Things I don't like about the S2000

"yitznewton" (yitznewton) 04/12/2016 at 20:36 • Filed to: Honda s2000

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Lack of clock, stock horn, rear plastic window (pre-02), trunk leaks, rear visibility with top up, slippery pedals, digital gauges, and slippery seats.

Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > yitznewton 04/12/2016 at 20:50

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1. the horn will never overpower the sound of Vtec (yo!)

2. I utterly hate the slippery pedals, a few of the rubber things are missing from my brake pedal. To my knowledge though, on the 07 Si at least, you cannot simply swap out the clutch pedal by itself (WTF Honda). StrutKing sells the rubber inserts though, if needed.

Chasaboo > yitznewton 04/12/2016 at 23:07

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That’s why I drive a Honda Fit. I’ve got none of those issues. On a side note, dude in the building had an S2000, it got stolen last weekend.

yitznewton > Chasaboo 04/13/2016 at 05:53

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Heh, I was actually thinking of including theft in the video!

Canoesmith > Chasaboo 04/19/2016 at 15:28

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but its a Honda Fit.....

Nauraushaun > Chasaboo 04/25/2016 at 08:02

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There are a lot of good reasons to drive an S2000 over a Fit too :P Lets not ignore those

Nauraushaun > yitznewton 04/25/2016 at 08:06

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Good video! It’s hard to find out these little owner niggles. Top Gear and friends focus on all sorts of things, things which matter less in day to day use than these do.

A demonstration of the horn would’ve been nice :P

It’s very sad to hear that the legandary Honda quality has lead to collapsed and slippery seats, a leaky ragtop and a cracked rear window on the early cars, and slippery pedals. Many of these seem like common issues - I’m pretty sure all cars with folding plastic rear windows are prone to cracking in cold weather, and I’ve certainly seen collapsed bolsters before. These shouldn’t be present on a well-made 12 year old car I don’t think.

Could you buy a bag of those rubber nobs and replace them as necessary? It might be cheap, quick and easy!

yitznewton > Nauraushaun 04/25/2016 at 18:24

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The knobs take a lot of force being on the clutch, so the surface would have to be prepared well... good idea though. I tried some adhesive traction tape on the surface, but it didn’t take.

As for the horn, I didn’t get a “before” recording with the OEM horn, but there are a bunch on YT.

Nauraushaun > yitznewton 04/25/2016 at 18:27

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Oh I thought maybe they were just pushed into the holes and that was that.

I’m sure there are a bunch on YT :) Thanks