There is at least 1 (S)2000 convertiable getting around Melbourne...saw it
last sunday. I liked it.
Andy
>From: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>Reply-To: Bryan Vandiver <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
>To: spridgets@autox.team.net
>Subject: Honda 2000 - Saw it last night
>Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 10:53:13 -0700 (PDT)
>
>To anyone who's interested, I saw one of the first Honda 2000 coupes last
>night.
>Fresh off the boat - one of my neighbor's son-in-laws had brought it by his
>house last night. Appaently he works for a honda dealership, or Honda
>regional
>or something like that. In any case, it was fresh off the boat, and he
>needed to
>take it into the shop to get some 'scratches' removed before putting it in
>the
>show room.
>It looked pretty nice, the MSRP sticker said 32K (before dealer markup)
>The back looks almost identical to a Miata, and the front is like a Z-3.
>The
>engine was a 2-liter 4-cylinder VTEC with 240HP (how can they do that??) no
>turbo or supercharger!
>I listened to it drive up and down the street, and it sounded like the
>typical
>honda sewing machine engine :-(
>Over all a pretty nice car, but I wasn't terribly impressed. There was
>nothing
>that made the car stand out, and it did NOT sound like a sports car should.
>Also
>having that little H on the back, seemed to diminish it's potential, they
>should
>have at least put an accura badge on it.
>
> - Bryan (59-bugeye)
> San Jose CA
>
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