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Cirrus Design Corp. has upgraded the Avidyne Entegra Multi-Function Displays in its SR20 and SR22 aircraft to include a safety checklist.
Similar to electronic checklists found on airliners, the MFD displays three pages of information and queries for the pilot when the plane is started. Questions range from performance issues to a self-assessment for the pilot.
"As a Cirrus owner and pilot, I appreciate the friendly reminder to make sure that I am personally prepared to fly myself and my passengers safely to our destination," said Alan Klapmeier, CEO. "It was natural to add a 'Risk Assessment Tool' as a function of the versatile Avidyne Entegra MFD."
"Statistics show the majority of fatal accidents in aviation are related to a pilot making an unwise decision," added David Coleal, president and COO. "We work diligently to equip our owners and pilots with relevant information and tools to safely enjoy the utility of their airplanes, within their own personal abilities."
The MFD will display three pages of information in all.
The first page features the Cirrus "Envelope of Safety." This graphic display simplifies myriad information critical to safe flight decisions, according to company officials. The weather and experience limitations are the same standards used by Cirrus for dispatching its flights, whether sales, corporate or personal through the Cirrus flying club. It is available as a free download from the Cirrus Pilot's World website at CirrusDesign.com/Pilotsworld.
The pages include a graphic reminder for the pilot of cloud clearances for day and night VFR flight and a warning that flight into known icing conditions is prohibited. The same graphic also reminds the pilot of qualifications required to make the flight legally in the given weather conditions, as well as reminding the pilot of the limitations of the aircraft.
Another page asks the pilot if he or she has done all the flight planning necessary for the safety of the flight including checking the runway length and density altitude operations.
A third page has a checklist labeled "Fit For Flight" and asks if the pilot has performed the IMSAFE self-assessment. There is an additional checklist for a passenger briefing, which should include instructions on how to use the seatbelts, as well as how to deploy the ballistic parachute and exit the aircraft in an emergency.
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"solidThinking is an extremely flexible, 'what-if' design software that empowers the creative community - industrial designers, style centers, conceptors, design firms and anyone who creates product concepts - to invent, explore and evaluate new ideas easily, rapidly and cost-effectively, without the limitations of traditional software." "The solidThinking design community benefits from having one of the fastest, most deeply integrated rendering engines available to produce high-quality photorealistic virtual models," Mario Mazzardo said. "solidThinking compresses the product-development cycle by narrowing the spectrum of viable concepts virtually, reducing the number of physical prototypes and avoiding the need to reinterpret designs between designers and engineers." Freeing designers from the constraints of other software in a number of ways, solidThinking version 7.6 incorporates many distinctive features. 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European countries will have the same version of Windows 7 as the rest of the world: Windows 7 retail boxes will be available in both full and upgrade versions via preorder through Microsoft online stores and retail partners starting on September 1, 2009 (general availability is still set for October 22, 2009). Also, as we found out earlier this month, customers who have already preordered Windows 7 E in the EU (even at the upgrade version price), or will do so before September 1, will receive a full version of Windows 7.
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MIAMI (AP) -- Ozzie Guillen was fired Tuesday after one year as manager of the last-place Miami Marlins, whose promising season began to derail in April when his laudatory comments about Fidel Castro caused a backlash.
Miami's next manager will be the fifth for owner Jeffrey Loria since early 2010. Two managers he fired made the playoffs this year. The Marlins still owe Guillen $7.5 million for the three years remaining on his contract.
"After careful consideration following the disappointment of the 2012 season, we decided to dismiss Ozzie," president of baseball operations Larry Beinfest said in a statement. "Our managerial search begins immediately and our hope is that a new manager, along with roster improvements, will restore a winning culture."
The franchise was supposedly transformed by an offseason spending spree and the move into a new ballpark, and the Marlins expected to contend for a playoff berth.
In spring training, Guillen touted his team as well balanced and ready to win. But a dismal June took the Marlins out of contention for good, and management dismantled the roster in July.
The season went sour from the start. Guillen's comments praising Castro in a magazine interview angered Cuban Americans, who make up a large segment of the Marlins' fan base. The Venezuelan manager apologized repeatedly at a news conference for his remarks about the former Cuban leader. Guillen then began a five-game suspension only five games into his stay with the team.
"That was a very, very hard situation for me and the people around me," Guillen said in September. "It was maybe the worst thing I ever did."
In September 2011, Guillen left the Chicago White Sox after eight seasons. Some 24 hours later he sealed a four-year deal with the Marlins, where he was a third-base coach for the 2003 World Series championship team.
"I feel like I'm back home," he said at the time.
Loria traded two minor league players to obtain Guillen and gave him a team-record $10 million, four-year deal.
But by June, the Marlins had fallen below .500 for good. Despite the frustrations of losing, the talkative, opinionated, profane Guillen kept his cool for the most part, and he repeatedly accepted responsibility for the team's performance.
Mindful of speculation his job might be in jeopardy, he said two weeks before the end of the season he was glad he rented a house in Miami rather than buying when he took the job.
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In December, the Marlins signed All-Stars Jose Reyes, Mark Buehrle and Heath Bell to contracts worth a combined $191 million. But Bell was a bust as the closer, and the Marlins were plagued by poor hitting, especially in the clutch. Bell was traded last week to Arizona.
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I was not at the Super Bowl. J.J. Watt was for a a little while. He was invited by Gatorade to be a part of their testing at the Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI). The GSSI puts athletes through performance testing to assess strengths and weaknesses, including evaluating nutritional intake. The kind folks at Gatorade reached out to me and asked if I wanted to interview Watt. I meant to put this up last week, but my sciatic nerve was bugging me so sitting was non-comfortable. Yes, that is one lame blogging injury. I confess to wussdom.
J.J. Watt is not a wuss.
J.J. Watt Q&A:
You had an outstanding rookie year. What do you think were the easiest and hardest part of the transition from college to the pros:
"I think some of the easiest things that are, are watching some of my own putting in that extra time on my own putting a lot of this at Wisconsin. One of the most difficult things were I mean everything from the speed and size of the guys to handling the heat, I mean handling the heat this is most definitely one of the toughest things I had to do."
Wade Phillips was installing different aspects of the defense over the course of the season. By the end of the year, did he install the entire defense?
"We have most of it in. One thing about our defense is we keep it real simple. It is nice because it lets us flying around, it lets us just play the game the way we know how to play it. And he is so calm and confident and he knows this defense so well that as long as we execute our assignments, we will be in the position to make some plays."
Tell fans a bit about your position coach, Bill Kollar.
"Coach Kollar, he's a good guy. He's a very fiery guy. He's gonna get the most out of you. He makes sure that you have a 110 percent effort every single play, and that's what I like about him, and he can make sure he's gonna get everything you got."
What sort of technique things does he focus on?
"He taught me a lot about pass rushing and how to use my power in conjunction with my speed and vice versa, on how using my hands, and also using some of that speed to keep it beneficial."
I understand you receive grades after each game. Could you explain how that works?
"Basically, every play you have a job, you have an assignment, and so the grade works on whether or not you completed your assignment. To get a positive grade, you don't necessarily have to make the tackle every single play, but as long as you are in your gap and doing your job, you get the positive grade. Obviously you get a negative grade being outside of your gap, getting on the ground, something like that."
What was your best graded game?
"I would say, I didn't actually get my grades from the last game but I think that was probably my best graded game, the Baltimore game during the playoffs."
Do you guys get competitive with these grades after game?
"Yes, we do. We get very competitive and obviously a better graded game means you are playing better so we all want to be a hundred percent so if we can accomplish that someday, that would be pretty special."
You've been visiting Radio Row at the Super Bowl. How cool is it?
"Very cool, this is my first time down here obviously. And I'm having a blast. It's cool to see all the big names, big faces, and know that I'm hopefully I'm becoming one of them. It's something very cool, and hopefully I won't get to do it next year or any year because that will mean I'm playing in the game."
(Steph Note: I went to Radio Row when I visited the Super Bowl in Miami. It was extremely weird and cool to see all the athletes/media folks I've been watching, seeing, reading my whole life. May have been my favorite part of the experience. I did not see Miss America).
Explain what you are doing with Gatorade in Indy.
"Today I was going doing some GSSI testing, and I'm having a lot of fun with Gatorade because they're telling me about my performance and how I can make it better, and in the NFL, you look for every edge you can get, and so a lot of players think do your cleats make a difference? Does your uniform make a difference? But it's really all about what you put in your body that's what Gatorade is teaching me."
What advice did you receive from the testing?
"What I do, what I've been doing all year is I take a Gatorade Prime before a game and at halftime, and then I drink I drink regular Gatorade during the game. And so one of the thing I'm gonna do now is I'm going to have a Gatorade bar and Gatorade Prime, to get a little extra carbohydrates to help keep me going throughout the entire game, and that's one thing I'm going to change and look forward to seeing on how it affects me."
What special things did they tell you about preparing for the hot Texans training camps?
"A lot has to do with sodium intake so I make sure to get a lot of salt in me, just so I can retain those fluids and so they can get to my muscles, so I don't cramp up and all those things. and they actually help me a lot last year throughout training camp those 105, 110 degree days I go through a lot of Gatorade because that helps keep me hydrated and make sure I keep going."
(Steph note: I do not think camp is 105 or 110 degrees in Houston. It just feels that way. It actually feels like standing on the surface of the sun. I will tell you just standing on the sidelines doing nothing, it often gives me a headache the first couple of days of camp. As I mentioned before, I'm a wuss. Bloggers aren't supposed to see the sun.)
Miss America being from Wisconsin is a Packers fan. Have you tried to convince her to make the Texans her AFC team?
"We haven't talked about it yet, but I will most definitely bring it up next time I talk to her."
And now a moment of cuteness.
I'd like to thank J.J. for doing this interview. My daughter has been a big J.J. fan since he was drafted because they share the same initials. Now she is a big fan because he is very very good at what he does. When she heard I was doing the interview, she asked if she could talk to him, and given that the interview took place right after school, why not? He shares a message to her, and to all of us.
And for equal time, here's the rest of my family. My husband on the guitar and my son who decided it would be funny to use PVC pipe as a wind instrument.
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The folks at Pro Football Focus do their own grading of players. As I understand it, they don't grade the same way the Texans position coaches do, as they do not know the assignments, but they mostly focus on making plays and not making penalties.
Interestingly, they have Watt's performance against Baltimore as his second best performance. His best according to them? His second game against Indianapolis. They counted his penalties against him but his overall performance by their measures was beastly. According to their measurements, Watt had 12 above average games, 2 below average games early in the year, and 4 neutral games. If you want to see the detailed breakdowns, I suggest subscribing to their Premium Service. But whether it is his best performance or near his best performance, to play your best ball in the playoffs is a good thing.
Next post, draft talk. I promise. But I will suggest to you that you shouldn't be too tied to preconceived notions of need. A lot of people thought the Texans didn't need J.J. Watt, that the transition of Mario Williams to 3-4 OLB was a mistake. Now it is hard to fathom the Texans without Watt.


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The 2013 New York International Gift Fair (NYIGF) showcased a variety of sustainably designed stuffed toys and beautifully handmade dolls. Inhabitots was on the scene to discover the most intriguing toys and gifts and hear the stories behind their creation. All of the whimsical green toys that enchanted us the most are carefully crafted using materials such as recycled sweaters, American Apparel jersey scraps, eco-friendly wood and corn fiber stuffing. Keep reading to see our exclusive photographs of the sweetest collections of new plush toys for tots and to behold additional unique and inspiring eco designs for kids.
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Stuffed animals have always captivated kids' attention but a collection by Cate & Levi really stood out with their fluorescent colors. It turns out the 16-22" creatures are made from American Apparel's neon colored sweatshirt scraps and stuffed with 100% polyester made from recycled plastic bottles. When not sourcing scraps, the resourceful company is busy reclaiming wool items. Old sweaters are cut and sewn to become the outer surface for another collection of plush animals, which are equally as soft and fun. If your young one finds puppets more captivating, Cate & Levi also offer a fun array of both hand and finger puppets made from found woollen items that are carefully washed and cared for before being given a new, perhaps more animated life. While the sweaters may have traveled afar before landing at the company's doorstep, each creature is designed and manufactured locally in Canada.
Melange's set of squishy friends are hand-knit by women's cooperatives in Peru, and they're another collection of fantastical stuffed toys that we found noteworthy. Featuring wool, alpaca and acrylic blend outers, the colorful creatures range in size and type, from monkeys to penguins to chics. The company follows Fair Trade standards ensuring that each creation is made in a safe work environment, where artisans earn a living wage, and cultural traditions are honored, respected and encouraged.
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Jess Brown Dolls
If your child has outgrown the stuffed animal phase, but they are still interested in creative play, a collection of handmade, fashionable dolls by Jess Brown may be the perfect solution. The women's wear designer has created a doll series using raw linens and Liberty print fabrics. The dolls are stuffed with eco-friendly corn fiber stuffing and they are as equally unique and sophisticated as the women who wear her clothing designs on a daily basis. While visiting the booth, many visitors showed an interest in having a doll for themselves, making them appropriate not only for kids, but also for adults with a natural, yet stylish aesthetic.
With gifts to give and birthdays to celebrate, the question of an appropriate green greeting card always arises. San Franscisco-based Cardtorial's cards are hand-cut and made by founder Yvonne Leung. The wooden greeting cards are made from eco-friendly, certified American Alder and contain a variety of messages to commemorate all occasions. A personal message may easily be added to the back using a fine-tip marker, and the 100% recycled brown kraft envelopes that accompany each card offer an easy solution for protecting them in the mail.
Sustainably designed wares were more prevalent at this year's NYIGF, as an increasing number of booths demonstrated a commitment to using more eco-friendly materials to create kids products. We look forward to seeing what the next edition brings!
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The Fall River Police Department has the enviable distinction of being one of the oldest police departments in the country. Our long
and proud tradition dates back to 1854, when the first constable hit the street to begin his tour of duty. For over 150 years, the
people of Fall River have entrusted not only the authority, but also their welfare to the police. We have always endeavored not to
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Service with sensitivity as we continue to strive to meet the needs of our citizens, while being attuned to identifying those needs and
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civilians and police alike, to protect our city from disorder and the criminal element, corner by corner, street by street and block by
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In case you were wondering about notable science events that occurred the week of July 11th…
On July 11th, 1811, the Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published his theory on the molecular content of gases, also known as Avogadro's law. His theory states that "Equal volumes of ideal or perfect gases, at the same temperature and pressure, contain the same number of particles, or molecules." For those of you who have taken chemistry before, the number of molecules in one mole – a figure your teachers always make you memorize – (6.022 x 1023 particles per mole) is known as Avogadro's number.
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On July 11th, 1895, the brothers Lumiere showed their new invention, which played short movies, to a group of scientists. The first time an audience paid to view one of their films was in December of that same year. Each of the original 10 films they made were 17 meters long, and lasted 46 seconds. Supposedly, their first movie of a train had the audience screaming as they thought a real train was crashing into the theater. Their first movie may have only been 46 seconds long, but I bet the previews still took 20 minutes.
On July 14th, 1965, the space probe Mariner 4 made a flyby and took the first close-up photos of Mars. After a seven month flight the probe flew by the planet, and sent back 22 television images covering about 1% of the planet's surface. Fortunately, they remembered to remove the lens cap beforehand.
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On July 15th, 1799, French Captain Pierre-Francois Bouchard found the Rosetta Stone in the Egyptian village known as Rosetta. The stone tells the same story in three different languages (Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian Demotic, and classical Greek.) The discovery of the stone allowed later scientists to decipher the lanugage of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Rosetta Stone is currently on display in The British Museum in London.
On July 16th, 1945, the world entered the "Atomic Age" as the United States successfully detonated a plutonium-based nuclear weapon during a test at the Trinity Site near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Less than a month later, the first atomic bomb Little Boy was dropped by the plane Enola Gay on Hiroshima, instantly killing an estimated 800,000 people.
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Novelist Elmore Leonard was born on this day in New Orleans in 1925. His father worked for General Motors, and the family moved frequently during Leonard's childhood, finally settling in Detroit.
During World War II, Leonard served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, then graduated from the University of Detroit with a degree in English in 1950. He decided to write either westerns or detective novels, whichever would generate the most income. After he sold a western for $1,000, he quickly churned out eight more. One of his books, Hombre (1961), was voted one of the best 25 westerns of all time by the Western Writers of America. It was made into a film in 1967.
Leonard married and had five children. To support the family, he worked as a copywriter at an advertising agency full time and on his novels every morning between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m. Westerns peaked in popularity in the late 1960s, so he turned to detective fiction. His first mystery, The Big Bounce (1969), was rejected by 84 publishers before it was published as an original paperback. Meanwhile, Leonard began writing educational films for Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Using the Internet as a juvenile violence prevention tool
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If the message that social media and the Internet are changing how law enforcement agencies approach crime hasn't hit home for your department yet, it's time to take note.
The Internet has become a ripe breeding ground for sexual predators, gang recruitment, cyber bullying, and child porn. The web hosts forums for terrorists to exchange information or for drug addicts to post the latest cocktail for meth. And eleven years after the Columbine school shooting incident, students are still posting messages of hate and violence on their MySpace pages or online chat rooms.
Constable Scott Mills, with Toronto Police Service and School Crime Stoppers, says that there is a major communication gap between modern youth and their adult mentors relating to technology.
"A problem still exists with police officers, probation officers, and youth workers not having the proper equipment to effectively use technology as a violence prevention tool," Mills said. "In reality, all that is needed is a computer hooked up to the Internet."
So if officers have all the equipment they need, what are some initial steps that they can do to reach out to juveniles and stop violent acts before they happen?
First, simply ask the juvenile in question for their e-mail address, their social networking site, or video sharing web site URL. Never ask for passwords, but instead strive to have a healthy two-way dialogue with the person about their Internet postings.
"Once disturbing material is found relating to suicide, drug usage/sale, gang activity, terrorism, bullying, school shooting plots and many other issues, then something can be done to engage the person in the counseling he or she needs that will prevent a violent act for occurring. You now will have online evidence to show to parents, school administrators and social service workers who will be able to help the youth with whatever problem they are having," Mills explains.
When investigating a youth involved in a serious incident, it's important to get all of the contact information from their e-mail accounts or chat buddy lists. Mills says that during one Toronto investigation, the e-mail addresses collected from student Hotmail accounts were used to send an invitation to view a YouTube video making a plea for tips in the disappearance of three missing teens.
The main mission of any officer engaging with the youth community is to break down walls between law enforcement and kids, to help teens who hate cops trust officers to keep them safe.
Mills suggests creating Facebook groups and YouTube pages that connect with the community in a real sense. For example, he uses the BMX bike trend and graffiti to interact with teens. Watching a YouTube video of a cop doing "legal graffiti" might help teens see officers in a new light and help them build relationships with the local law enforcement.
Officers should look to programs like Crime Stoppers as examples for how law enforcement, the media, and the community can interact to solve and prevent crime. The not-for-profit community-based program encourages the public to call with information concerning local crimes. Over the past few years Crime Stoppers has become an invaluable investigative tool to Ontario Police Services.
Check out the resources below for more information:
NoToGangs - www.notogangs.org
Internet Violence Prevention - http://internetviolenceprevention.com
Crime Stoppers International - http://www.c-s-i.org/
TipSoft SMS - http://smscrimetips.com/
Special thanks to the Social Media in Law Enforcement conference and Constable Scott Mills for the information used in this tip.


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Plays like this always make me think about the existence of a textbook for broadcasters. "It's always the second guy who gets caught" would be in Chapter 1, along with a section on Aikmanisms like "...and I'm not so sure they didn't do just that, Joe." Anyway, D.J. Newbill was the second guy here—this was also his second scuffle with an Illini today—and was ejected.
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you are so right about NOT making the deal on the lot.
I learned that with my MDX. I had plenty of dealers refuse to deal via the phone or internet and insisted I "come down and then I will give you a great deal". I politely told them I had a great deal in writing from dealer X, and I'd like them to beat it to earn my business and fax me the deal in writing. Some played and faxed the offer, but many gave me "you have to come down" line.
One guy was upfront. he said "you probably aren't in my immediate area, and you're just using me to drive down the price, then you'll take my offer to some other dealer, and they will get your business". that's almost exactly what he said. he was sort of right..but i guess they get enough guys like us that some of them get fed up with it. oh well, that's their job - to make offers, and try to sell cars. some just want some sucker to come ont he lot and tell them "how much they have to have this car".
I'm sold on the s2k. i just need to finish selling my wife on it. she's not 100% thrilled at the idea of me getting a two seater. I think she assumes that I'll drive off into the sunset and not come home all day - and leave here home with the kids.
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Just wondering.
Several folks were talking about it when the new deals showed up, but I didn't see anyone post that they pull the trigger on a lease deal.
I talked to the dealer we just leased our Pilot through (super deal) and they would lease me the new S for $500 under invoice (IIRC) but would only allow $17.5k to $19k trade on my 05. So I will have to wait for my 05 lease to end and see there are any good deals at that time, or just sell my S retail, or do as I had originally planned and buy my S at lease end.
Good luck with that! 7 months later and my wife (no kids) are still not thrilled with the car. You can try the gas mileage angle but with so many other cars now getting 30+ mpg, it might be a bit hard.0
My wife love riding in the S, what is not to love ? She does not care for driving it, but if the weather is nice she is always willing to go for a ride. Though it is smaller inside and trunk space, she likes it more than the C5 'vette I had and for sure better than the Miata M.
i saw on another board that this past friday, Honda bumped up the dealer cash incentives on some models. not sure which ones.
did the s2000 get more cash behind it to sweeten the deals?0
[email protected] Posts: 38,515Hey 23109vc. Honda did raise its dealer cash on the 2008 Pilot and Ridgeline a couple of weeks ago, but unfortunately it did not introduce any on the 2008 S2000. At least there is a special lease program on it.
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is up. Not much change. The MF is down to 0.00035 (from 0.00054) but the residual has dropped 1% to 55% from 56%. The net effect is the "special" pre-figured lease is the same as last month. $2,500 and signing gets you $349 per month - plus taxes, etc.
Just like before, the deal as figured is OK but you can negotiate the price of the car down and you certainly do not have to put down $2,500. Once you have a nice price, then roll everything into the lease except maybe first payment and see how it looks. Don't sink your money into a lease at 0.84% effective financing - keep your money in the bank and use Honda's cheap money. So what if the payment is higher? You are still driving and S on the cheap .
Now if Honda would put some dealer money on these on TOP of the cheap lease, then we would have something.
i test drove a used boxster. OMFG. so much nicer. the sound alone was intoxicating. i know honda is more reliable...but wow. decisions.0
No doubt they are nice cars, but you have to be rich (or a mechanic) to own and maintain one. IIRC they have to drop the motor to change spark plugs, for example .
If you are just looking for a sunny day car that will not see a lot of miles, then you might be OK. If you are looking for a daily drive that you will have to depend on and maintain then the "total cost of ownership" for any Porsche is something to consider.
BTW, it looks like for April the S2000 lease deal is carried on the same as it was. Pretty nice, but they have had better deals (but not in a while).
Vehicle: 2008 Honda S2000 in New Formula Red and black leather
Options: none
Invoice: $31,689
My price for the car, destination, and dealer fee: $30,247.37
Acquisition Fee: $595
Final Cap Cost: $30,842.37
Lease term: 36 months
Allowed Miles: 12k per year
Residual: $18,864.49 (54%)
Money Factor: 0.00073
Security Deposit: Waived
Base Payment: $369.00
With State Tax: $394.84
Amount paid at signing: first payment and $83 in tax
Note that there is a $1,000 dealer incentive for AHFC leased S2000s that is not available if you purchase the car. They do offer 0.9% to 2.9% financing, but the lease is at 1.752% effective interest and the $1k incentive wipes out the $595 bank fee and lowers the price $405 (in effect) so I think you would be nuts to buy the car .
The lease deal shown on the Honda web page runs from 5/1 to 7/7 so I assume the MF and residual will be the same through that time.
so did you get a new one??? I've seen you post here several times - a few times replying to my threads.... i know you had an older model and were thinking of upgrading to a new S2000.
I am very much interested in a two seat roadster. at the moment i'm torn between leasing a new S2k or buying a used boxster. my dad is selling his 2000 base - highly optioned including 18" wheels, heated seats, full leather, upgraded lights/tails, and M030 (super stiff suspension package) - it's only 217 hp, but having driven an S2k, the 217hp base boxster feels faster due to having more torque... the sound of the boxster is musical....amazing. but buying a car with 50-75k miles means itw ill require repairs. i could buy his car for 14-15k and have a payment lower than the s2k lease... but i've make up the difference with repair costs,e tc.
maybe i'll have to test drive an s2k again.
you think there is any more room to improve on the deal you got? your deal sounds very good. you put essentially nothing down..or just the payment + tax so lets say $500 or so.
last time i went in they wanted something like 2-3k down and then they quoted me a monthly about what you are paying.
i would lke to think I could get the car down to about 350 with tax... so shave another 50/month off... but over a 36 month lease, that's almost another $2000... not sure i can shave THAT much off the car.
$400/month with virtually nothing down for a brand new s2k lease and 12k/year..is a great deal. it will run like a top... and after having driven a bone stock s2k, i can say that while you COULD modify it to make it faster/handle better - the car does NOT need it.
i've modified a lot of my former cars...and the s2k is one that you really coudl drive bone stock and love it every minute. same for the boxster. they are amazing cars right out of the box.
i'm gonna have to look into the s2k lease some more. the deals sound pretty tempting.
how is the new car Dennis??? better than the old one or is it the same, just all new?0
I think my car was priced into all but $250 or so of the hold back. Unless the incentives get better, the lease rate gets cheaper, or both I would not think you could do much better leasing an 08 S2000.
I posed the residual and the money factory, you should concentrate on negotiating the lowest possible selling price on the car. Keep in mind the $1k dealer lease incentive. Once you have that, you plug that number into a lease calc and work out your payments.
The boxster is a nice car, the boxster s is a VERY nice car - but a whole lot more money than an S. Yes a used example is cheaper but would probably still be about as much as a new S. Get a used S, and things really start to get inexpensive. My 05 could be had for maybe $21,500 for example .
The newer car has different seats, drive by wire throttle, stability control, and several other changes but it basically drives and feels the same to me - just newer.
And that new car smell! Don't forget the new car smell!0
your deal sounds pretty good. I'm really thinking about doing another test drive.
the pricing right now is very attractive. I'm basically torn between the boxster or boxster S and the S2k. the boxster is the car i honestly like better - but to get a NEW boxster would be way way way out of my price range. I'd be looking at 2000-2002 models at most...and buying a used one in the 20k range. I've seen nice base AND S models in that price range with 30-50k on the car and some with extended warranties that would buy me a couple years of peace of mind.
the big downside to the porsche is that it's got to be more expensive to keep running. I could basically get a NEW S2k and have a payment of about $400/mnth with no out of pocket money. for a used porsche to have that total cost of ownershp...I'd probably have to stick with a used, higher mileage car...
the one apples/orange part of the comparo though, is that if I bought a used boxster, at the end of the loan term, say I went 4-6 years - i coudl keep the payment low by stretching it out a while, and at the end of the term, id' own it. say I did a 4 year loan on a car that cost me $20k and had roughly 50k on the car. assuming 10-12k/year driving - the car would have 90-100k on it at the end of the loan, and i honestly don't know what it woudl be worth then, but i'm guessing in the 10-12k range or so. so say it's wroth 10k....i'd spend 20-23k in total cost + financing fees, plus say another 4-5k in repairs/mainteneance...which puts my total cost at 28k worst case scenario...minus the 10k ti's wroth when the loan is over and my net cost is 18k.
the S2000 is less than that - and while it's "not a porsche", i'd have ZERO reliability/repair issues and my only "job" woudl be to make my payment, and drive the stink out of the car and enjoy it.
it's very hard to compare loans to leases.
I guess I always could consider a used S2k...like an 05 or 06 and try to get a sweet one for artound 20k. then i coudl do an apples/apples comparo to the boxster... you know the s2k will cost me less to maintain. not sure which would have a better residual in 4-5 years. for 20k i'd be getting a slightly newer lower mileage s2k....for sure. 05 or 06 model vs a 00-02 model porsche.
both cars have their pros/cons.
my heart wants the boxster but my pocketbook likes the s2k.0
Unless it was a factory backed extended warranty, I would worry about getting any repairs done. Without a warranty I would make sure I had lots of spare money laying around to pay for repairs. The bad news is the dealer will be silly high on parts and repairs, the good news is that the high dealer prices usually mean there and some independent shops around who can take care of the car.
Check insurance rates as well, a used boxster may cost more to insure than even a new S2000.
As a point of reference, my 05 S2000 with 12k on it and a 7 yr (4 left), 75k, $0 deductible HondaCare warranty on it would be about $21.5k or a bit less as it sits.
Like I said before, the boxster is a nice car and the s is a great car but they are a lot of money new or used and when they break .
kyfdx Posts: 117,412my heart wants the boxster but my pocketbook likes the s2k.
The eternal dilemma..
In my experience, buying a used Porsche will only save you on depreciation.. it will be as expensive to maintain as a new one (or more), and then you have the repair issues.. Even a used Boxster in the $20K-$25K range will be more expensive over 3 years than the S2000 lease..
The usual advice on buying used Porsches is to get the newest, lowest mileage model that you can afford, as that will be cheaper in the long run.. I think that is telling advice about how expensive owning a Porsche can be..
But, no point in dropping over $400/mo. on an S2000, if you regret it every time you see a Boxster drive by..
(done the Porsche thing)
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I need to test drive the two cars back to back to see just HOW much more I really like the porsche.
i drove the s2000 twice. once with the top up and once with the top down. the top down trip - was a much longer test drive, on twisty roads,a nd i absolutely loved it. the only thing i HATE is the tach. that digital thing is so nasty. the boxster has a nice huge center tach which i like.
i'll keep you all posted!!0
when I first started looking at a small sporty car, I was really drawn to the RX8. i looked at both the rx8 and s2k. each has pros/cons.
i would have liked either car - the s2k for being more performance for themoney and top down fun. the rx8 had more practicality/usability and was more comfortable.
the only rx8s i liked were more heavily optioned and at that price level the s2k was a better buy.
now mazda has released the 09s and they have an r3 trim level. stiffer suspension, cool body kit, awesome seats... differetn rear end ratio on all new 8s supposedly make it quicker off the line and accelerate better at lower speeds.
i have yet to test drvie one, but with this newer suspension, i wonder fi the new rx8 will have that "soft" feeling gone and feel more like the s2k - stiff and sportier feeling.
the new r3 version looks very cool too.
anyone test drive the r3 yet and compare it to an s2k?0
I love the RX8 so no disprect for that car, just reminding you of the rising oil costs and the RX8 is an oil burner.
Now, pardon me while I go look at the '09 RX8 to see what exactly you are talking about!
I'll have to see it in person but not too bad.
i wonder if it makes more sense to do the lease of a new 08 or find a leftover 07?
i would think an 07 could be had for 28k or so...at most. mylocal dealer said they woudl sell their leftover 07s for 28k and that was just off the phone. if i was there, willing to sign up and take it away, they might go even lower.
how cheap can you buy an 07 for now? would it make more financial sense to buy at the cheaper price for an 07 or lease an 08?
even wiht a great APR, I would think the monthly payment for a purchase is goig
n to be quite a bit higher unless you do some sort of crazy long payment plan...
i think the lease is the way to go. anyone disagree?
i would assume the cost of a 36 month least, double it and then compare that to financing the 07 over 72 months.
although hard to say you could lease the same car for the same price in 3 years. but to make an apples/apples comparison in terms of total costs... i would think that the lease would be better as the monthly payment on a 6 year loan woudl be close to the lease payments...and the lease would never really need much repairs..while the s2k will start costing to repair in years 4-5-6.
although in the end of the loan you own something, vs own nothign on the lease.
anyone care to figure that one out??0
Haven't we had this discussion before?
I had an 05 RX-8 GT 6mt w/Nav and while I like the car, it drank gas like a Hummer (15-16 mpg commuting) and drank a good bit of oil. On a trip, all Interstate, to pick up my daughter's new Civic I got about 19 mpg and that was fill, Interstate, fill. Truly terrible miles for a car with not much power and not large or heavy. Resale value was as bad as a Suzuki or Kia. Smooth motor, but no torque. Classy looking interior, but crummy Bose stereo that can't be easily upgraded. Way out of date Nav (my 05 came with an 03 disc) with non-existent upgrades. Nice handling without a stiff ride. I returned it lease end as I could not find a buyer and did not want to over pay for it buying it out and didn't want to own something with such a sharp decline in value. Long term worries about the motor as well, but this has been eased somewhat by the new long rotary powertrain warranty from Mazda. It would cover by 05 retroactively, if I still had it.
I replaced the 8 some months later with a G37. More power, gobs more torque, better everything (except weight). Gets 17 mpg around town and well into the 20's on the road.
I am now on my 3rd S2000, a new 08 after the 05 and 01 cars I had previously. I get 23-24 mpg commuting and around 28 mpg on the highway - all with the top down. With the $1k lease incentive I got mine "real cheap" and the lease rate is low as well. I little more sparse in the sound deadening and luxury appointments, but that is OK. Stereo is pretty good and uses normal DIN head unit and standard size speakers so upgrades are easy. Not much room, not much space. True sports car handling and (to me) not that rough of a ride. Staggered tire sizes front and rear mean no rotating possible and super soft tires mean 12k to 16k and you will be buying new rear tires (unless you just poke along). Resale value, once very, very strong for S2000s is more normal now and is on the decline.
I have not driven the r3 and probably will not. The differences might make a little difference, but it looks like if you get the package you miss out on things (like heated seats) you would get if you got the GT model. Is it a limited production model? If so, then no deals. Even if not, they just launched so probably no deals or incentives for quite some time.
If I were looking for a coupe today, I might wander down to the BMW dealer and test drive the 135 . If I wanted a convertible, I would find a Honda dealer willing to price a new 08 down into the hold back (as I did) .
Did you check my lease deal post just a few messages up?
Invoice: $31,689
My price for the car, destination, and dealer fee: $30,247.37
and that is with a cheap lease too. If you buy, the price would be higher by $1k but you could do the 2.9% financing for 60 months.
Run the numbers for yourself and see how it looks. $31,300 at 2.9% for 60 would be $561 per month. $28k at 5.29% is $532. If your credit union has a lower rate, then you could get a lower payment. That is ASSUMING they will give you new car rate money on a left over 2007 car - many banks will not.
You will be upside down on the loan no matter if you do an 08 or 07, but will stay upside down a lot longer (and for more money) on the 07.
You will not be able to get a good lease on a left over car, so that is out.
If you lease an 08 then the $1k dealer incentive applies but you have to add the $595 bank fee. Still, the net is $405 CHEAPER in cost if you lease. Since the lease MF has a low interest rate (1.75%) you should come out just fine leasing the car, then buying it in 3 years if you decide to keep it. You start out at a cheaper price and pay less interest now - but you will likely have to pay more interest to buy it out (again depending on your bank or credit union's rate at that time). If you decide it is time for something else, no worries about the eroding resale value if you lease - just turn it in at lease end and walk away.
Many thanks for your comments. I've been trailing this discussion and can identify with many points of view. Yeah, the Porsche dilemma. Cost of owning a new S 2000 after five years is said to be ~ $60K and the Boxster about half again as much. For an old guy facing declining income and maybe one last roadster, the Porsche seems like too steep a hill. I haven't spent enough time behind the wheel of any open car lately to know which would be the easiest to live with. A Miata looks like the default ride if I can't make a low to mid $30K deal on an S2000 as described.
I lived with an MGB and Alfa Spyder in the 60s, but I was in my 20s.
The SF Bay Area, I think, may still be one of the stronger regions for the S, so it'll be a test to see if I can find a dealer who wants to make a quick sale at low profit. I bought an M3 in '99 from a dealer group which owns the local Honda store, and they screwed with the money factor in the fine print of my lease. I didn't pick up on it till I went home and ran the numbers. They were dinking me for about fifty bucks a month by claiming the disparity in what was quoted verbally and what emerged in writing was the result of mysterious fees, and that it would somehow be made up with lower residual. (My first lease: I was a babe in the woods.) The good news is that after some internal churning and several spirited talks with the GM and a letter to the CEO, they reissued the lease with the correct figures. I was lucky, I guess, but needless to say the prospect of buying from this closest outlet gives me pause. I intend to see who'll work with me by email and phone, because I just can't do the on-site dealer dance one more time.0
i think your figures are wrong. $60k total cost to own a new S2k after 5 years? I think you mean the total cost would be the cost of the car - like $30k or so. yeah, there will be finance charges and maintenance, but not another 30k worth...
maybe you meant 60k for the PORSCHE?? and half for the s2k?!
a new porsche - yeah. big costs. i'd never buy a new porsche, not NOW. i'd be looking at a used one if I got one at all. you can get nice low mileage used boxsters for about the cost of a new s2k. if you have 30k to BUY - you could get yourself a nice boxster. probably an 04-05 base with low miles. get one with an extended warranty, and you'd be doing pretty well.
if you compare buying a used porsche vs leasing a new S2000 - however, you stat to get monthly costs that come near close and the s2k has the benefit of NO repair bills at a porsche dealer. the big unknown on a used porsche is the repairs. could be low and could nickel and dime you to death.
given my situation - i am interested in something with a high bang / buck value. a used porsche boxster would be perfect if I had a crystal ball and knew I could pickup a nice 2000 model with 65k miles, and have MINIMAL repairs... you can buy these for 15k. (although you can buy USED s2ks in this price poijnt too that are 05 model - with very low miles like 25-40k on them.
the porsche is a neat car. the one i drove had an upgraded suspension, 18s,a nd the sound of that motor is amazing. go to youtube and put in boxster and exhaust and listen to some of the clips of those things. the sound is intoxicating. very cool. the s2k sounds okay, but the s2k is almost obnoxious sounding if you compare it to a boxster. sorry.
the s2ks big appeal is that it does everything the boxster can do in terms of performance for half the money with bullet proof reliability. if you can live without the "porsche" image - it is a lot of car for the money.
one nagging thing is the s2k dash. I am not kidding - I FRICKIN HATE the bargraph dash thing. i think it's an eyesore and disgusting. the boxster has a nice big basic tach which I love. every second you sit in the car and look at the dash you see that . the S2000 dash just drives me up the wall - why they did that awful bargraph thing is beyond me.
do any of you like it, love it? did you hate it then get used to it? does it have ANY benefit in terms of visibility or redline notification..does it all flash at you to shift or something... i still think it's fugly.0
aramism Posts: 28well im planning on getting an s2000 lease in ny very soon.
ive never put a penny up front except dmv and first months so i am hoping to get this car in the 300's somewhere with 300-400 upfront total with everything.
my mother actually has a civic that is on an extended lease that i am currently driving. i just got out of an 06 infi m45 sport last month and being that my mom had a few months left on an extended 03 civic lease and she got a new jetta so i figured i can take a few months to decide what to get and save some money as the payment on th civic is like 200 a month.
so hopefully if she co-registers there will be additional discount since the s2000 is coming out of a civic lease so honda -> honda.
based on this business do you think the MF and such will be better after the july 7th promotion because im probably not going to be able by july 7th to get this car and that is when the promotion expires. any thoughts?0
To be honest, once you are used to driving a new to you car you will not be looking at the tach anyway. If you are paying attention, every engine tells you by sound and feel when it needs to be shifted. Sure, not used to a 8.5k or 8k redline will have you shifting too soon unless you stare at the tach but once you get used to the car then you will never need to watch - just drive. Or at least that is the case for me.
The one car I owned which was hard to drive this way was an RX-8. The rotary was so SMOOOOOTH and pulled right up to and through redline that the factory added a pre-redline shift alert. Once you got close to redline it would beep to tell you that you were about about of RPMs. That came in very handy for driving without watching the tach.
One thing I really like now is a digital speedometer. I had a heads up display in my C5 'vette and it was so much nicer than the analog gauge. Then the S2000s I have own have all been digital readout as was the RX-8. I love it, I want to know I am going 58 and not "something between 55 and 60" and you can tell with a digital gauge at a glance. I put ScanGauge IIs in all the cars so they all have a digital (and correctable) speedometers.
I can share the desire for the boxster. Heck, I have wanted an NSX every since they launched and I have a nice scale model of one on my desk (along with some others) but I have given up on owning one. By the time the price drops to what I would pay they are all really old and / or really high mile. I had a friend that had a couple so I have been able to drive one, just not in the cards to own one. If you can get your dream car, then you should. Just get a good deal on a nice example so if your dream turns into a nightmare you can unload it without losing too much.
The current rate and residual combination is a little better than what was in the prior deal, what makes now a nice time is the $1k dealer incentive on top of the lease. None of us knows what Honda will do after the current deals expire, could be better deals for leases or could be worse. For SALES it might be better but I am not sure a cheaper lease deal will be coming - but that is just a guess on my part.
Dennis, I believe you and I are kindres spirits! It isn't in my cards to own an NSX either but holy cow do I still love them, even if they are what, 14 years old? I could almost afford to timeshare one! I also have a scale model at my office! Mine is black but anyway, back to the point...
I've always loved the digital readout, the tach's bar graph I personally find helpful, especially in the beginning of ownership. There is no staring at the dash to obtain speed or RPMs, just a quick glance and then you can focus on the road again.0
Just to clarify my earlier comments about cost of ownership for five years: the $60K for the S2000 vs. $90K Boxster referred to TOTAL cost of ownership, i.e., depreciation, fuel, insurance, lease/ finance costs, repairs, etc. The figures are based on near-MSRP pricing, so it's an apples to apples comparison. To further illustrate, this breaks down to ~ 85 cents a mile for an S2000 and $1.28 a mile for a Boxster. Just for ducks, a Cayman S is $1.38 a mile, a BMW 135 is $1.00 a mile and Miata is 75 cents. I'm not sure how ultimately practical such knowledge is since buying this type of car is hardly in the same realm as buying for an appliance, but is does give a rough basis for comparison. Anyway, we're not talking about Enzos or other "ultimate" cars here. ("Ultimate" is a really big category, one which only the deceased -- George Carlin and Scott Kalitta, R.I.P., are qualified to address, if they but possess the will and wherewithall.)
For all my motorheadedness, I've a practical side that hates surprises -- I still remember the day in 1972 when I walked out of my flat in San Francisco to find my recently bought '67 Sunbeam Alpine stolen. This isn't entirely apropos to this discussion except as an illustration of the vagaries of owning a sports car. I was young and foolish, and frugal, I thought, so I didn't have it insured for collision or theft.
I'm trying to illustrate the importance of abiding dependability. Throughout the last ten years of leasing, buying, then selling a '99 M3, and owning and driving an unusually entertaining Subaru Forester XT MT, which my wife now drives, I never sold my '94 Integra GSR Sedan. I'm the original owner and it's got only 71,000 miles on it. It has been completely bullet-proof. It runs up through VTech to 8200 RPM without any indication of stress. This happens less often than when it and I were younger, yet it still stirs something vital. There's no question that the sound of a Porsche at full song is about as good as it gets for mere mortals, still, the thought of ever having to tear into one of those boxer motors at this stage of life and income is daunting. Just how does one beat a Honda or other Japanese car for reliability? I didn't want to hang on to the BMW long enough to find out.
BTW, I've driven a friend's massively-Compteched NSX -- he has more money than anyone needs -- and it is BIG "I" impressive, in a far more refined way than an original '67 427 Cobra I drove in '72 ... owned by the guy who sold me the Alpine. Absolutely silly-fast, especially on the tires of that era. It was British racing green, with high-rise manifold and racing oil cooler, and had 7500 miles on it. Pristine. I could have bought it for $7500 -- mind you, this is what a new 911 cost in those days, so, as with Porsches of today, was a little rich for my blood. Sorry ... got a little off track there. Maybe, I'd be safer in a Miata after all.0
the honda website does not show any sort of s2000 lease "special".
the local dealer said they thought the deal that had been running up to early July was no longer available.
so it the S2000 no longer a good lease deal? i held off on doing anythign thinking it would onlyh get better...but now it looks like they pulled the 1000 incentive and low MF?
oh well. i guess you snooze you lose. anyone know the current numbers on a 2008 s2000 lease?
fyi - i looked at leasing AND buying. my local dealer still has 2007 models on their lot!! they have a sign saying $6000 off MSRP on both the 07 AND the 08 models.
my guess is they may do even better on an s2000 purchase?!?! how cheap could i really get an s2k, especially if i bought an 07?0
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