Quote Originally Posted by VooDooXII
Forget the "who's faster" argument.

She's looking for a fun, fast roadster with relatively row running costs. Forget about tuning and what not. Just focus on the car itself. Seeing that the MSM will probably be cheaper and better on insurance...it seems like that's the best bet. She's driven one of those already and is leaning towards it.
That'd be the better way to go since the S2000 is more expensive with insurance. Personally if money weren't the problem, I'd take the Honda over the Mazda, but if it came down to spendings, I'd take the Mazda. I don't think she'll be too disappointed with either.

The S2000 isn't as bad as everyone thinks. It's been compared to an NSX too. Take a look at the whole package instead of the "straight line take offs" or the power. Like Citynights10 said, it wasn't made for drag racing. It's a spectacle of design for a car of it's class and hard to top in it's stock form. Do me a favor and watch the S2000 prototype at Nuerburgring with Gan-San driving it on the Type-R BMI. I don't think a MSM could drive like that. I'm not against Mazda at all, but I think when it comes down to stock forms, the S2000's got the MSM covered. Just my opinions though!!