S1 To S2 Conversion Looks To Be Getting Closer

[snowman]

Hi everyone.. have been having a chat with a nice S2 owner, might have come to an 'arrangement' over each others cars, his for mine plus some cash..

 

What i need to sort out though is the spec of his car, it's a 2001 S2 Race tech...

 

whats the diiferences to a sports tourer etc???

 

It does look fantastic though...

 

 

Any input welcome!!!

[Scott_Mac]

Race Tech is the one to go for basically - well IMO.

 

You get Alcantara seats (leather in the ST), only 2 speakers, no carpets (which makes you manly) and i seem to recall you get the cross drilled brakes too....

 

The main bonus IMO is the considerably better seats. Agreed it looks stunning though - one of my fave S2 colours.

[snowman]

thanks for the quick reply Scott i'll do some more digging tonight... we really need to talk about ways round websense, i hate this firewall, stops me getting at Lotus stuff at work

[Scott_Mac]

 

Does look tasty.... if you have to downgrade, i guess that is a fair choice. A bit common on here now though

[Fiona]

Sheesh. How many Laser blue's are they on here? Need to get my white stripes soon......

 

Looks great, though, Snowman. Personally I prefer the ST rather than the Racetech. Supposedly the Racetech is nearly £1k less second hand than the ST (especially from a dealer) so bear this in mind when you buy.

 

Fiona

[simondann111s]

Sheesh.  How many Laser blue's are they on here?  Need to get my white stripes soon......

Better make mine black strips then......

[Kris H]

ST has carpets and therefore unlikely to have the holes in the floor problem - racetech had the same rubber mat issues as the S1 and therefore more likely to be subject to corrosion - have seen a few folks with racetechs post elsewhere saying that they think they might have this problem so worth checking IMO. Overall there isn't a massive difference, less sound deadening, no carpets, 2 speakers instead of four, alcantara seats instead of leather and generally lower prices/residuals. No differences with engines/handling/suspension etc and weight difference minimal. Think that they all have crossed drilled brakes don't they? May be wrong about that last bit though.

 

Kristian

[Scott_Mac]

Leather, carpets... std in an S2 ST. Need i say anymore?