And I'm in love. Buying that S2000

"McChiken116 - Patrick H." (mcchiken116)
10/29/2013 at 23:27 • Filed to: None

It's silver, 3 pedals, Last year of the AP1 and an absolute blast of a small car.

DISCUSSION (19)

Nighthawkwill7, Hoon Depot Manager > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/29/2013 at 23:29

YES

scoob > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/29/2013 at 23:48

Now you got me looking on CL for S2000s.

GhostZ > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 00:04

Kinja'd!!!

Step 2?

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 00:48

Okay, so what's the third pedal for? Brake, gas and.... ?

Squid > GhostZ
10/30/2013 at 01:24

My old neighbor has an AP2 with those spoon front fenders. They are absolutely gorgeous on the car.

Squid > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 01:28

Enjoy your soon to be AP1. They are a blast, just don't trust it right away. They are evil bitches when they want to kill you. Enjoy that VTEC kicking in yo! I may suggest you look into the Berk Technology testpipe "cat-back" exhaust. It sounds meaner than all hell and it helps massively reduce the mid range dip in power before VTEC kicks in. The noise the F20C makes when it is uncorked and allowed to scream at 9,000 RPM is intoxicating.

Greenmobile Supremo Commando, BRZ Extrordinare > GhostZ
10/30/2013 at 01:29

I'm in love with that spoon hardtop.

So much wow.

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars
10/30/2013 at 01:33

3rd pedal is for more awesome

RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 01:34

Please don't wreck it ...

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
10/30/2013 at 01:49

3rd pedal is the man pedal. Or woman pedal. Ain't tryna be sexist.

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire
10/30/2013 at 10:06

If I do I would promptly kill myself. I count myself as a pretty good driver, but I'm going to learn the car before I go hard

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > Greenmobile Supremo Commando, BRZ Extrordinare
10/30/2013 at 10:06

I want to keep the soft top (Texas) but man I could do a lot to this car.

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars
10/30/2013 at 10:07

For me it was the "Holy crap more" pedal

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > Squid
10/30/2013 at 10:08

I didn't know they had such a reputation, but I will take it easy for a while. Learn the ins and outs of it.

Squid > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 11:29

Yeah They aren't as vicious as Vipers but a large majority of AP1's hold salvage titles from being crashed when the horrid bumpsteer kicks the rear out. The AP1's have so weird suspension geometry in the rear subframe that does this. It isn't a deal killer for the car, it is just something to be aware of before you try to go 10/10's and lose it. I hate to see wrecked S2000's.

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > Squid
10/30/2013 at 12:18

I'm a smart boy, I'll be careful. And this is going to be my baby and project, so I won't push it 10/10 that often

saabstory | fixes bikes, breaks cars > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 18:59

My uncle calls it a few things, like the "stall-reduction" pedal and the "what's that smell?" pedal. The second one is really only used when he's teaching someone.

Squid > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
10/30/2013 at 20:57

The high rev limiter is addicting. A good alignment will do wonders for the car as well. From what I hear the timing chain tensioner is a common failure problem. They are great cars that have a great motor but some questionable suspension geometry in the rear. If you want to dial out the understeer that is engineered into the car you can simply put wheels that are of equal width on all four corners and ditch the staggered setup. Enjoy your new baby and revel in the fact that driving with the top down at night is pretty much the best thing in the world. s2ki is a decent forum to glean info from too.

djmanila > McChiken116 - Patrick H.
11/02/2013 at 16:25

congratulations. I miss mine.