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Hi guys, still own the civic, but I'm in the market for an s2000. I'm about to pull the trigger on one, but I wanted more opinions of the blackstone report before I do.

 
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You won't want to run an S2k all winter, I'm sure. You probably get snow far deeper than the car sits and even 4 snow tires don't help when your belly is stuck up on a drift.

Got holes in the conv. top? New top?


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Sample date 7/1/14? Seems pretty old.
Someone put 5w20 or 5w30 in it instead of 10w30?


I don't get to see oil sample analysis every day (or ever) so I'm not gonna try to make heads or tails of the report.
Whomever wrote the comments didn't seem scared or even concerned with the test results, seems good to me.

 
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No, this will be a summer car only. Garaged all winter. New top. It did see the track. The owner was running 10w30 bc that's what the owners manual calls for, but he was changing it every 2000-3000 miles. The car seems really well taken care of, just don't really know what to look for in the report besides for the comments provided.

 
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Hondas specific oil spec to look for on the bottle was HTO-06 for 10w30, maybe they didn't use oil meeting that spec.


Consider maintenance based on time in addition to mileage. Sitting half the year is hard on a car too.


My only whine with the cars was tires..... Sure the car can stick like glue but treadwear was horrible compared to other cars. I guess if you want good treadwear you don't get to have it sticking like glue to the road.
Those cars eat the inboard edges of the tires all the way around. May be worse if it was aligned to be aggressive on the track.

Tires can't be rotated front to rear due to staggered wheel and tire sizes, and different hub sizes f/r on the stock wheels to ensure they can't be accidentally rotated.

Depending on the tires installed, there may be really limited options. If you don't track the car or ever push it hard (drive like Grandma) I'd say to use non-directional symmetrical tread tires so they can be run on either side and either direction. Directional tires can't be rotated side to side.

If the tread design will allow, at around 50% tread life you can flip the tires on the rims then switch side to side and wear out a new edge before the rest of the tires are completely worn out.



And...I'm too fat/old/inflexible to replace a soft top in an S now LOL. I used to do Miata tops no problem just a few years ago...