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#31 of 604 Congrats by habitat1 Nov 30, 2003 (3:02 am)
I'm surprised you took the plunge after coming to your rational senses once before - but after all you only live once (or is it twice in your case).   One request - find out if Lucid Automotive is still around and, if they are, order their easy to install Polk rear speakers pre-installed in replacement panels for behind the seats. It won't make your S2000 into Carnegie Hall, but at least it ends up higher than "sucks" on the audio scale.   Color??
#32 of 604 by sphinx99 Nov 30, 2003 (8:17 am)
Suzuka!   Lucid still is around. I'm thinking about one of their $200 kits for the rear panels. However there's another option now, well, two options.   1. Honda how has a set of OEM headrest speakers that reside behind the driver and passenger hoops. Each is a plastic casing that encloses two small speakers, to provide volume and stereo imaging to each seat position. Looks very nice and gets great reviews from the very few people who have it. Downside is $400 from hardtopguy.com or $420 from handaaccessories.com. Install looks easy.   2. Some guy over on s2ki.com has been selling his own headrest speaker enclosure called "S-Pod" - it's an enclose for what looks like a single decent midrange speaker. Looks great (high quality kit) and supposedly sounds great since you control your speaker choice, and it's cheap; downside is no stereo and it's not OEM so who knows what support you get in the long run.   What I'm thinking is that the Lucid panels as well as the Honda OEM headrest speakers (either now or in the long run) together would be ideal. The problem is that the stock deck barely has enough juice to power the four tiny speakers in the car as it is; adding another six out back, even small ones, will run you out of pinouts as well as juice. At that point people start to say "headunit and amp" but I don't know if it's worth it - the cost escalates dramatically and I'd either have to start tearing things up to wire the car, or I'd have to trust my shiny new pride and joy to some sound shop.   On the other hand I have very little political capital left with Her, so I'm thinking I'd better spent what little is left in the next month, before it evaporates anyway. And, I really, really love listening to music on the way to work.   So I'll probably go with Lucid. Which setup do you have, habitat?   http://www.lucidautomotive.com/rssys/   I have to get a seat of wheel locks too... geez. Any recommendations on wheel locks other than Honda OEM? (Since the Honda OEM locks all share the same key?!?!?)
#33 of 604 Dealing with the Better Half by blacktalon Nov 30, 2003 (3:32 pm)
Just wait, sphinx -- in a couple years, you'll pull up to the house in a new NSX, saying, "Hi honey! Remember that home equity loan we talked about..."
#34 of 604 sphinx by habitat1 Nov 30, 2003 (4:21 pm)
I have Polk EX3's (model 352 if I'm not mistaken). It doesn't appear that Lucid offers the Polks anymore. You may want to ask them how the current offerings comapare - I am very pleased with the Polks.   Personally, I'm not enough of an audiophile to want to replace the factory head unit to seriously upgrade the system. I also like the fingertip controls alongside the steering wheel, which I have been told don't work with aftermarket systems. The Polk rear panel addition did the trick for me. They are very efficient speakers, as well, and put out a lot of clear sound at relatively low volume settings.   Good luck.   P.S. Can't help you on the wheel locks - my dealer threw them in for free.
#35 of 604 snow + RE050 = death by sphinx99 Dec 02, 2003 (6:16 pm)
I just returned from a business trip to Toronto. It seemed like a good opportunity to put a few miles on the car and see how it fares. While in Toronto, we got a nice sprinkling (about an inch or two) of the white stuff, and I got to see how the '04 and its new, wider tires fared.   Well, they didn't.   Let me put it this way: 1/2 inch of white stuff, 1000rpm (just above stalling) and about 4km/hr on the speedo, on a flat surface---and the rear is spinning. I'm not saying that there was very little traction. There was *no* traction. My colleague/travelmate in her GMC Yukon, just behind me, thought my antics in trying to get out of the parking lot was pretty amusing. I nearly begged her for a tow.   On the drive back, we had some flurries and let's just say it wasn't pretty. If it weren't for the convoy of semis in front of me, whose treadmarks provided a path for the RE050s to get some grip, I wouldn't be alive to post this right now.   Basically, the RE050s suck in the snow. They are spectacularly bad. Horrific, terrible, even heinous... I can't come up with enough colorful adjectives. But let's put it this way: they're even worse than the S02s.   For blacktalon since he was asking - I do not recommend driving an '04 in the snow belt during inclement weather without either (a) snow tires and/or (b) life insurance.
#36 of 604 habitat by sphinx99 Dec 02, 2003 (6:17 pm)
"I also like the fingertip controls alongside the steering wheel, which I have been told don't work with aftermarket systems."   This generally is the case. There *are* some headunits, it turns out, that preserve the controls, with some wiring. Moreover, Alpine even has an OEM adapter to allow some of their HUs to work transparently with the side controls. The problem is that only their upper end headunits support the adapter, and I've never understood the four-figure-headunit thing.
#37 of 604 Sphinx99 by nyccarguy Dec 10, 2003 (6:56 pm)
Congrats on your new S2K!
#38 of 604 by sphinx99 Dec 12, 2003 (12:59 pm)
There are some widely varying opinions/debates on S2KI about the 2.2L's actual output - about half the dynos show the same peak hp (just more accessible), and half the dynos show about + ~20hp peak power over the 2.0L. Hopefully more numbers will come in.   0-60 time is harder to compare thanks to the revised gearing 2nd gear tops out around 55mph or so. I read that it even bounces off the rev limiter under 60mph. (Not that I am going to find out.) No wonder nobody's comparing 0-60 times, etc.
#39 of 604 2002 vs. 2004 by habitat1 Dec 13, 2003 (12:21 am)
A couple of weeks ago I was given a 2004 S2000 to drive over the Thanksgiving weekend. I have also driven a neighbors 2002 over a similar weekend route (300+ miles).   I found the 2002 very slightly more to my liking. While I can see where some would like the slightly greater low end torque of the 2004 and less highway cruising noise (lower rpm), I would only buy the S2000 as a sports car / roadster. The 9,000 rpm redline, lower gearing and (at least to me) slightly quicker feel of the 2002 would be my preference for a weekend car. I did not notice any significant difference in handling between the two, larger wheels and tires on the 2004 notwithstanding. In other words, both handle great, albeit not quite Boxster S level.   I still believe the S2000 is one of the best vehicles and values from Japan that can compete with much more expensive German rivals.
#40 of 604 Keep '01 S2K with Transmission Problems? by sasha22 Dec 14, 2003 (7:11 pm)
#1 of 3 Keep '01 S2000 w/Transmission Problem? by sasha22 Dec 13, 2003 (4:14 pm) Just bought an '01 S2000 in excellent condition w/45K miles for $2K under KBB from a broker w/3-mo drive & power train warranty.   Vehicle now needs $3,500 work on the transmission--but it's covered under the broker's limited warranty. However, broker is resisting in repairing vehicle (even though we have a contract). They have suggested they want the car back (probably so they can fix it and re-sell for a higher). I'm not sure if I should give/sell car back to them, or have them fix it and keep the car. If I keep it, I'd basically have a brand new transmission and a good running car, but if I return the car to them, I would have to spend another $2-$5K for another used '01 or '02 and that's $$ I really don't have. Any thoughts or comments?

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