Today I made the journey to Clitheroe where I know a few car nuts who I know love the S2000. It was a sunny day so of course the roof was down and I let the sound from the Vtec soak into my ears and I went along all happy and merry. I stopped of at McDonald’s for some food while Ray came to meet me. We exchanged a few words, and interestingly noticed how low the S2000 was compared to his ZetecS which is quite low anyway. Before too long we hopped into the S2000 and I gave ray a ride to his house.. so he could feed his cats hehe.

Then Ray took me for a drive in the S2000, I trust him because I know he knows what hes doing but been the worst passenger ever means no matter how much you trust someone, it still makes me fear for my life. So when Ray asked if it was ok to floor it in second gear, I don’t know why I said “yes go for it” with out saying “but let me get out first”. The mad man flew around the short stretch of road with familiarity and even though it was quite a brisk pace the S2000 kept its cool and didn’t misbehave at all.


When we got back to his I showed him the engine and how big the cone filter was in the air box. He requested to keep the lid off for a short while, and the result was an amazing sound from the engine. The induction sounded fatter, deeper and louder. The first part of the video below is with the airbox lid off, and the Ray driving bit is of the airbox lid on. Just listen for yourself. Later on Danny had a drive and that was alittle more relaxing been on a dead straight road. I also demonstrated the braking to him. We both agreed the Civic should have the same system on it. But the conclusion from Ray and Danny was that 9000rpm was brilliant and the S2000 is a great car. 

On my way home I got seriously lost, must have done 60 miles going dead opposite to home. I realised my phone has sat nav and as soon as I got on the motorway I was fine. I pulled in to a service station for a desperate pee and upon returning to the S2000 I noticed I had a massive carpark all to my self. Of course I though “lets fine out when it does break loose”. I speeded up and turned the wheel while keeping the throttle open. Nothing happened except it gripped. This would have sent the MR2 spinning madly. But the S2000 was undisturbed. I tried again even faster with even more power which just seemed chaotic, yet the right outter tire only made a slight scrapping noise for about 0.1 second before resuming with full grip again. I must have loooked crazy and I was outside a travel lodge hotel, so I left it at that and wondered just how high the potential is for the S2000 as I joined back onto the M62.