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get ahold of your ego b4 you get a sports car it will only get you in trouble!

 
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save your money and be happy that you have such a nice car. if you are 17 you don't know ****. I'm 22 and I still don't know ****. You NEVER know when you are going to need $$$, and being up to your ears in debt (even though it's the American way), is not a good place to start in life.

 
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at that age, stick with a civic, or get a tc if you want change... but s2000's good for a weekend car, so get something more practical. Just my opinion.

 
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Well if you must, you can do what I did and get an RX-8. The nature of the car in comparison to the S2K is so similar it's uncanny, however it's got better steering response and seems to handle better. It also has traction control which isn't even an option on the S2K and IMO would be a must for a 17 y/o driving a RWD sports car. But in the end you're going to do what you're going to do regardless of what we tell you here, so why do you even ask?

 
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I'm 18 and drive the s2000 daily and it's not so bad. The car doesn't act like a RWD unless your really trying hard. It doesn't have that instant torque like a V8.

 
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what's that supposed to mean? maybe you're just used to driving rwd cars, but the s2000 isnt the hardest thing to get sideways.


Listen to what everyone else is saying, you dont need to get yourself in debt because of a car at the age of 17, you have your whole life ahead of you. You dont want to be making car payments when you're in college (save the money for books, tuition, or booze). Save that expensive car as a college graduation present for yourself, when you can comfortably buy it with your own money when you have a better job.

To tell you the truth, I dont even take most kids our age (im 18) seriously when they're in expensive cars, because I know that most likely, the car belongs to their dad (or they have really rich parents who would buy them whatever they want).

 
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true ^^

 
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age of the driver has nothing to do with this. i know a guy with an rx8 that when he bought it he couldnt even drive a manual. (he burned out the clutch in a week lol) so when he asked me to help him learn manual i was more than happy to help. he gave me the keys and we took off. thats the first time i had ever driven a rwd sports coupe and i had no problems. drove it all night. i was 17 at the time. since then the fastest car i think ive driven was a cobra.

 
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I traded in my 03 Ex cpe m/t back in september for a 05 s2k. The civic was on a lease (as well as the s2k) and had 34k. It was weird because they looked at it for about 5 minutes and told me it was worth $11,000. It sidemarkers along with the rs grill and megan header and cat.

Anyways, We got as low as $28k for the s2000 and my payments are in the $200, but it's still on a lease

In comparison to daily driving between the two, it does have pros and cons. Being in the s2k is like being in a cockpit. One thing I do hate is that the windshield is perfectly designed to block street lights. The clutch feels just the same except for you do have to shift gears with more umph. I find myself missing 1-2 from time to time. People will claim of having to take the car to high revs but I find myself shifting under 3k around town and I'm in 6th gear by 45mph. On the highway I realize that you have to accelerate through turns or the car just seems to sit and lose speed. One thing you do feel on the highway is wind resistience from 18 wheelers, especially a few ft. in front of them. Gas mileage is good but I've never gotten 300 from a full tank but I do vtec it once or twice.

The car just seems keep a smile on your face as it cuts through the twisties so easily. You can keep gaining speed into a corner and then you feel the car literally pivot and shift balance. While driving spirited every shift feels so silky and redlining just grows to become more intoxicating. After installing the testpipe you can feel vibrations while in engagment. At 6200 Honda greets you with the harmonic tunes of the VTEC engine. The great thing about it is that you can feel transition in every gear. I've tested 5th gear at around 95mph and 6th at 120 you can still feel the umph. I've gone 120 with top down and 135 top up and still had lots more to give.

I have been to the drags only twice but have beaten modded 99-up Mustang GTs, Srt-4, Saturn Redline, Preludes, Type S, Integras, but I did get beat by a fully built 99 Si. The car won't give you the umph you feel from the Z or low end tq cars, its just started cookin while they're gasping for breathe at redline, but in return gives us much delight from total driver control over its incredibly tossable and silky smooth nature.


Like I said, my first car was a Ex M/T and before that the only rwd I had ever driven was a 3000gt. Its not like the rear just snaps out of command on the s2k, the car has half the tq that it has of hp. Its not a hard car to drive at all, You have to be going well above 15mph in 2nd to make the rear fishtail anyways. This goes for pretty much all rwd cars, you won't even notice the rwd unless your taking your car to the limits.

 
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I never said that you couldnt drive a stick, or handle a rwd car. Im just trying to make a point that if you're not responsible with a powerful rwd car it will get you sooner or later (which amplifies itself in even slightly worse than normal weather conditions)

btw...aren't 3000gt's awd?

 
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alright, well i didnt expect to get flamed this much, and like i said, it was a thought, and yes, i have gotten in trouble one other time, but it wasnt anything really bad, and this time i dont think i should get in any trouble since nothing we got arrested for was mine, but since my parents are tryin to look out for me, i guess il jus go with the flow, well i think i should be able to get around $9000 or so for my car stock, thats what honda quoted me, and i can sell my body kit and exhaust and adjustable springs on here, should get a little less then $1000 for all that, and i do have my birthday and christmas in the next 3 weeks, so i should have around $10-$11,000, so im thinking i want a quicker car then my slow d17, so im looking into a 99-00civic si, im gonna keep my rims for that car and try to find one in the 8-9000 range in the si blue, what do u guys think?

 
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well i was looking around, and i got my 7th gen off ebay, and i think im definetly gonan sell my car and end up getting either a 99-00 civic si off ebay or a rsx off ebay, what you guys think, i want power, so im leanin towards rsx, cuz of the k20, but the si engine can be built up pretty nice

 
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im not trying to show off in college at all, and im going to go to a community college, and my parents are paying for my college, the post does have relevance to getting arrested cuz im not driving because of taht and i wanted to see if anybody would give me advice on that also along with my choice of a car to buy, i actually am very mature, and my behavior had nothing to do with it because i have never done any drugs ever, i was just int he wrong place at the wrong time, so do you have anything to say about my new revised choice, rsx or 99-00 civic si??

 
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Why would you want to get a used 6th gen Si when coming from a 7th gen? You might as well go ahead and drop a K series in your ride if your looking at 6th gen or RSX. Your best bet would probably be an EP between the two.

What will be your purpose and your goals? If your into straight line performance than you'd be better off with something like a SRT4 which is around $20,000 with stock turbo will mod for mod will be faster than all of the above.

 
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Cause 6thgen si's are friggin sweet. To this day I would still trade my 7thgen for a 6thgen si. I actually looked at one during thanksgiving break...a little over 100k miles and he was firm on 12k...no thank you.

Thats a more feasible option, in my opinion...or you could simply swap or turbo like eeeeeeh said

 
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this keeps getting worse and worse. A B16 in a 2600lb car isn't going to feel or be much faster than what you have now. Why do you need to go faster? There is only so much room between you and the slow person in front of you. When you get your Si and you are getting worse gas mileage and your insurance is more expensive, you'll be saying-man, I need a G35 or an Evo or some other junk. If you have that much money just keep your car and do something for someone else. Christmas is coming up you know. there are probably poor people in your town....I was doing the same thing as you, saying-man I need an S14 or a Z28 or something faster. Well, the guys in the Viper boards with Twin Turbo 1000WHP Heffner vipers are saying the same thing. Just be happy, I am.

 
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I agree... Yes its fun to go fast and all every once in a while, but believe me you will outgrow it. Its dangerous too, you gotta think with your brain and not with your foot on the gas. I think you would be better off with either a swap in your car since you have some nice mods to it already. Just my .02

 
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One question that I didnt see asked.. WHERE THE HELL WOULD YOU GET THAT CASH AT 17? I'm just curious. Did your parents buy your 7thgen (not flamming, just asking) S2k's are 30G's and at 17? WTF? Just curious.

~n~

 
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um, i started working the day after i turned 14 at burger king, saved up my money, and worked at a gas station for lik 4 months, and im a cook at The Olive Garden right now, and i make $8 an hour, and i saved up like every cent of mine, and i already have enough money to buy my girlfriend presents and the rest of my family preseents, i already took care of that, and i saved up $10,000 and bought my 7th gen september 04' for $9000, i pay for everything myself, parents have pitched in a total of $0, i went to my local honda dealership and they said they would give me a check for $9000 for my car stock or with mods on it, so im gonan take everything off of it and sell it to honda for $9000, and part out, i love 6th gen si's, and there faster then what i have now, and i wanted to turbo my car really badly, had the money for tuning and installation and everything, but i found out you dont get that great of an increase in power, so im gonna try to get a 6th gen si and build the motor up before spring and race it at the strip every once in awhile, cuz my girlfriends dad got me hooked on racing, and the d17 isnt helping

 
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and i cant afford to get a swap, it would be way too much money, and my dad doesnt think anything is wrong with the engine i have in my car now, so he wouldnt approve of that, the transmission is grinding in 3rd, but i let my dad drive it to see what he thinks and he granny shifts at 2500-3000 rpm wehn i usually shift at around 5000, and he doesnt hear the grinding, but i know it does, so im gonna sell it and try to get a 6ht gen si, what else u guys think, any more opinions are welcomed

 
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I definitely like the looks of a 99 or 00 si, they are sharp cars. I think thats a smarter choice than getting an S2000 right now. Its all about what you want to do with the car in the future. Race it? Daily drive it? Keep it for many years to come? Just remember that even a 2000 is now 6 years old, maybe 7 depending on when it was purchased, so no matter what the condition, its still got some good life already on it.

My personal opinion is that the 7th gens are a lot better looking dispite the performance. But if thats what youre going for them go for it.

 
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^^I agree 7th gens do look cleaner. Why not a dc2? The GSR would have more potential than the B16.

 
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I'd say go with a 6th gen over the S2000. Just because at the point your at in life you'd hate to drive an S2000. Every ding, scrape, scratch ect would have you in a fit. Also with a S you'd have to look to get something to drive on shitty days so theres more cash out of pocket. There are plenty of options to look at. 240SX's are sweet and you can drop in a SR20 pretty easily and inexpensive. The 6gen SI is good, So are Teg's. You could even try to find a used WRX for around 18G's or even a older 300Z. Just look around and decide before you jump in to anything.

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well my parents decided that it was going to be a punishment for me to sell my car, although i didnt do anything wrong, but they want to punish me, and they said if i sell my car im not getting another car, so what do you say if my 3rd g ear is grinding, i forget what there called but the part of the transmission that speeds up to shift from gear to gear, its messed up and how much will it be to replace, since its not under waranty anymore? so im keeping my 7th gen and trying to get the tranny fixed and get it repainted
what are all your opinions?

 
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I will say that day to day the S2K gets pretty hard to live with. If I have something that's on the large size I have no place to put it. A few months ago I bought a broom, and had to make my friend hold it while I put the top down, and there's no way that would fit in the trunk. It's for this reason that I drive the RX-8 more often than the S2K.