Honda S2000* 22 Years Old & Still Drives Better Than The Rest

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Welcome to another Episode of Ross Reviews AU on this weeks Video we take out this 2000 model year Honda AP1 S2000! 6 speed manual, 4 cyl VTEC, 50/50 weight distribution, RWD, LSD! this car is a drivers dream :)
Huge thanks to Vans West for loaning me this S2000 it is for sale if your interested.. click the link below.
vanswest.com.au/
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@keatonjones6115 2 года назад

Still cannot believe this engine is in a factory car, its bonkers. Even with a stock airbox it screams like a fully built 4 banger race car with big cams.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It’s insane! I was blown away with what it could do and to think it’s over 20 years old🤯

@keatonjones6115 2 года назад

@@RossReviewsau damn yeah, when you put it like that...its crazy this will be considered a classic very soon! One for the history books im sure!

@creightonsmith5333 2 года назад

Ross, you really captured what driving an S2K is all about, THE STOKE. I've had my 2002 for over 10 years and it still puts a smile on my face when I take her into the foothills and toss her around. Recently, I had 3 offers to buy her in one day. Thanks buddy.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

amazing car that is truly special! really nice drivers car :)

@nickvlaanderen 2 года назад

I live in Holland and i also have a 2002 S2K for 12 years now and i still love this car! There are faster cars for the money, especially with turbo engines, but the driving feeling of a S2K is much more special. If you are only interested in driving fast in a straight line buy another car, although i have driven often over 200km/u in Germany on the Autobahn(legal at some places), even with top down and my mother as a passenger. :) But this car is more made for twisty roads like in the Eifel, Alpes and Dolomites, i was at all that places with mine and that is so great!!!

@creightonsmith5333 2 года назад

@@nickvlaanderen Groot, I visited Holland several years ago, beautiful place with beautiful people. Many today forget when the S2K came out it beat BMW, Nissan, and the Porsche Boxster. And to top it all, the Honda people figured out how to make a car that's just insanely fun to drive.

@missinglink4205 2 года назад

I've got my pink slip ready. Gotta love a Honda, from the good old QR50 to the good old NSX 👍🇦🇺🍻and don't forget the posty bike!

@lotsatrix Год назад

I bought one of these, brand new, in 2006. I still love it just as much I I did the day I bought it. I paid 26k for it and I thought that was a little pricey back then, but I couldn’t resist because I was in love with it. And every time I drive it now someone ALWAYS offers me more than I paid for it which blows my mind! I do have to admit that I do get a kick out of it and sayin….”Sorry, she’s not for sale”. 😊

@MartinJones123 2 года назад

Honda should really bring back the S 2000 as a flagship RWD coupe/ convertible which can rival the 86 and MX-5 instead of trying to sell $50k Civics... Edit: If anybody wants, copy my post (crediting me) and put it on Tik Tok, Twitter, etc... and tag Honda...

@rickmAussie 2 года назад

You need to say something on all platform, Tik Tok, Insta etc! See if people agree, and tag Honda in it, to see if they agree! Hopefully they will, as they haven’t matched the new Toyota Supra, Nissan 370z and GTR, Honda only has the new NSX, so yes, start hitting them up!

@MartinJones123 2 года назад

I don't know if they will listen to me though... If anybody wants, copy my post (crediting me) and put it on Tik Tok, Twitter, etc... and tag Honda...

@sdlausen1 2 года назад

You got this completely wrong. The s2000 when released in 2000 rivaled the German premium sports cars like the Boxter, and Z3. It also bested them in performance. It did not rival the MX5/Miata. The s2000 was about $12000 more than a Miata in the year 2000 just to show you the difference. If released today, it would not rival entry level sports cars like the 86 or Miata. For the namesake, it would have to rival a base Boxter or Z3 which means Honda won't ever go there.

@MartinJones123 2 года назад

@@sdlausen1 Yeah but a new S2000 can't rival these cars as they're too expensive... It will have to be an MX-5/ 86 competitor and reasonably priced to actually get any sales...

@sdlausen1 2 года назад

@@MartinJones123 Nah. Mid level like where the Supra sits. Honestly, a new S2000 just doesn't make sense. Honda would better be off making a baby NXS or bigger S600. That would be a huge hit.

@djvali9577 2 года назад

I love that! “It might not be stupidly fast.. but it is stupidly FUN!”

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It was so fun!

@brunomanco7529 2 года назад

Its not fast because it has a very long final drive. Try and go to track days with a 4.7 final drive. Turbo meganes and mini coopers wont do nothing

@maryannperales 2 года назад

Love my S2000

@MrHeath1971 2 года назад

I get the 'usable' power thing! I had a tuned XR4 years back as a daily commuter! I never got tired of driving it. That S2000 would be even more fun!

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

100% when they are done right they don’t need to be stupid fast to have fun in

@cam6899 2 года назад

Excellent camera work. Covering all angles. History of car in fast & furious. Screaming with joy on the open road. Another top review.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

cheers cam was great fun

@MelissaOng 2 года назад

Hey, that’s my car! 🙂 I have a 2006 Grand Prix White Honda S2000 (AP2 - facelifted). I got in at the right time at the peak of Melbourne’s lockdown. Anyone who knows me knows I wanted this car for 17 odd years. Every time I take it out, someone offers to buy it from me. I love it too much, I’ll probably never part with it. And despite what fuel costs us at the moment, I still managed to take it on a hills run last weekend with 10 other cars - an assortment of NSX and S2000’s. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It’s a brilliant car. Take it from an owner :)

@MelissaOng 2 года назад

Correction: Johnny Tran was most definitely Vietnamese - not Chinese.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

🤣 damn how did I not get that

@MelissaOng 2 года назад

@@RossReviewsau The fact he hung out at Little Saigon with his cousin Lance Nguyen kind of gave it away 😝 I watched too much of these movies growing up. Still unashamedly do a FATF marathon.

@patrickmarcello5103 2 года назад

Grats on 30k subs bro!

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Thanks 🙏 let’s get 50k

@bigben5246 2 года назад

Got 3.38 in and had to take my S2000 out for the first spin of the year after being winterised - back now and thanks for the reminder of how sweet the engine sings :)

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

glad you enjoyed it ben!

@z32luvr 2 года назад

One of the best driver’s cars ever produced.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

agreed!

@marcperras9072 2 года назад

Greetings from Canada. My 2004 S2000 has been in winter storage since November. I'm waiting for warmer weather to take it back out again later this month or early May. My S2000 driving season is short but I make the most of it.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Hey fellow Canadian :) summer is coming soon for you! enjoy man

@pete508 2 года назад

Man I can see that you had a shitload of fun in that lil demon,it might not be the quickest car,but it goes hard & drives great & what about the sound mate amazing haha,your reviews are the best very enjoyable buddy cheers.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

thats it pete.. its a lot of fun and thats what really matters

@jamesfrench7299 2 года назад

9000 rpm makes it a Clayton's rotary without the wear issues. I'm guessing it's not an undersquare engine like the Falcon 😛.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

it really does have a similar vibe

@navihawk1 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it as much as I enjoy driving mines lol. 06 nfr s2k. Just can see myself ever selling it. I know I'll just miss it too much and end up getting another lol

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

your 100% right dont sell and instantly regret it lol.. enjoy the car they are a huge amount of fun

@ElijahTichborne 2 года назад

This one gonna be good!!!

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

I’m starting to really love Honda 😂

@dspada67 10 месяцев назад

What a little ripper. Nice one bro. 👍

@RossReviewsau 10 месяцев назад

Thanks 👍 great cars

@mattmurphy5419 2 года назад

Nice review Ross, pretty unique and special car. I wonder if u could get hold of a m3 e46. That is a different but similar true drivers car naturally aspirated.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

would love to try one of them ive done all the M3s besides that one i believe

@hurwitzpacific5426 2 года назад

That was good mate although I much more prefer subarus to Hondas due to reasons unknown by most people this was still a really nice slice of jdm history simply amazing

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Love a good JDM car

@vxsr33 2 года назад

Excellent review mate. These things look so fun, but they are being advertised for roughly $60 to $80k now which is bonkers.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Thanks man it really is getting crazy money eh.. but the cars are getting close to 25 years old and entering that classic stage… hard to believe by the looks, sadly they only will get more expensive I fear

@samjackson1818 2 года назад

I’m a big Honda lover they’ve made some amazing engines over the years including motorbike engines, they sure know how to make great engines and also sound amazing.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

This is easily one of my favourite Honda’s ever

@samjackson1818 2 года назад

@@RossReviewsau such a great car!

@datwistyman 2 года назад

I love love love these thing's it's a perfect fun car, clean, simple and looks great. I still love everything about these. Totally useless for me but if I wanted to spend money unwisely I'd buy one of these in a heartbeat. Great review I really enjoyed this one.👍😁

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

its a great toy! lol if only we had the money eh! haha

@peaner083 2 года назад

Hahahaha love the hold the breathe facial expressions!!!!! I do the same in my Commo

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

HAHA cheers mate

@oleksi9336 2 года назад

The F22C engine in the S2000 AP1 debuted the year I was born. I believe it to be the most beautiful car ever made Edit F20C ( higher revving one)

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

They are amazing

@realisrealite5554 2 года назад

I know what you're talking.about.I have an 04 e46 m3.It was good new,shitty when all the maintenance came due but good again after the maintenance in 2017.The engine is completely rebuilt,the rear diff has new seals,axel boots and bushings.The clutch,guibo and constant velocity joint are new too.It drives and acts like a new car it has 9,000 mls on it since the rebuild.The suspension was done in 2014 and had 4,000 mls on it.

@Birmingham_racing 2 года назад

Proper drivers car and they can never make one like it again

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It’s pure class🔥 really really fun to drive

@P2DAPIPE 2 года назад

Such a clean car ✌🏼 hondas are a race ready car. Production class racing they're often on top 🥇

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It really is a track ready car out the bag

@adijgraham 2 года назад

Great review Ross. What was that exhaust?

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Sorry not sure on the exhaust

@KuyaOly 2 года назад

I definitely agree its not a fast car but surely a FUN car!!!

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

best thing about honda.. they just are fun

@giorgosrallyman6404 Год назад

Please, let us know about the exhaust system of this car! It sounds soooooo amazing! I am waitting for info, my.. s2k ap1 is waitting also! 😝😝😝😝😝

@RossReviewsau Год назад

Sorry I’m not sure 😅 was from a dealership

@missinglink4205 2 года назад

All you needed was the misses in the passenger seat with the wind in her hair. Nice one Jonno 👍🇦🇺🍻

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

glad you enjoyed it brother

@Bommeltje1970 2 года назад

Can’t wait till our S2000 comes back from fixing some exterior problems.. We have a 2001 monte carlo blue and will never sell! (Have this one since 2006 and a grey with red seats before that) Love the sound going through a tunnel in 4th gear :D

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Amazing cars eh

@endlesstwisties Год назад

Good luck finding that Monte Carlo blue matching color

@steveedmond9362 Год назад

Graham Farmer Freewau AKA Poly Pipe 🤴🤣🤺

@endlesstwisties 2 года назад

I did 5.9 in mine but I was trying 1000 times. Very tricky to launch.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

very tricky! im sure you could get that with enough practice and the right road

@david_from_to 2 года назад

Sounds great! What exhaust is on this?

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

sorry not sure what the set up was

@speez7088 2 года назад

Chuck it on club reg in a couple of years and sit on itttt 🙌

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

100% id love this car

@_baller 2 года назад

It's ok, it's small, like an angry Miata, I knew a Korean who drove one of these, made him look cooler than he could ever ever be...

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

they are about as tough as a asian convertible can get

@phil2948 2 года назад

This makes me miss my Civic Type R ep3 great review. ... unfortunately these great 4 bangers will be no more with Honda closing its combustion engine factory because of stupidity EV strategies.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It’s so amazing how good they got these 4 cyls to perform and it’s 22 years old!🤯

@coopsnz1 2 года назад

Blame green communist in Japan

@koruki 2 года назад

So how many did you buy in the last two decades?

@leoprez2178 Год назад

I owned one in yellow for 4 years. Amazing sports car! Little too small if you are over 6 feet, but if you are not, WOW!

@RossReviewsau Год назад

Amazing cars.. not big tho🤣

@leoprez2178 Год назад

@@RossReviewsau Exactly.

@mannabbq9829 2 года назад

What kind of exhaust is it?! Sounds amazing!

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Sorry not sure on the exact set up

@330driver330 2 года назад

What exhaust has it got? sounds real good 👍

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

sorry im not sure what set up it actually was..

@AnythingEvil78 2 года назад

Slow, but good still. I own an MR2 Spyder so am used to explaining to ppl while a slow car on paper can be sooo good to drive . . .

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It’s true sometime slow cars can be so much fun!

@RB-pg3br 2 года назад

do you have any idea which headlights are on thosev?

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

Sorry not sure

@evsales 2 года назад

Legit warrior car!

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It’s a true legend

@ElijahTichborne 2 года назад

Nice. How much was it selling for?

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

40ish I think

@z.rahman 2 года назад

I believe Johnny Tran was Vietnamese lol

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

he very well could have been lol

@adamjames2598 2 года назад

I remember mentioning this when you reviewed the RX8. This thing shits all over the RX8 aye!.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

this is better... still loved that RX8 tho haha bit of a price difference eh

@potaot573 Год назад

Your accent has a massive Aussie influence despite you being Canadian

@RossReviewsau Год назад

Been here almost 12 years now so it’s pretty Aussie

@wrenchaholic_ 2 года назад

The jdm/uk models have a little more compression and has 247. The us model is 240.

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

this will be the 247

@Legalzdaqt 2 года назад

Can't believe my dad used to race with this car

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

its a brilliant car!

@coopsnz1 2 года назад

Prices climbing in Japan $20000.with 400000km to $60000 with 50000km

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

It’s only gonna get more expensive this car 100%

@SuperMan-zl8cn Год назад

The best way to luanch a S2000 is to start on 2nd gear then downshift to first then shift to third grear then fourth gear and son on.

@RossReviewsau Год назад

? 💀😂😂😂

@simcard027 2 года назад

drinking game: drink everytime you hear v-tec

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

🍻🥴

@slutvhrslpos7btopb Год назад

surprisingly i saw one same more than 2 times

@andrewzuiderduyn3159 2 года назад

Looks good

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

goes pretty well too ;)

@andrewzuiderduyn3159 2 года назад

I think so too

@williammay5163 2 года назад

What exhaust is that?

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

im not sure sorry

@speez7088 2 года назад

Ross, how would you compare it to the f6 😜

@RossReviewsau 2 года назад

2 total opposite 🤣 but both so good

@speez7088 2 года назад

@@RossReviewsau nothing beats the f6 😍🔥

@Leat_XO 26 дней назад

My cousin owns this exact car now

@RossReviewsau 23 дня назад

Really great car

@tomauto15 2 года назад

F20C1 has 240 HP and 143 torque. Even more gutless than you think. You were quoting the F22 torque numbers which went up in '04 in response to needing more low end torque.