I guess I'm kind of slow to respond sometimes, especially on threads where my name gets mentioned.
Yes I owned an S2000 for about five years, but I eventually bounced it off of a tree and wasn't interested in getting another one. The problem that I had with it is that if I got on a twisty road I couldn't control myself and would always just fly around the corners. And I loved running the thing to the 9000 rpm redline. Out on the highway I looked forward to getting stuck behind someone doing about 50 when the speed limit was higher because I could shift into second gear and just blast on by them for the pass. Second gear topped out at about 65 mph, then third was good for about 95. Gotta watch the "follow through" into fourth gear.
I only tried for top speed once, in Nevada, and saw 150 indicated with the top down. Faster than I've ever been on a motorcycle.
But as much as I liked that car, I felt the need for something more sensible when I bought its replacement. So now I have a V-6 Mustang convertible which never, ever tempts me to go fast. In fact, I'm pretty sure the 1996 Plymouth Grand Voyager minivan I used to own had better handling than the Mustang.
But the Mustang is great for slow cruising and it holds four people.
Oh, one more thing. The clutch in the 2000 model year would just burn if you tried a slow release at anything over about 5000 rpms. And it would smell for days. The only way to make a quick launch with the older ones was to rev the engine up and remove your foot from the clutch pedal to get the quickest release possible. There were lots of discussions about that in the early days of the s2ki.com forum.
Now I'm sort of missing that car.
