I've been reading this board for a while, pretty convinced I'm going to buy an S2000 soon. Only problem is I work for a property management company, so I spend most of my day driving around Phoenix. A test drive isn't going to tell me if an s2k will be practical enough to be my daily driver. I've been driving a 4Runner for the last 7 years or so, and it's definitely time for a change.

Does anyone know of any agency in Phoenix that rents out an S2k? I'm looking to rent one for about a week or so, figure that should give me ample time to make my choice.

Edit: Also if any of you have any experience 'working' out of your car, I'd appreciate it. I'm somewhat apprehensive to get some information, because if it turns out that it will not work out I have no idea what else to look at.

Thanks for any and all information.

 

I think it depends on what you carry with you, how much space you need, and how much driving you'll do each week. I'll get flamed for this, but I really think the S2000 is best as a "pleasure" or weekend car. Can it be used as a daily driver? Absolutely. I've been doing it for almost two years now, but I think there are other cars that would be better suited for work and daily driver duties.

 

I work for an automotive dealer group and travel between our different locations in my S2000 all day. The S is also my office and storage space. If you've got lots of paper to lag around (files and what not) I would suggest buying an extra briefcase as storage and then having your main briefcase there for immediate things (maybe a laptop case instead). You should easily be able to fit all that in the trunk. If you are having space issues and won't be carrying around passengers too often (not without warning) remove the passenger seat - this will give you the space of about 5 of our trunks and the seat is so easy to remove.

Only other thing - buy fluids with caps and if you have coffee, turn the open part toward the shifter.

 

I wont argue that its not the best as a daily, I only use mine during the spring,summer, and fall but once snow hits i put it back up at home (im at school currently) but I have found if you have alot to haul it makes it VERY hard , and dont plan on taking people anywheres cause you have one seat.

But on a side note....Id much rather take 2 or 4 cars downtown just so i can drive my S for any given amount of time.

 

I checked into renting an S in San Diego and Phoenix for my trip out in Mar. The rental on one is about $150-$200 a day!! Needless to say, I changed to something else.

 

i have a lot of my work equipment in my car and it is just fine. how much room could you need. i drive mine all year long and am happy with it. i find the seats to be comfertable and have no problem.

 

Personally I could not deal with the S driving everyday. It is too small and most of all I am to anal about it to drive it everywhere I go.

 

Ok, that gave me a little more perspective. Luckily I don't need to worry about snow in Phoenix, and passenger room isn't a problem. I was the taxi service when I was in college, since I've graduated I haven't had more than 1 person in my car at a time.

I deal with a lot of paperwork, which now I throw on the passenger seat or passenger floorboards when I get in. Probably not going to do that with a convertible, boss wouldn't like to hear the closing papers were lost when a big wind gust hit as I was making a left onto 59th Ave from Bell.

I was told to expect about a grand for the week, and I'm fine with that. I keep cars long enough, its worth essentially paying an extra thousand dollars toward the purchase price of the car to know that its going to be what I'm looking for.

I'm a little disappointed, Rent-a-vette has them, just not at their Phoenix location. I'm now almost debating taking a vacation just for the rental car. But I really want to see if I can stand being in a convertible that size for the bulk of my day while I'm working.

I understand its not the most user friendly daily driver around, and I'm fine with that. I'm not looking for the faster car either, but mostly a fun car. With a large portion of my time being spent behind the wheel, I might as well enjoy it. From everything I've researched, out of 1-10 on the fun to drive scale, the S2k comes in somewhere around 14. And if it brings the babes, I have no problem with that.

Thanks for all the replies and insight.