Got a Niced New Car Today.

[B-J-J Fighter]

I know this is not aviation related but I have to share. I bought a new Honda S2000. It weights about 2600 lbs and has 240 HP. It does 0-60 in 5.9 and has a top speed of 165 which is governed. I love this thing, its a rocket. What do you guys think about this car. It handles like its on rails. The weight is balanced perfectly meaning the front end weighs almost exactly what the rear end weighs which is unusual for cars. Do you guys like these cars? Before this I was driving A toyota Truck.

 

[gnx99]

Great choice! I LOVE S2000's! Doesn't get much better than a 8900 RPM redline I wish their was a hardtop version though (not a big convert. fan)

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

There coming out with a hard top that can be added to all years models sometime later this year. Its an extra 5 grand. The redline I think is 9.2K.

 

[Cardinal]

I'm rapidly turning green. Congrats, hope ya didn't lease it...

 

[B-J-J Fighter]

No I didnt lease it, financed it over 60 months. I sure hope I will like it for 5 years.

 

[sstearns2]

....

The S2000 is a sweet car and you just can't go wrong with a honda. I saw one with the hard top the other day and it looks nice, unlike most convertible hard tops. I have an Integra GS-R with the same basic engine and I still can't belive a 4 cylinder can pull like that. It doesn't give up much to the 89 Corvette I had before.

Scott

 

[TriStar_drvr]

Jee whiz, either all of you are single, or you don't fly for the airline that I do. I can't even think about a car like that except in my dreams. My seven year old Toyota truck will have to make me happy for years to come...

P.S. in anticipation of comments about my airline. Yes I'm ready and expecting to go on strike for industry standard wages.

 

[LR25]

A real roasdster

You guys got it all wrong.

To fully experience a "real" roadster experience, are you ready.

Is to own an MGB/GT, yes you heard right. The hard top fastback style, don't care much for ragtops.

It don't fly like these new cars with wires and black boxes do but, it is a true and fun car to drive.

It sounds like its right out of hollywood, with wire wheel knockoff's and all that crome, I am talking about the mid 60's vintage also, not the rubber bumpered ones from the mid 70's.

I do have to admit though, that Honda is a fantastic looking car, I see one by my house all the time and it looks like it is a dream to drive.

Unfortunatly the pay at my regional airline will not support such an investment so I will be content an drive a true British roadster.

LR25

 

[jaybird]

I just got rid of my 95 formula firebird. That B!itch was baaaad. 300 hp, but it had 110,000 miles and never had any problems. I just thought it was time to get rid of it, I miss it now, plus I couldn't pass up the dead I got on a new Tocoma.

 

[ILLINI]

The Honda S2000 is a very sharp looking car and will definitely turn heads and draw stares at red ligts. I on the other hand prefer good ole' American muscle. Mustang baby!!!

Congratulations on your new car!

 

[PHX767]

I see a new direction for this thread....

My car is a 1988 Grand Am on it's second engine. The left window has not rolled down since I was a turboprop FO, and the paint is peeling off so bad that my wife makes me hide it down the street when we have company.

Who out there has a funkier car?

P.S. It's my regular car - not just for leaving at the airport.

 

[Jetscream32]

Funkier car

Ok, I'll bite.
I got a 94 Toyota Pickup, standard two wheel drive. I had to put the CD player(s) in it myself, but since that was the only thing of value I have had two stolen. Now it has the nice Radio Shack Realistic tape deck. It's got 94K miles on it, second clutch. Runs real well but it aint pretty. Got a dent in the right rear about 4 feet by two feet from a guy that ran into my while I was backing out of a parking space three years ago. Insurance wanted me to pay the large deductible since the cop said it was mutual fault so needless to say an instructor does not have that much coin in the bank. It's **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** ugly and smells of vomit on hot days since I haven't quite got the smell out from when my roommate lost it two years ago, chunks still in the speaker grill which I can't get out with a toothbrush. Hoping to keep it another three years!

 

[ifly4food]

Don't know if I can top that last one, but here goes...
1990 LeBaron Convertible. 160,000 mi. Top doesn't work. Rear windows don't work. Headlight covers don't work. Tach, oil pressure gagues don't work. Dashboard vents don't work. Bald tires. No rust but plenty of dents and scrapes. Cracks in dashboard. Many squeaks and rattles. Terrible rod knock until engine warms up on cold days. Trans rebuilt twice. Power seats no longer powered. Shreadded upholstery on driver seat. Smells of cat pi$% on hot days (bad trip to vet one day).
This is also my normal car, not just the "airport car" Do I win?

 

[EvilJim]

FBO Cars

Sounds like some of the classic FBO cars I've driven(experienced).

Hammond Muni (Top Gun Aviation), LA is my vote.

Evil

 

[AWACoff]

TriStar, I wish you guys the best as ATA is where I want to end up. On the car note, I drove a courtesy car from Muscle Shoals, AL. I flew there from St. Louis on my long commercial cross country. The car had just gotten out of the junkyard the week before but I was assured it was solid. After visiting Helen Keller's house in Tuskegee (she's dead), I was driving back. On upon making a right turn at an intersection, the drivers' door promptly fell off. I threw it in the trunk and went back to the FBO. Why they didn't give me the Jaguar parked next the beater I'll never know....maybe because I was only 19? Hmmmph!