I love my s2000. It's perfect. This video kinda shows why.
YouTube - Controlled Insanity Partial Fluffy Clouds and Puppy Dogs Run at Wake the Dragon 2010
-You can get them all day for under 10k.
-The engines just feel efficient and smooth.
-24-29mpg and I drive like a prick.
-Stock suspension is amazing.
-Parts aren't expensive.
-The gauge cluster is fucking digital and super badass and cool looking.
-VTEC is intense.
-High RPMs are cool too.
-The gearing is fun.
-Hondas are straight up reliable.
-The engine start button is cool. No turnin keys. Makes me feel thug.
-Stock sets rock. The interiors are just simple and graceful.
-They don't come with a bunch of unnecessary crap like traction control. There aren't auto models. It's a car meant for fun.
-ap2 taillights just look sick.
-Most parts available are baller. Not much BS to sort through.
-Convertibles are fun. They look sick with hardtops. Knockoff hardtops are dirt cheap.
Bad stuff.
-Not much room. I'm a tiny guy and I have 2 240sx and plenty of friends with bigger cars so yea. I put bride vios III in there so noone bigger than 34 waist can sit in my car anyways.
-You can't drift them awesome. Only weaksauce stuff. Don't sell your 240sx for a down payment.
-No torque. Just gotta rev that bitch.
-The diffs aren't the sturdiest. They're cheap and so are trans and clutchess tho.
-Not much cool aero. New stuff comes out every day that's dope though. If you're not a ricer you'll live.
All in all they're not bad at all. At first when I got my s2000 I thought I was gonna end up wanting to sell it, but really I just wanna drive the shit out of it. My roommate has a 500+whp stock block gt35r ap1 with stock cams/clutch... it drives fucking amazing. under 4500rpm it drives stock, and then it just slams you black. We raced an e90 m3 with an active autoworks supercharger....10-90 roll and we were dead even with it...on LOW BOOST 8psi ~360whp.
Genesis sound badass with bolt ons. My buddy owns one. They handle mods well, all in all fun cars. I'd wait a few years until they come out with a way cooler version with less problems but honestly it'll be virtually the same i bet.
I like 350z's but I bet I would've been less happy if I got one. I still have an sr20'd hatch and another project 240sx...I still like Nissans more.