Funny, I see a simple discussion is now picking up characteristics of racism. Nice stereotype though, I can see where you got that from. Before, I continue, I would like to clear somethings. I was born in london, england. I then moved to Kentucky after my dad found a better job as a anesthesiologist. Lexington is a great city with many SLK owners, both R170 and R171. I love my R170 and I meet on a daily basis with many car enthusiasts. If you haven't heard, lexington is the capitol of horse racing and I haven't been to a single horse race. The typical accent here isn't country, you now only find that in remote areas of the state( i.g eastern kentucky). Now, that I have cleared my background up, I'll move back to the discussion. Honda's S2000 is a great vehicle many can agree on that. My personal opinion would be that beating a S2000 in a straight line is not hard. I wouldn't consider it a kill because thats not the purpose of the car. The purpose of the car is to take those low speed bends. Now, take for example the SLK55. There is a buddy of mine in lexington who owns one with supersprint headers, eisenmann mufflers, and a renntech engine conversion. He also has bilstein shocks and H&R Springs. We went cruising one time to a place in town called Parkette where a hole bunch of car junkies and ricers meet. In that meeting, my other buddy with a stock S2K wanted to go for a race out through the country roads. The race begun and the of course the S2K shot forward of the line and was a car length ahead, till about 10 mph. The 55 shot past it gaining car lengths like no other. Eventually when I judged that we were around 1.5 miles ahead, the roads started bending and we came up to 35 mph bends. The SLK55 was taking those bends at around 70 mph which was some what close to the limit. Eventually the bends ended and we stopped at a restaurant thinking we would have to wait at least 10 minutes before the S2000 came. As soon as I said that I heard the car coming and next thing you know, it shows up. My buddy then gained alot of respect for that vehicle, considering that a stock s2k could handle that well. Ever since then I have always respected that car. Thats why when I hear people killing S2Ks, its hard for me to believe. |