Ben's S2000 Replacement Unveiled
03-01-2006, 04:13 PM
#31
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: 2005 Silverstone/Blk Sold
Posts: 541
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by JsAP1,Mar 1 2006, 04:44 PM
Motorex has been closed down for years. Feds shut them down in 2003 or 2004. I forgot.
Bump.
Bump.
03-01-2006, 11:15 PM
#32
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SF Bay Area and Sactown
Posts: 26,653
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by Ben777,Mar 1 2006, 05:13 PM
They are actually still around, but the RI license has been revoked, and they are under Federal investigation, and the target of numerous lawsuits.
I was gonna get an R33 from them long ago. I'm glad I didn't!!
03-02-2006, 04:08 PM
#34
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SF Bay Area and Sactown
Posts: 26,653
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by JsAP1,Mar 2 2006, 06:57 AM
They may well be around, but under Federal investigation, and numerous lawsuits IMO is shut down any way you dice it. 
03-06-2006, 10:52 AM
#37
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: 2005 Silverstone/Blk Sold
Posts: 541
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Originally Posted by dmz,Mar 6 2006, 08:26 AM
Screw the R34 and just get a nice low mileage R33. They are lighter and more fun to drive anyways.
The R33s were the heaviest most "bloated" of the modern Skylines. The R32 was the most raw and connected. The R34 was designed to be lighter and smaller in the spirit of the R32 after people said the R33 was too big and heavy.
03-07-2006, 10:54 AM
#38
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Sunnyvale
Posts: 2,061
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
man, sorry to hear that Ben, you were going to be the hero of carlunch. 
Anyway, even though the R34 skylines are classic, I really think that the new skyline gt-r, despite how ugly it might be, is going to rock. I guess we can all just cross our fingers!
Anyway, even though the R34 skylines are classic, I really think that the new skyline gt-r, despite how ugly it might be, is going to rock. I guess we can all just cross our fingers!
03-20-2006, 08:23 PM
#39
Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SF Bay Area and Sactown
Posts: 26,653
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
09-08-2006, 03:04 PM
#40
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: 2005 Silverstone/Blk Sold
Posts: 541
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
After the R34 fell through, I embarked on a fruitless search for a '98 Supra, then this unexpectedly dropped into my lap. Picked it up a couple nights ago. It's no S2000, but not bad. 
