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Author Subject: Life after le Rallye [pics]
chet

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Post #1
As some may remember, I sold the Rallye in December. Miss it big time!
Thought I would go without a car for several months due to not needing a one apart from the odd weekend use here and there… and in that time, be able to carry on saving for property or something RWD – for which I had been keeping an eye out for several months, as you do.

Then, not too long after letting the Rallye go, something popped up, a model I had always wanted, in the colour I would’ve wanted, in the spec I would’ve wanted. So I went for it.
Not too popular amongst many people in this club, and I doubt the colour will go down well with others, but hey, I love it Love

2004 / under 33k miles / one owner after Honda / FHSH.



























Oh, and before you tell me, I already know….



VTEC just kicked in…



yO!

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 15:54
adam b

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Post #2
its yellow.

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 15:54
jcooper776

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Post #3
Some will come on and say you bought a girls car in a girls colour.

But....


I like it Hyper

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 15:54
will130787

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Post #4
Nice, I like the unusual colours normally! Good looking car bud Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 15:54
adam b

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Post #5
Actually I like it (wouldn't own it, but like it), but needs anthracite alloys imo Smile

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 15:56
pugpete

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Post #6
Looks great! Another vote for anthracite alloys Cool

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 15:59
phil19gti

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Post #7
Lovely car.

Horrible colour.

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:07
adam b_a

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Post #8
Congrats mate! Good way to go! Vtecs are class I must admit. Enjoy Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:07
mechanical_repairs

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Post #9
Nice toy there i would say, be care as these things love to step out, i test drove a customer on a wet day and nearly killed myself.

Carl

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:10
roland rat

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Post #10
Awesome mate! Hyper
Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:13
tvrfan007

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Post #11
Saw a nice black one once with a fantastic stainless throaty twin pipe system - VTEC's usually lack the bassy note but that was spot on.

Think they're a cracking car, somewhat unusual. Digi dash is win.

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:31
lotek

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Post #12
that car is filth Love
Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:41
MCH_GTi6

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Post #13
phil19gti wrote:
Lovely car.

Horrible colour.


+1

sorry LOL
They are a lovely car but that colour is a bit marmite

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:44
chet

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Post #14
Laugh

Thanks for the comments. Very much mixed opinions... just as I expected!

Yes, have heard horror stories about the back end letting go, will have to take it easy until the roads are less greasy.

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:48
rwgti

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Post #15
Awesome cars Smile And i quite like the colour at least its different!

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:51
birk

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Post #16
How much was it ?

One of my mates is selling his red one so he can get a black or white one, and with a hardtop Smile

Looks nice Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:55
al4x

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Post #17
cracking weather to buy one in LOL

bit like marmite that colour except I like marmite Whistle
Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 16:58
dommo

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Post #18
My brother's got an s2000, used to have an MR2 turbo and could drift that. He found the s2000 difficult to drift at first but you do get used to it he says. He's getting pretty good at it now, not amazing like these crazy japs in Silvia's but you know what I mean.

One thing you may notice is that it has literally no guts out of vtec. It has enough to pootle about, but you put the toe down to pull out of a junction and if you don't give it enough revs because you're not used to it yet it'll just bog down. But then again we were both used to turbo'd cars when he first had it, the MR2 turbo was just incredible under initial acceleration, and the 306 TD is great at pulling out of junctions with it's stupidly short first gear (feel free to take the p*ss out of me for being mr diesel if you want).

Of course it could feel like a GTi6/Rallye engine at low RPM, I've never had any experience of the GTi6 engine.

Enjoy it matey, you'll probably never own another road car that sounds as good as an s2000 in vtec.


Edit - hehehehe:

clicky

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 17:06
toonboy_84

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Post #19
Nice Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 17:05
cosmic spanner

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Post #20
mechanical_repairs wrote:
i would say, be care as these things love to step out, i test drove a customer on a wet day and nearly killed myself.


Yes my mate's boss let him have a go in his literally hours-old new S2000 and wrote it off sideways into a lamppost. Doh Unsurprisingly, he doesn't work there any more.. Shut up

(btw my mate was a total plum for doing that, but he's not without talent - his main driver at the time was an E34 M5 which he drove mostly sideways everywhere).

Anyway, nice car - just mind how you go! Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 17:40
tom tom go

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Post #21
Personally I realy like the colour choice fella Thumbs up looks lush Love

Never driven one of these but wouldn't mind a go in one, just to experiance Vtec . . . Yo

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 18:14
rallyestyle

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Post #22
Nice choice Chet, lovely cars although i think they look better without the roof Yes

A 2004 should be the revised version so while the rear may be a bit snappy it shouldnt be as crazy as it was on the first versions No

I like th colour, needs some dark 5 spoke alloys though Ninja

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 18:21
chet

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Post #23
Thanks Tom.. In contrast I like them better with the hard top! In any case, its removable anyway so the soft hood can be utilised. Maybe, maybe, when we get our 7 days of summer heatwave, even that will come down! It takes 6 seconds, for the record Whistle.

Yes, being a 2004 model, its the 'phase 2' facelift which also benefits from a revised suspension setup [which is softer I believe]. Still, on the S2ki forums, at least one or two S2000's were getting written off during the snowy period - though I suspect this could well be the case across many RWD car forums.

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 22:17
al4x

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Post #24
and on here as well so you can't blame RWD LOL
Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 22:22
anderoo

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Post #25
That looks great. Much more interesting in that colour than the usual dark blue or silver as well. Thumbs up

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Posted 15th Jan 2010 at 22:22

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