Honda S2000 Lease Questions

Replying to: donquixote30 (May 19, 2007 9:59 am)

FYI, my local dealer is expecting two new ones in two months (Rio yellow which the sales person is claiming) but you are probably right about the price.

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Replying to: donquixote30 (May 18, 2007 2:46 pm)

I would not sweat the miles. There have been thousands of S2000s sold with test drive miles on them and the car is still reliable.
 
Sure, we would all like to get 2-3 mile car or 10 or something - but it is just not going to happen for most folks.
 
My 01 S2000 I got used with over 1,000 on it and my 05 was new with 30 or so on it. Both ran/run flawlessly (knock on wood). If there was some "harm" done in those early miles, it would surely show up before the Honda factory warranty runs out - but I would not think it will.
 
Insisting on low miles is like folks you see in the store some time - they open the package to check out the item, then when they decide to buy they put back the package they opened and get a sealed item. Having one's cake and eating it too, I guess
 
Dennis

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Replying to: dwynne (May 21, 2007 7:12 am)

Dennis,
 
We took it for a short trip (300 round trip miles). I annoyed my wife because after about 10 minutes at a speed, I would adjust the speed by 5-10 mph to avoid breaking the engine in at a constant speed (not really sure if this matters but...). After today, I am at 402 on the odometer.
 
Getting on the freeway, I did run the tach past 7k, do you think I "broke" anything? It wasn't a hard accerlation and it was downhill so the engine rev'd up quicker than I had expected (Honest officer) so there wasn't a huge weight load put on the engine. I keep hearing how crucial it is for proper break-in so I'm nervous.
 
The car performed beautifully on the trip. I have a slight sunburn on the top of my head to show for it! Can you put sun-tan lotion in your hair?
 
Regarding the NFR and Rio Yellow, I was actually looking at an NFR and the wife suggested the yellow!

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Replying to: accelerator (May 21, 2007 7:39 am)

I hate interstate driving, if you take the back roads you will naturally vary your speed and gears. If you have to travel on the interstate/freeway just don't set the cruise and lock it in at one speed. Vary your speed up and back and even drop it into 5th for a bit.
 
Vtec'ing the car on the ramp should hurt nothing.
 
I think the owner's manual does not even mention not revving the engine nor does it mention not driving at a constant speed. I think they just recommend no hard braking for the first xxx miles and no full throttle acceleration for the first xxxx miles.
 
I think it is a good idea to avoid prolonged steady speeds and on the S maybe avoiding a lot of redline runs. In fact the engines seem to handle pretty much whatever is done to them. There is a cold motor redline (4-4.5k?) that you will find if you try to rev up too much before the engine is fully warmed up. It does that all the time, not just for break in.
 
The service manager at my local dealership also said no reason to change the initial oil out early, just do it around when you normally would. Honda states 10k in the book, I think, and 5k for harsh driving. I usually change mine about 4-5k, but that can be about once a year . If the build date on your car is pretty old (so it has been sitting on the lot a while) you might do the first change a little earlier.
 
Dennis

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Replying to: dwynne (May 21, 2007 10:37 am)

Now that you mention it, I think the manual talked about redlining it, not vtec'g. I'll have to go back and read that again. The hard breaking was 200 miles so I'm good there. The dealer told me 7000k miles for the first change for this climate but stressed not to change it too early, too.
 
This is the first car I've started and allow to idle for a minute or two before just taking off. Usually, I crank and go. I've never had a car make me feel quite like this car does... Is this odd? Does Honda sponsor a therapy group for S owners?
 
I cannot wait to go find some twisties...

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