I have over 6,000 miles on mine and I barely improved with the front and rear gauging too. What's disconcerting is I see cars approach my rear fast and where they end up stopping looks to be right on my bumper, but I know in reality it's an illusion - the vertical hatch window with no trunk makes it seem that way. They're actually a few feet away.

Another note: the GEs now have a nice rubber chin strip below the airdam to improve aerodynamics. While parking one time I scraped this parking block gently, and I though ****!! I just scratched my airdam. When I got out and looked, it was only the rubber stripping. Just FYI.

 

We've had our Orange Revolution GE8 just a couple of days now. So far, the ride and maneuverability are even better than the original road test impression, which led to our ordering the car. I must say, however, that the way the front of the car vanishes below the horizon past the front windshield takes some getting used to. Pulling the car into the garage, I feared that I was almost hitting the wall with my front bumper. When I got out, there was at least 3 feet of clearance. With time, we will learn.

 

6th gear...
6th gear...
6th gear...
If I keep wishing, it might magically appear in my gearbox =)

 

Maybe next year. Wouldn't mind a 6th speed for the automatic transmission as well...

 

For those of you with a garage, you can teach yourself the distance that you have from side to side, front, and back.

Since you can't be on the inside and the outside of the car while driving (well, it wouldn't be very safe), tape, string, and a small ball are your friends.

You can use any kind of ball, like a tennis ball, or ping pong, or really handy-one of those practice golf balls that has all the holes in it, they're lightweight.

Tie string to ball. Tack, nail, use a hook, tape, whatever to attach the string to the garage roof. Hang it so that the ball will be at the height of the very front of your bumper.

Then put some "tape flags" on the string at about eye level (wrap regular scotch tape around the string and adhere it to itself to make little flags.

Then as you drive in to your garage, when your bumper hits the ball, it will make the flags move (and the string). It shouldn't harm your car, use a tennis ball if you want, there are tiny tennis balls for cats. Just keep the cats away from the ones by your bumper!

This teaches you to know EXACTLY where your front bumper is, relative to you in the driving seat.

For the width and back length, you use tape on the floor of the garage. Measure off the length of your car, the width of your car (including the side rear view mirrors).

You can then make four corners of tape. One for each corner, so you see as you are driving into the garage that your car will fit EXACTLY in that spot.

And you KNOW where the exact front should be, with your ball and tape flags. You can also put a "T" of tape that lines up with something on the inside of the door sill. Including another tiny piece tape. So when you open your door, the stem of the T should line up with the tape or mark or whatever on your door sill.

That way, you know you are in FAR enough from the back, and that even if it doesn't look like it, you DO have a foot of clearance behind your car, and you KNOW where the front of your car stops, and you KNOW that you have just fit into that box you created.

This works GREAT for a two car garage, measuring off both cars, to be sure they are parked on their own side and don't make it hard for the other person to get in and out.

You won't need the corner squares after awhile. The T is useful. And the ball is useful. Eventually, you will only need the T to be sure you are lined up and where you should be.

Sounds complex, but it's just some masking tape. And ball and string.

I have an open garage, so I won't be able to do the ball, but I will probably do the tape trick. I parked so far back from the car that parks in front of me, that the guy who parks next to me ended up having to come in at an angle to miss the concrete pillar (it's a parking garage type thing).

Meanwhile, there was enough room in front of my car for a Smart car to park there.

 

yeah i think everyone with a fit (no matter what year) wants that!



but to OP, pics of your s2k and m3?


i love s2000's

 

With Mugen Wing:

With OEM Spoiler:


M3:




My 2004 S2000 a while back ago:




My "other car"...just kidding....

 

nice rides

 

Thanks man...yeah, I'd still rather have an AP1 S2000 out of all those..just so fun to drive. They totally watered down the Ap2

 

^ werd
my 01' has 05' wheels and headlights
what hardtop is that? Is that factory Honda with the sides painted black?

 

It's Mugen's Hardtop.

 

cool
what's the difference between the Mugen and Honda?
Looks the same to me, minus the black sides and smaller back window

 

The mugen and Honda OEM is very different actually.

Mugen:
Carbon and FRP options.
Smaller Plexi glass rear window, no defrost
Different shape than OEM, has a channel running down the middle like the M Coupe.
No Lining on the inside

OEM:
Aluminum.
Glass rear window with defrost and glass spans entire rear.
Smooth rooftop, no channel.
Lined inside.

 

s2k ftw :P

 

2) Why the heck is the AUX input t h e r e !?! I know that if you get NAV, they move the AUX input to the bottom at the same area as where the Cigarette power adapter is....it's SOOO much nicer there 'cause you can actually REACH your iPod if you choose go the Aux input route instead of the USB...ALSO, it's unsightly to have your ipod just sitting there on that shelf below the upper compartment...you could get it stolen easier if in plain view.

I just hit a playlist and put the iPod IN the upper compartment. There's enough of a space on the bottom of the compartment to run the cord in. As for when I have to reach over for it occasionally, I have long arms.

I tried putting it on that shelf once and it flew off at the first corner.

 

but the windows seem to fog up more than usual compared to other cars I've owned. My Altima never did this and the GD3 I had until last December did, but not as badly.

Is there anything I can do about it? I've tried to clean the interior windows really carefully and not smear them up.

Any ideas?

 

antifog, shaving cream, run recirculating air, hold your breath.

 

Clean the windows several times over the next couple days with Invisible Glass glass cleaner. There's some weird oil film that is a bitch to get off and causes them to fog up really quick.