okay i am late to the party but........ i like the look of the s2k but that is where it stops.
everyone talks about the s2ks hp because there is no torque to speak of.

i have driven a s2k at the gap and all i can say is honda successfully removed every aspect of "feel" from the car. the steering is light and vague. the shifter is vague. the clutch feels like u are stepping in butter.

my biggest complaint about the car has got to be the digital dash fuck how i hate them.

i did like the engine noise. looks interior. but for the money the miata hands down.

i have a 94 miata with 120k on it got it with 70k when ever i drive the car i go to redline in every gear until i hit cruising speed. every single time. only thing on car to break is the slave cylinder. car has great feel is nimble just slow but that is part of the fun being able to floor it for 4 gears and never break the speed limit. at every light it is a dig race to 10 over the limit and the only one who knows u are racing is u.

i have not driven a msm but would really like to.

in the end the only choice that matters is the one you make and the car that makes you smile as u walk to get in it every single time that is the car that is right. i dont care what u drive or own.

btw both cars are equally cool because they are rwd. and what is considered to be the original sports car. so good luck and drive the piss out of it and have fun.