Long-term update: 2007 Honda S2000 plays hard and drinks harder
Our 2007 Honda S2000 does not have a trip computer. So we have to calculate fuel efficiency the old-fashioned way. That involves filling up the fuel tank completely, reseting the trip meter to zero, driving until it needs refuelling, going “full tank” again and noting down how many litres of petrol went in as well as the trip-meter reading. The random-guy-on-the-street will tell you that a small engine equals better fuel economy. That is not exactly the case.
First off, it isn’t easy to drive a Honda S2000 casually. It is slow as hell when the revs are low. And at 120 kph in sixth gear, it does a whopping 4000 rpm! We got a calculated figure of 13.8 litres/100 km, which is about as much as a roughly-driven V6 sedan. We could surely get better numbers if we were willing to be overtaken by Yarises and Tiidas.
We also did a hard performance run today, before we changed the five-year-old stock Bridgestone Potenza RE050 tyres which have only 15,000 km on them. Let’s just say that, even with aging tyres, this car’s grip is pretty freaking good. And look here at how there is hardly any dive under hard braking. We also learned that it is very hard to get a good 0-100 kph time with this car. It wasn’t designed to be a drag racer at all. You practically have to risk blowing up the drivetrain to get the times claimed by the foreign magazines. So we quit that shit after a while. Also, the paint thickness on this car is absolute crap, and we picked up a few new chips on the front bumper on this run.
The reason we changed the tyres is, aside from probably having to do it at the end of the year anyway due to RTA tyre-expiry rules, we were offered free Bridgestone Potenza S001 rubbers by the tyre-maker’s regional head-office, especially since we were perfectly set up to compare them with their previous RE050 flagship tyres. The S001 is the new range-topper, used as standard equipment on various Ferraris and Aston Martins. Our first feedback would be sky-high confidence in turns now. But we’ll cover that in detail soon.
Original Mileage When Bought: 14,900 km
Latest Mileage To Date: 16,100 km
Latest Average Fuel Economy: 13.8 litres/100 km
Cost of Latest Problems: Dhs 0
Cost of Latest Maintenance: Dhs 0Total Non-Fuel Running Cost Since Bought: Dhs 0
Comments
farrukh
never impressed with S2000 i believe Mzada’s MX-5 or RX series is a better option.
Adnan Khan
Well in that case.. Rx7’s were legendary.. Most of them ended up swapping with 2jz or 1jz Twin turbo engines in the countries its running.. (Not UAE) Rx8’s were just the looks…Naturally aspirated 1.3 Rotary.. Good to enjoy on curves but never impressive on straight lines. ! Yeah now don’t tell me about Jeremy Clarkson’s Rx8 review.
Rhymes
Mazda is shit…
John
Why?
RayD
Drive one first before you make such a comment!
ahmed
If mazda is shit…then what is not ? :s
Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury
I believe this started as a response to the first guy who thinks an MX-5 is somehow better than an S2000.
Rhymes
S2000 is so sleek, attractive& sporty..
Rhymes
Mash Ur right 😛
Chris
Can you please pass on the bridgestone sales teams contact details? I’m tired of going to random petrol stations to find Bridgestone tyres for my car.
Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury
There is only one official Bridgestone centre in Dubai, at the Jebel Ali Free Zone, and they generally don’t stock sporty Potenzas there as they largely handle trucks, vans and regular cars.
http://www.bridgestone-mea.com/corporate/bridgestone_mea/tyre_service_centre/index.html
Otherwise, there is an official distributor in Dubai with many shops. Here is a list for Dubai and other cities/countries:
http://www.bridgestone-mea.com/support/distributors/bridgestone/info_dealer_uae_dub.html
Joe
http://www.bridgestone-mea.com/support/distributors/bridgestone/info_dealer_uae_dub.html – I hope this will help!
Nabeal
easy way how i calculate is calculate from reserve to reserve. since reserve light will come everything at a same level of fuel. so put your trip meter to ZERO as soon as the light comes on. and then fill it up every time with same worth of fuel eg 80 or 100 dhs. Easy and accurate.
Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury
You’re assuming there is a petrol station there just as your reserve light goes on.
Nabeal
nopes! i mean Zero ur trip meter when ur reserve light comes on. and measure till ur next reserve light come after the fill up.
Nabeal
hope gt 86 turns out to be a better car.