Put me on the list of people that own both.
s2000 Goods:
Front engine layout is easy to work on.Oem parts are cheap and used parts are everywhere.Interior is straight forward,personally I love the gauges.The transmission is great.Shifting in that car is the best.Handling is just as good.Car has a timing chain so no worries.If you happen to somehow screw up the engine,there is plenty of replacements for decent pricing.If you plan to mod $5-6k will get you a bolt on inline pro turbokit and put you at 400whp.
s2000 Bads:
Now with AP1's getting more affordable,the "civic racer boy" crowd is getting them.In stock form its pretty slow but hey which Honda actually has TQ? :biggrin:
nsx Goods:
It is a timeless design car produced in limited numbers.It holds its value pretty dam good and will turn heads even if its a 18 year old car.You can daily this car and not have to worry about problems in comparison to other name exotics.Yes the nsx is an exotic...the smart mans exotic.
With proper maintenance you dont have a thing to worry about.This car is a ATTENTION GETTER.If your possibly gay and dont like the ladys admiring it,then this will be in the bad column for you.
nsx Bads:
Rear engine layout makes things a pita not all but most of the times.More so when doing bigger work on it.New parts that aren't wear & tear items are ridiculous expensive.Even used parts are ridiculous expensive depending on whos selling them.I find lots of people over pricing lots of things.Almost always I hear the same explanation of why.Cause its a smaller market,etc.
Turbokits for NSX are more like $10k+.If you compare the parts..its the same! Maybe longer piping but not
that much.Tranny and engine are nice but dear lord do NOT mess anything up!!! Try finding an engine.And when you do find one expect to pay $5k or so without a tranny.About $8k for a 3.2 version.Interior,to me,is very dated.
Well thats all I can think of right now. :tongue: I had my s2000,built it,took it apart,never finished putting it back together.lol.Instead I bought my nsx and put it together since the previous owner took it apart.Now I sold it and gonna go back to finishing my s2000 one last time.After that though I will be back in an NSX.I want a 02+ though for the front end and targa.Even with all the stuff I listed,I love the look too much not to have one.
-Alex