wadzii

i'm wondering if anyone else beats the crap out of the car on a daily basis. 9k rpms every time i pull out in traffic and basically give it hell all day.

i got my car july 3rd with 85500 miles on it, just hit 91500 today, now all i need a turbo kit and a clutch

FISH22

Daily drove an AP1 for a year, and have daily driven my AP2 for about 3 years. I love it. Look forward to getting behind the wheel every day.

AMBAICAR

good god! i used to until i got 14pts of tickets (on 2 seperate occasions) but now i slammed it and slowed down (a bit)

CKit

Daily drove our AP1 from 2003-2007, top down most times except for Winter. One day a co-worker asked, "did you do something different with your hair?"

I hadn't. But then it dawned on me... it was raining and it was one of the few days I had left the top up.... Honda Hair, FTW!

We "retired" it to autocross duty when we moved out of the city in 07. Bought a couple different cars along the way. Was bored and missed DD'ing the S2000.

Recently picked up a CR and enjoying every day with it. It's just so easy and enjoyable to drive!

thomsbrain

That's just the engine rapidly increasing torque and power output as it runs through the revs. There's nothing mechanically new happening at that RPM on a stock car. You're right that 4.5K is where things really start to happen, but its not VTEC until you get that jolt at 6K.

Mark355

DD story: drove my car to an interview yesterday. Turns out the place was way the hell back in an industrial park--tons of railroad crossings, loose gravel, pavement that looked like it had been bombed, forklifts buzzing everywhere. I got some weird looks, but the s2k never missed a beat or kissed the ground. I just went reeeaal slow.

DryCycle

I've been DDing mine for about 3 years. 2 years in the midwest (not as flat as you'd think, I lived on a glacial moraine) with an entertaining 15 mile one-way commute. 1 year (so far) in North-East Mississippi with a 12 mile commute through the hills, which is another great drive. I've got 64,500 miles on my 2004, and it's every bit as good as it was on the day that I bought it for $20,000 from Luxury Motors in Chicago.
I will say that having a hard top is very handy during the winter months (even in Mississippi, but especially in Illinois) when you don't really need to put the top down to let the heat out after a day parked in a parking lot.
Our other car is a Chrysler town and country limited, and after a 1000 mile trip to Illinois in both over the last month, I've got to say that the trip is more comfortable in the S2000, which is either a big plus for the Honda, or a major knock on the minivan. For the record, I'm 6'2" and 220lbs, and while I DO NOT fit in a Miata, the S2000 fits me like an old pair of jeans.
The short answer is that it's probably the best car you can get if you don't have the budget or garage space for a "sports car" and a commuter, and the depreciation hit is pretty light. I think mine has depreciated about $4,000 over the 3 years that I've had it, which is better than any of the other cars that I've owned (and it sure beats the crap out of the Chrysler, whach has easily lost $11,000 of $15,000 over about the same period).

barbara4044

I have had my S2000 for almost 7 yrs, and for the first 3 I had another vehicle and drove that one to work. Now though for the last 2 yrs I have driven the S2000 everyday to and from work, since I dont own another car. I am just glad that I dont have a long distance to drive in the bad traffic that we have down here in S florida. I like the S with the 6 speed but my next car I think is going to be an automatic. Clutches in heavy traffic is brutal! Overall though I love driving the S2000 everyday!

THE Z MAN

wow! whats your secret on getting 35+ mpg ??
please share.

oh and i dd love every moment, tops always down unless it rains , or unless my wife thinks she's going to die from the sun hehe(only when its around 12pm, the hottest time of the day)

UmarS2K

Set it on cruise control with the top up and the air conditioner turned on to the lowest setting (one click above "off"). I got 35.4 mpg once, 33.XXX at least twice, and the rest of the time, I got between 29.9 - 32 mpg. I set Stacey to cruise control for the majority of the trip.