[jasonturbo]

I am looking at getting back into another s2000 for this summer, here is my take on the car and using it as a DD.

Back in 2005 I test drove a brand new S2k and hated it. I was slow, numb, and it was a bit rainy that day so we went for the test drive with the top up... I felt like I was in a very small and confined cockpit. So I jumped back into my 97 del sol with ITR swap, 5 lug, tien coils, etc. and left thinking "Why would anyone want one of those cars?" Compared to my del sols roomy cabin, power, tight handling and steering response, and removable targa top, to me it seemed to be the superior vehicle. Though even with mugen aero on the del sol, the s2k obviously won in looks department.

So fast forward a couple years of me bashing the s2k, I end up trading my 1998 CW ITR for a 2000 S2k, bone stock other than H&R springs. Well this is when I learned the difference between ap1 and ap2... ap2 is bunk. I loved that car so much, but had to sell it when I started my company to free up some capital... plus it was silverstone, not my first choice in color.

So now I am looking at buying another ap1 as a summer car, to me there is no downside to this unless it rains all summer and I can never drop the top. Which leads me to why I wrote this in the first place....

Top up in the s2k, well how I would describe the car with the top up? Nasty, dingy, loud, very confined. The main reason I wouldnt want an s2k as a DD, is because I have a very hard time enjoying the car with the soft top up. The cockpit just feels way too tight with the top up, and I'm a pretty skinny guy at 155lbs 5'11". So for a large part of the winter, long road trips, rain and shit weather you will have the top up and IMO it's not nearly as easy to enjoy the car when the top is black instead of sunshine.

Having said that, is the trade off worth it? It might be... I also cant comment on a hard top but they still fetch 2500-3000$ on s2ki, plus you need 2 people to remove it, and somewhere to store it when it's off... someplace safe because it cost so much friggin money.

I would say go for it, worst case scenario you decide you dont like it as a winter car, buy a 1000$ civic and use that the 3 months of the year the weather sucks.

Hope this helps you decide, really spend some time in one with the top up is my advice.... I dont like it at all... but maybe you wont mind?

On a side note, S2K FTMFW!!!! Hoodrat bitchz love rolling with the top down pretending to be rich, so it's great for picking up durtyz.