The 370Z vs. the Honda S2000

chuckd05

I had a 2001 S2000 and ran a 13.8@101 bone stock with just bilstein coilovers... The car has plenty of pep and handles like a dream especially for when it came out... In 2001 there wasnt a car out there for the money that could top it, similar to the 370z right now..

Everywhere I went, people asked what it was and oohhed and ahhhed over it... I eventually put a roll bar in it, AEM Intake, and Apexi Exhaust... It was a joy to drive and I miss it to this day.. There was zero room in the car and me being 6' 3" it ultimately lead me to trade it in... I traded it in for a g35 coupe in 2005 and just traded the G in for my 370z....

Each car did feel like a step up, but in different ways.. The G35 was the clasiest of the bunch, the 370z the fastest, but still even with me completely digging my 370z I still remember my s2000 as the most fun in a car I have had. Might of been the convertible but it was just somehting about vtec kicking in and the whole car just instantly jolting foward and bringing it up to 9k with the Tach going over the speedo with the shift light at the end. It felt like you were one with the car, its really hard to explain but its a drivers car. It certainly rewarded you for your driving skills and I loved that...

The only downside to the s2000 in my opinion is it doesnt take abuse the way my g35 and 370z seems to take. I blew two diffs while owning the s2000, both were covered under warranty, all though they prob should not of been. It was a direct result of abuse from me that it really didnt deserve. It is not meant to be dragged and while i had it I was in a 1/4 track phase and it prob saw 100 passes down the track launching at 5500-6400 rpms LOL... Poor car!!! But the car did not take that very well, as its not built to drag but its what I did with it. Never broke an axles or anything like that but the diffs would of costs me a fortune if I had to pay out of pocket.

I always said once s2000s drop under 10k I would pick another one up, but with owning the 370z now it would not be so practical to own two RWD sports cars in NY weather so that day will have to wait...

Its out matched compared to a 370z but if you look back at its arrival in 2000 nothing really came close, it was at the time the most HP per liter out of any production car to that date... Impressive for a Honda that costs 30k.

Its really hard to hate on the s2000s as there is little not to like about it... It does what it is supposed to do very well and not many cars can make it 10 years without a design change and still sell.

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09 370Z 6M PW - FBO Best 1/4 mile = 12.926 @ 109 SOLD -- 08 BMW 135i - FBO 12.1@120mph SOLD -- white 09 e92 335 Coupe Mtech - 11.9 @ 119 :-)