My New Car - S2000

[Eddh]

Here it is

Had it almost a week now and done around 300 miles already. Both with roof on and off.

First impressions:

Its good, really bloody good. Better than I was expecting in fact! The steering and chassis feedback is superb.

The noise is fantastic. Really brutal - what an engine!

It is quick, not stupidly quick but quick enough.

It isn't as loud on the motorways (roof up) as I though.

It looks stunning in the flesh.

It is more economical than I thought.

Its small inside yes - but plenty of little cubby holes.

The boot is actually quite big.

It makes a good bike anchor.

Sorry for the nik nak photos I will get some better ones...

Picking it up (my old CRX in the background):







I am ready for the winter...



Where it now lives:



Used as a push bike anchor bloody fixieridingwkers!

[Eddh]

Still getting used to revving a car again after having a Saab 9-5 Aero (lumps of power from 2k!) keep having to remind myself to drive it like my bike.

[Eddh]

Defcon5 said:

Always liked these, but the stories of £1000 suspension refreshes and huge insurance costs put me off somewhat.

I do all my own work on cars so don't pay silly money for someone to do it for me.

[Eddh]

ali4390 said:

More pics of the R6 as well please, I like that colour scheme!

Here are a few R6 photos:

I spent ages searching for this one... the blue ones are so... blugh!

[Eddh]

Mastodon2 said:

Ace car, whats the story with the pushbike leaned against it? I'd go mental if some Lance Armstrong wannabe decided to prop his bike up against my car!

It is my mates - I met him for a pub lunch.

It isn't touching the paint won't worry. His legs wouldn't be much use for cycling if it had been

[Eddh]

chettle said:

I looked at these before buying my Zed.... i will probably have one next tbh!

Beautiful! Whats it like on fuel?

I thought about a Z but wanted something I could drop the roof on.

First two tanks, mixed driving one was 31mpg and the other 30mpg. Quite a bit of VTEC on the second tank but around half of both was motorway miles at around 70-75.

[Eddh]

I've not driven a boxter so can't really comment on those. I thought about one instead but don't really like the looks.

I am coming from a Saab 9-5 aero barge though so this feels very different to me and IMO better than any of the MX5s I have driven.

[Eddh]

Not yet, I was planning to pop over the Cheder Gorge and do that soon