Hey i am about to buy a used 2000 S2000. Have about 30000 miles on it. The guy is asking for 16400? What do you think. Reasonable for 30000 or shall i look for more. And What about the comfort will it be good for a daily use car? And what about during Snow. Do you think i will be stuck if i take the car out in snow coz i will be using this car as my daily use car? And i live in Chicago so it snows sometimes during winter. And how is the handling during wet road conditions?

 

i think the counter-question here is: Why would you drive that beauty in the snow? and the answer is "its not the ideal snow mobile in the Honda lineup"

 

i mean coz i am gonna use this car as my daily drive. I really dont wanna get another car just for winter. You know what i mean. What if i put some snow tires on it. Would that work?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by up4fun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i mean coz i am gonna use this car as my daily drive. I really dont wanna get another car just for winter. You know what i mean. What if i put some snow tires on it. Would that work?</TD></TR></TABLE>well the car gets squirrely in the rain so in the snow i think its cause for disaster. Luckily though i have never had the pleasure of driving in the snow. i live in FL lol.

 

You need snow tires if you are going to drive it in the snow/winter months. OEM tires (AP1/AP2) are absolutely useless in the snow. You won't go anywhere at all.

I tried to be a tough guy this past winter and had to be winched/towed twice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOZrAc6SuPY

The above video shows me being pulled after wiggling around in that spot for about 20 minutes. In that 20 minutes, I must have moved forward about 3 feet. Eventually, I kept moving to the side. Any more and I would have slid down the embankment behind the car. Luckily my insurance covers all this for free.

 

from wat i hear s2000's are one of the top 10 worst cars to drive in the snow. JUST DONT DO IT, lol ride the bus if u have to lol

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by up4fun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> And i live in Chicago so it snows sometimes during winter. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Are you kidding! You won't go anywhere in Chicago with an s2000 and 3 ft of snow plus mad traffic.

And it snows more than just somtimes.

 

Good snowtires make all the difference in the winter time.

With proper tires you can make the car feel almost, like the dry.

But deep snow is always the killer.

 

Actually, I live in the Chicago area too, and one of my neighbors drives a S2000, and has been for the past three years. It's his DD, and he just puts on winter tyres along with sandbags in his trunk, and says it's easily drivable.

By the way, I plan on purchasing a S2000 in the future as well, and it'll be my DD.

 

S2k? Snow? Should work well

 

hell no don't drive it in the snow

whad are ya?!? POOR?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by FifthGearOnline &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">rear wheel drive cars are awesome in the snow, as long as you have studded tires</TD></TR></TABLE>

Gota have chains too.

 

You live in Niles not to far from where I live maybe you went to west.

Well the S2000 wont do our chicago winters, you could get different tires and sand bags for the trunk but I would suggest another car like a beater.

 

worst snow vehicle i've ever owned... and it wasn't on poorly suited tires.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Le Flux Flux &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Actually, I live in the Chicago area too, and one of my neighbors drives a S2000, and has been for the past three years. It's his DD, and he just puts on winter tyres along with sandbags in his trunk, and says it's easily drivable. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Easily - I doubt it

Drivable - Yes

Logical - No

 

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Easily - I doubt it

Drivable - Yes

Logical - No</TD></TR></TABLE>



The S should be a SECOND car, not your only mode of transpo.

All you ghey DD S'ers about to jump down my throat, STFU & GTFO.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by P Nut &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The S should be a SECOND car, not your only mode of transpo.</TD></TR></TABLE>

when i get my S itll be my DD until i can find a cheap winter beater, then it will go back to being a DD

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by up4fun &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i mean coz i am gonna use this car as my daily drive. I really dont wanna get another car just for winter. You know what i mean. What if i put some snow tires on it. Would that work?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I live in chicago. The short answer is: yes, but its a TERRIBLE idea.

Snow tires cost as much as a beater car. The beater car saves your S2000 from salt, and accidents.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Danza &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hell no don't drive it in the snow

whad are ya?!? POOR?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'm starting to get your joke. I like your style.

 

Just make sure you have full coverage before you take it out in the snow.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoostedGreddy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Easily - I doubt it

Drivable - Yes

Logical - No</TD></TR></TABLE>

You guys are REALLY exaggerating the the severity of driving the S2k in the winter.

To the OP - it really isn't as bad as some of these people are saying. I've made it through the winters in a Miata, as have various other of my friends who DD other light-weight RWD cars. Most of the time in winter the roads are are clear and plowed. For those rare times when you're driving in the midst of a snow storm, a bad one at that, you can be in almost any car, and you'll have TERRIBLE traction. Start out in second gear and don't go over a certain speed and you'll be just dandy.

Also, for those weirdos saying the S2k is the worst car to drive in the snow, look at the facts: The S2000 makes less power in the low RPM range than many cars out there do. Unless you're driving like a complete maniac, there's no reason why the car would be any worse than any other RWD car out there. Also, at 2,8xx lbs, it's not exactly feather-light either.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Le Flux Flux &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You guys are REALLY exaggerating the the severity of driving the S2k in the winter.

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Do you even own an s2000 and have driven it in winter?

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To the OP - it really isn't as bad as some of these people are saying. I've made it through the winters in a Miata, as have various other of my friends who DD other light-weight RWD cars.

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I don't even have to say anything on this one. The problem is in bold.


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The S2000 makes less power in the low RPM range than many cars out there do. Unless you're driving like a complete maniac, there's no reason why the car would be any worse than any other RWD car out there. Also, at 2,8xx lbs, it's not exactly feather-light either.</TD></TR></TABLE>


It's 2,750 lbs , and yes there are cars with more tq at low end, but generally they will be heavier alot heavier makes it better to drive in snow. And yes an s2000 is considered light according to the power to weight ratio.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Le Flux Flux &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

You guys are REALLY exaggerating the the severity of driving the S2k in the winter.

To the OP - it really isn't as bad as some of these people are saying. I've made it through the winters in a Miata, as have various other of my friends who DD other light-weight RWD cars. Most of the time in winter the roads are are clear and plowed. For those rare times when you're driving in the midst of a snow storm, a bad one at that, you can be in almost any car, and you'll have TERRIBLE traction. Start out in second gear and don't go over a certain speed and you'll be just dandy.

Also, for those weirdos saying the S2k is the worst car to drive in the snow, look at the facts: The S2000 makes less power in the low RPM range than many cars out there do. Unless you're driving like a complete maniac, there's no reason why the car would be any worse than any other RWD car out there. Also, at 2,8xx lbs, it's not exactly feather-light either.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well, how do you know that the OP has ever driven a RWD car of this nature in the winter. I agree that in the snow, a Miata would be a LOT like an S2000. I drove my S13 thru one winter. It's fun unless you have to be somewhere.

I mean I guess the S2000 would be allright with winter tires. I said it was a terrible idea....not just because the car would be a handful, but because so many bad things happen to a car in the winter. Even if you dont crash, you might hit a curb, HUGE potholes form in the winter, Salt is corrosive, Paint never looks as good once its been thru a winter. and many other reasons.

The best of the reasons is that snow tires cost $500 or so. A beater costs about $500-800. You save on insurance (usually 84 civics are cheaper to insure than S2000s), you save your car from the winter beating, and if you were to crash your beater, you can go to a junkyard and fix it for probably less than the DEDUCTIBLE on your S2000.

 

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Do you even own an s2000 and have driven it in winter? </TD></TR></TABLE>

Not a S2000 specifically, but a car that's even more "dangerous".

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoostedGreddy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I don't even have to say anything on this one. The problem is in bold. </TD></TR></TABLE>

*Yawn*

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoostedGreddy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">It's 2,750 lbs , and yes there are cars with more tq at low end, but generally they will be heavier alot heavier makes it better to drive in snow. And yes an s2000 is considered light according to the power to weight ratio.</TD></TR></TABLE>

That's why you throw some sandbags in the back. It doesn't matter whether or not it's "considered" light by the power-to-weight ratio. What matters is that it's not a sub-2,500 lbs car, and at a good 2,900 lbs with the driver (over 3,000 with sandbags), it's certainly heavy enough to keep planted.

As for the $500 beaters; sure that's an alternative, but you've got to consider that:

A.) Not everyone has a garage, especially people in the Chicago-land area.

and

B.) A $500 beater is likely to be more dangerous with any miscellaneous problems that could exist.

I'll repeat myself: I think the S2000 is a very manageable car during the winter. Obviously, it's not the best, but at the same time, it's not the worst. It shouldn't stop you from buying the car is what it all comes down to.

 

ehhhhhh to lazy to respond.

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