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Old 03-18-15, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by VtotheJ
wow nice, that's not your DD is it? Aren't you in upstate NY?
Im an hour from Montreal. Haha. In all reality most days I'm on a Snap-On truck not in my personal cars at all. Once this arrives I will have the ISF April threw November. S2k for all the nice summers days and my beater F150 For Nov~March. The F tends to come out early. I've already been out a few times in it this year trying to get the penskes set up in a sweet spot

Haha the ford, it pretty much drive me around when I can't take the women's car. I have to move the boat, go to the dump or bring some snowboards to the hill. Body's slowly falling off it but it runs like a champ.

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Old 03-18-15, 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by JDMV8
Very happy for you Darbs!
So uncanny how small this world is...I was torn between an s2000 and an evo after searching these past two months.
I ended up going with the evo, but when the time is right, I will definitely add an s2000 to the stable...although that will happen way down the road.
You have one of my dream cars! Looks beautiful inside and out, and awesome performance specs with the build. Enjoy it with good heart.

Here's the evo:

I love what an evo can be but they are headaches. One of the guys who works for me has a built one bigger turbo all the do dads but it's broken or running like crap much more than he's out using it. Hope you don't have that luck. Did you dump your Si for it? You already have the F why another four door or is it the daily
Old 03-18-15, 10:25 AM
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Now that is one clean sleeper... good come up!!!
Old 03-18-15, 10:49 AM
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very ice pickup! love me some boosted s2000's! well done!
Old 03-18-15, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by darbs242
I love what an evo can be but they are headaches. One of the guys who works for me has a built one bigger turbo all the do dads but it's broken or running like crap much more than he's out using it. Hope you don't have that luck. Did you dump your Si for it? You already have the F why another four door or is it the daily
Yes, the daily was the Si and I planned to upgrade to evo/s2k/sti. Couldn't pass up the deal is all.
Evo wasn't on my list until I did research and found that they are darn freaking reliable as long as you stay below fbo 400whp. The deal was too hard to pass up, so I let go of a clean, stock s2k I was ready to buy. I don't plan to build it or mod it anyway.
I'll tell you one thing: cornering in the s2k feels sublime--it's progressive and smooth; cornering in the evo feels unreal--it's on rails.
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I have driven both and I agree but I prefer the engine, trans, rag top and interior qualityof the honda to the evo. It's all about what you want. I'm glad we're both happy
Old 03-18-15, 03:06 PM
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Another cool toy congrats man .
Old 03-18-15, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by darbs242
Inter cooler on the car is black. Changing tires is easy. Prox888 with stock wheels would lock up just fine.
That's funny, I was about to suggest the same thing. I love the stock look, but you could only get enough traction with the narrow stock wheels by going to an extreme tire.
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