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jeffchap · 07-07-2015, 05:27 PM

My last car was a 2009 Fit Sport with 5MT, and though it may be blasphemy, it was even more fun to drive than my FR-S. It was a little go-kart. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. Probably the best car I've ever owned. Got totaled in a hailstorm, and I bought the FR-S with the insurance money.

roybotnik · 07-07-2015, 05:43 PM

I want the S660 in the US. There have been rumors, but they are denying that they will bring the new one here.

asdf · 07-07-2015, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by swarb

If the fit or crz came with a k20...

a 1st gen fit w/ a k20 would be a blast!

SUB-FT86 · 07-07-2015, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffchap

My last car was a 2009 Fit Sport with 5MT, and though it may be blasphemy, it was even more fun to drive than my FR-S. It was a little go-kart. I'd buy another one in a heartbeat. Probably the best car I've ever owned. Got totaled in a hailstorm, and I bought the FR-S with the insurance money.

How is it that that car felt like a "Go-Kart" when you sit high in those things? Only cars I have ever driven I can say that about is a MX5 and 86.

strat61caster · 07-07-2015, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by roybotnik

I want the S660 in the US. There have been rumors, but they are denying that they will bring the new one here.

I stared at my post for 5 minutes trying to remember which new little car I forgot

07-08-2015, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by rice_classic

Light, Simple, Fun

There's a similar joke that ends with, "Choose two".

But seriously, the loss of lightness is function of safety regulations so in order to address it a company has to actually go through a great deal of engineering and other things that increase the cost. Part of the new ND's price is a reflection of its lightness.

But light-ish, fun and simple:
Twins
Mini Cooper
Focus
Fiesta
Miata and Mazda3
GTI

Add a fiat Abarth to that too.

rlpaul · 07-08-2015, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by roybotnik

I want the S660 in the US. There have been rumors, but they are denying that they will bring the new one here.

I prefer hardtops, but I'd buy this! Don't know if the GF would appreciate it though, as I wouldn't get rid of the Breeze. And another parking spot to pay for.

tennisfreak · 07-08-2015, 09:38 AM

I want that baby NSX, hurry up and build it Honda.

Your car portfolio, the past decade, has been hands down the most boring in the entire industry!!

NemesisPrime909 · 07-10-2015, 08:30 PM

I think the Honda could find success with the S660 if they imported it in small numbers.

echoing what others have been saying, it's a niche market but i think the S660 could do well.

funwheeldrive · 07-10-2015, 08:58 PM

I thought the S1000 was coming to the states?

Higher Being · 07-13-2015, 04:17 AM

Ive said it once and i will say it again, my old fa5 was a blast. It wasn't fast and it was not perfect in any sense of the word, but it was so much fun to blast around town in. Im always surprised when people kinda write that car off. Every review kinda painted it as dull or not edgy enough but it was great for what it was: simple and practical with just a little a more fun than it needed to be. Where's the SI love??

swarb · 07-13-2015, 05:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Higher Being

Ive said it once and i will say it again, my old fa5 was a blast. It wasn't fast and it was not perfect in any sense of the word, but it was so much fun to blast around town in. Im always surprised when people kinda write that car off. Every review kinda painted it as dull or not edgy enough but it was great for what it was: simple and practical with just a little a more fun than it needed to be. Where's the SI love??

Read the title, it says sports car.

I will probably never own a honda again. Too much fear of it getting stolen everywhere I went.

Seems like you liked yours a lot. Let me guess, it was either wrecked or stolen? otherwise you would be in it. amirite?

Higher Being · 07-13-2015, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by swarb

Read the title, it says sports car.

I will probably never own a honda again. Too much fear of it getting stolen everywhere I went.

Seems like you liked yours a lot. Let me guess, it was either wrecked or stolen? otherwise you would be in it. amirite?

yah :/ stolen out of my complex! My feels fd2 ctr replica dreams were crushed!

Tcoat · 07-13-2015, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by NemesisPrime909

I think the Honda could find success with the S660 if they imported it in small numbers.

echoing what others have been saying, it's a niche market but i think the S660 could do well.

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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive

I thought the S1000 was coming to the states?

Educated guess is that they can not get the car to pass the NA crash test requirements it it's current configuration.

07-10-2015, 08:30 PM	#23
NemesisPrime909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Drives: 91 Toyota Supra 16 Nissan Versa Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Posts: 955 Thanks: 365 Thanked 444 Times in 246 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I think the Honda could find success with the S660 if they imported it in small numbers. echoing what others have been saying, it's a niche market but i think the S660 could do well. __________________ The FRS/BRZ was not meant to be a world beating car, it was not meant to be an extremely fast car, nor a powerful car, but a well balanced fun car.

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