thatguyjosh

After debating over the 350Z and S2000 for 3 months I made my decision this past Friday and bought an '01 S2000, white with red leather interior. Saturday my ex-gf who owns a Mustang had been trash talking all morning while we were studying, talking about how her V8 could kill my little "4 banger." I kept telling her I didn't want to race because I knew if I beat her she would be distraught. She's always telling all my friends who own imports that her car is bad ass and we will never beat her. Well after hearing her talk for an hour, I told her to put up or shut up and we pulled our cars out of the carage to go race. We raced 3 times..

1st race.. we went from about a 10mph roll, she jumped ahead but as soon as I hit vtec in first gear i passed her up and from there I pulled on her HARD in every single gear. We stopped at about 105mph. (She has an automatic) I looked over at her and she looked like her dog had just died. Hahahah

2nd race.. we were at a light and she wanted to go from a stop. I got a good launch and pulled ahead from the beginning. Looked back when I was at the top of third gear and she was atleast 6-7 car lengths behind me.

3rd race.. I was done beating her but she got the bright idea to start in 1st gear. We went from about a 10 mph roll again. She pulled ahead until I hit vtec in 1st gear again and from there it was all about the S2000. Beat her by about 3 car lengths again.

We got back to my apartment and the first thing she did was call her Dad and tell her she wanted to trade in her car for a S2000. Hahaha, I love imports Only downside to my new purchase, high car payments and insurance.. it's all worth it though. I went from a '96 Nissan 200SX (2-door sentra) to this S2000. I love driving it.. best decision I ever made.

Josh

iceple

Nice killed,so did you bent her over after for old time sake?hehe

TwistedS2k

her car is an automatic and she's talking trash to you? Ok, it's time for a group spanking

Rez311

Anyone know if a manual GT mustang could hang with a S2K? It seems to me like it should be close but I've never raced one or driven one, they sure do sound mean when they roll by though. Anyone here race someone in a manual GT stang 2001 or newer with a good driver?

cravnpup

The S2 is still slightly faster than a manual GT, but if you mess up even the smallest amount it can go the other way.. Don't know many people with stock mustangs though, so be careful who you choose your battles with..

thatguyjosh

I was wondering the same thing.. I would think it would be very close.

cravnpup

BTW, what were you doing still hanging out with the ex?? Need to drop that bish, and find something fresh.. Shouldn't be too hard with your new wheels...

thatguyjosh

Haha, we've known each other for a really long time. And we broke up on good terms so we are still really close. Not as close as I would like to be sometimes And yes, the S2K does turn a lot of heads when I drive it through campus.

mxt_77

I was behind a GT on a road course, and he would pull on me a bit on the straights. From 60-100, he'd make about a 1/4 car length or so. On one of the straights, I was going from 70-95ish (but I left it in 4th gear), and he'd pull a full car length (or more) on me. I was making about 10-12hp more than a stock S2000 at the time. I'm assuming the Mustang was stock.

One thing that I noticed was that he never had to shift, but in one of the straights, I was going from 2-3-4 (60-100mph). I'm assuming he was in 3rd the whole time (I'm not sure how Mustangs are geared).

yellafeva

Funny story!

I hate girls who talk trash. I like girls who are modest and don't talk like a damn garbage truck.

But anyway, I've raced a newer Mustang GT twice, beat both of them but not by as much as some have claimed on here. Once, I beat him by 1 car length, and the other by about 1 1/2 to 90mph.