This past June, I was lucky enough to pick up a 2007 Honda S2000 in perfect condition. And for this post title, I could only thing of a bad joke from Trading Places 25 years ago…
I’ve had some nice BMW coupes before I was married and had kids, but I gladly gave them up for our growing family. We fought the minivan for a long time, but we eventually gave in (and it’s surprisingly great). But it’s still a minivan and I like driving. I told my wife that I’ll drive the van every day, but one day, I’m going to get something fun to drive too. I just didn’t think it would be so soon.
I was doing fine with the van until we bought my wife a new car (and I still had the van somehow). It made me miss driving so I started looking around for fun cars to drive that weren’t going to be in the shop more than on the road.
One thing I learned about myself is that I don’t care about the prestige of more expensive cars and I’m actually more embarrassed by it. I looked at a lot of cars, but I kept coming back to the S2000 because of it’s unique engine, classic looks and Honda reliability.
I missed out on one because I wasn’t ready and it was in Northern California. I looked pretty seriously at ones out of state or even across country. Then, I almost bought one from a seller who wasn’t prepared and the car had a weird title history. I was still going to buy it until one day we went to eat lunch and I saw a listing for exactly what I was looking for. I called immediately and happened to be about 15 minutes away from the seller. He was the original owner and kept the car in perfect condition and only put 25,000 miles on it.
I hardly get to drive it, but it puts a smile on my face every time I take it out. I still feel extremely lucky that I was able to find a perfect car from the best seller you could ask for.
And as a bonus, not only do my clubs still fit but they match too!