next car... but that wouldnt be for 7-9 years anyway. i love hondas

[Charlie 350 Z]

now that i think about it, my biggest criticism of the s2000 is the unavailability of a hardtop. if i could get a hard top i think it would be my next car... but that wouldnt be for 7-9 years anyway. i love hondas

Well I got good news for you. You can get it but obviusly after market. I saw one once here in South Fl , was yellow with a beatyfull hard top. It can be done. Now probably that guys payed his ass out for that little detail I think they sell the hard top separated and you have to take it to a shop to get installed.

[Charlie 350 Z]

hey charlie, are you refering to a 2800lb. Japanese car, not having handling or are you just calling my car slow?

Hey bro I don't know what car you have and waht it has under the hood. Peace. I will have to check it

[Charlie 350 Z]

i was browsing the internet when i saw this, i was totally baffled that someone would actually dog the s2000 so much. If you never owned it you wouldnt know the power of the S. I have an 02 s2000 yes it has no low end torque but its the 9k red that prodcues power this enables the back tires not to want to spin in cornering, plus 50/50 weight balance. This coming for a 4 cylinder 2.0 liter. Now charlie i know your biased since you have a Z. To be honest yea they are great cars, and will bark up to third. My friend has his white 05 z which that year semmed to fix alot of the problems and he loves it. There was alot of competition between us and arguing like this...so we took it to the track:). as far as quarter mile racing it is never a straight call, out of about 10 launches it was 50/50, depending on the start. In cornering the philosphy about weight is #$%$ he will tell you that since he popped a curb trying to manipulate turn in the Z like i was. Now as we got onto from 40 up the s2000 pulls ahead in our tests, now i had the top down so i had more drag, but once we got up to about 110 he came back up on me, so in the end the Z will outperfrom on top end. But charlie you racing tracks know that quarter miles in those car ranges end about 100-105 so top end is useless. Now please dont argue with me as you will...because you own a Z. But any road course will tell you the S will out handle the Z. As far as prefrence the S is alot more compact then the Z, as it is more of a comfortable sports car, especially since it shares the G35 chassis and they turned that into having....a back seat!! Both cars are great, before you get all technical Charlie, please man dont make the owners of the Z look jealous Peace

Nice I would have loved to see that. Now I firmly believe that the S2000 is at some extent the best competition in Japanese cars that the Z can have right now , and for that my friend if you own an S I will chake your hand for having a good car. As I said before is about taste I like Japanese muscle cars like the Z, that is why I chose it, but still will respect the S 2000 knowing that if you know how to drive (really driving) you could kick my ass for a little bit. Anyway both are great cars worth of discussion. Peace