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Got the following comment from Anonymous:

"Interesting that you tuned your bikes for torque ("Ride-ability", see below) but you bought an S2000 - 9k redline, and all the torque of a lawnmower. :)

Did you look at the Saturn Sky/Pontiac Solstice? The blown versions are the first American cars in a long time I'd seriously consider buying.

(oops - just saw you got the '05. 'Only' 8200rpm)"

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In case you read this...

The S2000 is not all that peaky in power delivery, actually quite linear, somewhat like my 1100 V4 (which runs to about 10K)
Picked over the Saturn for several reasons, including looks - Sky is a bit to "aggressive" in some if it's lines and a bit too much chrome for my taste.
I've never been fond of turbos (due to lag), and have to admit that I did not try the Sky turbo (Redline). Spec's do show a lot more torque for the Sky.

Biggest point was ... depreciation.
Low mileage S2000 already taken much of it's depreciation, driving off the lot in the Sky would cost several thousand dollars.

And as for tuning bikes, it referred to when I was building race bikes, back in the 70's, building Ducati's for endurance racing, we preferred broad power vs. high peak power. That said, we were still looking at about 9K redline, often running 7500-8000 range.


Anonymous: drop me a line and we can discuss further...