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Originally Posted by slktyperice  Sad, sad day. I was on the 134 East (this is in LA), cruising at 80mph by myself, all of a sudden a red S2000 pulls up behind me fast and tails me, he pulls into the next lane and downshifts (I know he's gonna go), so I downshift too and take off. Between 80 and 120mph, he slowly gains 2 car lengths on me, and after 120, he takes off. I lift my foot off when I hit 140mph, but by then he was 8 car lengths ahead of me. I was like no f***ing way, there were 2 people in the S2000!
Is the VTEC at high revs adding that much more power? |
Doesn't sound likely unless he has a SC/TC on that thing, which is very likely as alot of S2000's are going that route. The S2000 and the SLK350 is evenly matched, a driver's race, but with add weight, one extra person, and at 80mph and up, stock vs stock, you should win. I would not feel too bad, doubt if it's NA.
Here's the R&D comparisons.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/assets/d...data_panel.pdf
I've driven the S2K on several occassions, and it doesn't feel fast, probably due to the low torque, especially at 5200 feet and up, it screams but doesn't feel like it goes, unlike my SLK, it feels really fast. I envy people that live in sea level, I remember driven my cousin's minivan and I thought it was superfast, cars breathe much easier at lower elevation.