[Gymkata]

I've never driven a manual vehicle before, but it doesn't seem complex. It's very crude but seems like an absolute blast to drive.

Wow...never driven a manual? My current truck was my first vehicle with an automatic. Go and buy a manual vehicle...its a blast. I still have an S2000 with a stick and a CBR1000RR. While technology is making manual vehicles the slow ones these days, the feeling of rowing through the gears yourself just can't be beat.

I guess if you have to drive an automatic, an SC400, IS350, and ISF certainly aren't a bad way to go...lol.

 

[Gymkata]

im thinking of getting an s2000 myself. Low miles are hard to come by. I am ok with 40K...but i see a couple with 70k,80k. What are your thoughts as an owner on the performance and the reliability at 7080k miles?

Well, my wife bought the S2000 new in 2000. When I met her, the car already had approx 115k miles on it. She blew up the engine sometime after 100k miles, so now it is an AP1 (2.0l) S2000 with a AP2 (2.2l) motor. As far as I know, the cars are pretty dependable. I drive the hell out of it, and it hasn't let me down so far (it has about 145k total miles now). The car has been wrecked twice, and still drives well. These cars can take a beating.

I did a quick search on cars.com and found a variety of S2000s with low miles. You might just need to expand your search area.