Why is it so hard finding a replacement for my S2000?
07-28-2013, 04:26 PM
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You have the car you want - you just can't stop shopping for another car, that's all. You definitely have car ADD.
Heck, your recent shenanigans have ME shopping for new cars and I own a rare S2000 (GPW, 2008, red/black interior, super low miles) that I'll never be able to find again if I sell it!
You have the car you want - you just can't stop shopping for another car, that's all. You definitely have car ADD.
Heck, your recent shenanigans have ME shopping for new cars and I own a rare S2000 (GPW, 2008, red/black interior, super low miles) that I'll never be able to find again if I sell it!
07-28-2013, 06:30 PM
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You have the car you want - you just can't stop shopping for another car, that's all. You definitely have car ADD.
Heck, your recent shenanigans have ME shopping for new cars and I own a rare S2000 (GPW, 2008, red/black interior, super low miles) that I'll never be able to find again if I sell it!
You have the car you want - you just can't stop shopping for another car, that's all. You definitely have car ADD.
Heck, your recent shenanigans have ME shopping for new cars and I own a rare S2000 (GPW, 2008, red/black interior, super low miles) that I'll never be able to find again if I sell it!
07-28-2013, 06:50 PM
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Chris S, you are doing what I would be doing if I had tons of cash, job security, and a place to store my cars.
I forget your total track history so let me drum up what I can remember...
You had S2000 you did for the track, then got the NC Miata which could keep up with your S2000 due to lightweight, better brakes, and easier to drive at the limit.
After the Miata you got a C6 Vette?
Did the track mods to the C6 and then got the ZR1?
Now you got the ultimate daily driver E90 M3 which is cool (unless you wanted the stick shift and kept it off the track I'd venture for the IS-F but thats me)
You just got the C5 Z06 and dumped a 08 S2000.
So now if what I recall is correct... you are now looking for another track mobile
Not sure if you have been keeping up with Edmunds Inside Line but they have a FRS with a supercharger on it now and everytime they take it to the track they have dumped alot of money into it and still find something that needs upgraded. I think if you add all what they have done to it on top of the cost of the car they are at $35k and still haven't touched brakes other than pads.
I'm gonna be the crazy one here and recommend unicorns: what about a Mustang R back in the early 2000's?
Might be harder to find... but out of the list that you mentioned I would go with the 370Z just because its something new and who knows you might like it... but coming from the Z06 I think you might learn to appreciate and look at it from a new perspective. I think the 370Z needs cooling upgrades for track use
this could have been quikag i dont remember...
I forget your total track history so let me drum up what I can remember...
You had S2000 you did for the track, then got the NC Miata which could keep up with your S2000 due to lightweight, better brakes, and easier to drive at the limit.
After the Miata you got a C6 Vette?
Did the track mods to the C6 and then got the ZR1?
Now you got the ultimate daily driver E90 M3 which is cool (unless you wanted the stick shift and kept it off the track I'd venture for the IS-F but thats me)
You just got the C5 Z06 and dumped a 08 S2000.
So now if what I recall is correct... you are now looking for another track mobile
Not sure if you have been keeping up with Edmunds Inside Line but they have a FRS with a supercharger on it now and everytime they take it to the track they have dumped alot of money into it and still find something that needs upgraded. I think if you add all what they have done to it on top of the cost of the car they are at $35k and still haven't touched brakes other than pads.
I'm gonna be the crazy one here and recommend unicorns: what about a Mustang R back in the early 2000's?
Might be harder to find... but out of the list that you mentioned I would go with the 370Z just because its something new and who knows you might like it... but coming from the Z06 I think you might learn to appreciate and look at it from a new perspective. I think the 370Z needs cooling upgrades for track use
this could have been quikag i dont remember...
True, one of my friends in Austin is always accusing me of having automotive ADD. Nothing wrong w/ the S2000 or C5Z, life is just too short to settle on one car for too long!
07-28-2013, 08:38 PM
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I feel the same way! i can never decide & always looking forward to the next car lol
07-28-2013, 11:16 PM
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Since the car is tracked, why not just get a harness and solve the seat belt issue? Have you ever seen Matt Farah's modified c5 vette? He's a host on drive's /tuned and the smoking tire and his base c5 has race seats, harness, coilovers, wheels and tires and engine mods and I think it's the best looking and sounding corvette I've ever seen.
07-29-2013, 12:30 AM
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another +5000 for the C5Z. take care of the seats and have a blast. if you think it's much superior than the other cars you've driven wait till you put some more mods on it
07-29-2013, 03:59 AM
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If this is a track only car what about something like a Super 7 replica? Now you have something really light, better through the corners than most road cars, great power to weight, the aero of a brick with a parachute yet unlike a FF you can still drive it to the track.
07-29-2013, 04:24 AM
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Since the car is tracked, why not just get a harness and solve the seat belt issue? Have you ever seen Matt Farah's modified c5 vette? He's a host on drive's /tuned and the smoking tire and his base c5 has race seats, harness, coilovers, wheels and tires and engine mods and I think it's the best looking and sounding corvette I've ever seen.
If this is a track only car what about something like a Super 7 replica? Now you have something really light, better through the corners than most road cars, great power to weight, the aero of a brick with a parachute yet unlike a FF you can still drive it to the track.
07-29-2013, 04:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Ryan2949' timestamp='1375082169' post='22692787
Since the car is tracked, why not just get a harness and solve the seat belt issue? Have you ever seen Matt Farah's modified c5 vette? He's a host on drive's /tuned and the smoking tire and his base c5 has race seats, harness, coilovers, wheels and tires and engine mods and I think it's the best looking and sounding corvette I've ever seen.
If this is a track only car what about something like a Super 7 replica? Now you have something really light, better through the corners than most road cars, great power to weight, the aero of a brick with a parachute yet unlike a FF you can still drive it to the track.
ive read about c5 owners swapping c6 seatbelts in, and then putting viper seats in- best option for the street imo
07-29-2013, 05:56 AM
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Because while the S2000 is not the best car at any one thing, IMO it IS the best blend of performance, fun-to-drive, purchase price, running cost, reliability, and repairability. The only major fault is that as a convertible, and some organizations don't allow it in their events. I don't know if there is any car out there that is better than the S2000 in all of those criteria. Usually if a car is superior in one, it's inferior in another.
The only major fault is that as a convertible, and some organizations don't allow it in their events. I don't know if there is any car out there that is better than the S2000 in all of those criteria. Usually if a car is superior in one, it's inferior in another.