I sold the Evo this morning. Will certainly miss the car, and all the fun times with NOLC and LERSOC members.

As I may not stay in US for too much longer, I wanted to own an S2000 before I leave at the end of the year. I picked one up at Motorcars Honda in Cleveland Heights. It's an '00 model in Silverstone (Gunmetal) color. I was driving around this afternoon and I like it so far. It's a completely different experience - less brutal and more "personal" - the chassis communicates very well to driver imputs. It's slow compare to the Evo (or even stock WRX), but nevertheless more torquey than I expected. Due to its RWD platform, I eagerly look forward to some sideway action.

In case anyone is curious, I got $23,000 for trade-in. My Evo had 20,580 miles, and all mods are sold with the car (except SAFC and aftermarket CD player). I still have the Civic Hatch with me, so it's still up for sale.

 

You are welcome to drive my Evo whenever you feel the need for some forced induction accelleration.

 

gonna sell the safc?

 

Thanks, Mike! After some intense acceleration and corners in the Evo, we can take the S2000 and tango a little bit.

 

Almost sold. Waiting for paypal from buyer.

 

daymn.... o well, pm me if it falls through, and good luck with the s2k!

 

We will miss ya Karl, good luck with your new life changing choices.

 

Holy Moly that was fast! Jeez FOB, when you set your mind on something, that's it huh?

Well, after much consideration (I'm sure) you ended up with a sweet rig. Give me a ring so I can check it out. The rest of this week is fairly busy but maybe like Thurs. evening or so.

And, like LateSleeper said, anytime you feel the need for some serious ground pounding, no mess around, punish your mother-in-law, scare little kids, street vacuum cleaning terror on four wheels you know you can drive my sled anytime.

 

Sorry to see you go Karl, but have fun with the S2000. My brother has one, and I think they are great cars to drive. I almost got one, if it wasn't for the Cleveland winters. We need to get together a few times before you take off, like at QS&L car show on a Sunday. Are you going to the Lersco meet this month?
YOU WILL SADLY BE MISSED

 

Sorry to see you go. Enjoy the new car and the new situation, though!

 

I think we need to lineup Dr Fob and Mocky's new S2Ks.......and see the true differences between the 00-03 and 04-05 models...

 

That's sad to hear that you're leaving us Karl, but have fun at your new job. Maybe you're even gonna get an Evo 9 before anyone else ? ) You should stop by one of our NOLC meets before you leave. I'd let you drive my car, but I don't know if you can handle the power of an ES

 

Where the HELL has Mocky been hiding?? Haven't heard from him in Since last summer. I see that the S2000 guys made him a Moderator, since he posts about 50/day!

 

Hmm that would be interesting. I have a higher redline, but he has better low-end torque. While we're at it, we should find a completely done-up N/A to see if the mods are worth the money.

 

How well does the rear end hold? Is it easy to get into oversteer? I can't wait to see it.