Cruizin' Hawaii - NSX/S2000 meet

Sunday, March 30. 2003
Cruizin' Hawaii - NSX/S2000 meet
 

When our friend Kingston mentioned he wanted to make a combined Honda/Acura cruise, we jumped at the chance. King, had owned an S2000, but he had just picked up an Acura NSX. The meet was set for for March and notices were sent out. As expected, turnout was excellent!
Download the Video Here: Cruizin' Hawaii

Our day began at Kakaako Park at about 10:00 AM. As is Hawaii custom, participants continued to arrive over the next hour. It seemed like theer was always "one more person" on the way, and our departure was delayed about a half hour too late. It started to rain!
Fortunately, the rain was confined to short cloud burst just before Waikiki, and by the time we passed Diamond Head, the skies were clear.

With this many cars, keeping everyone together along Kalanianaole Highway was difficult, but with everyone helping out, we managed to stay mostly together. We pulled aside just before the climb up toward Hanauma Bay to regroup.
Then it was over one of the most scenic roads on the way to Sandy Beach park for a little picture taking. I love the sight of 16 S2000s and 6 NSXs twisting along the rocky cliffside by the Blow Hole.

Getting this many cars out of the Sandy Beach parking would have been near impossible without our RSX buddies "running interference" and holding up traffic to let us in. The incurred the wrath of the other motorists to allow us to stay together! mahalo to them!
Our caravan of Honda's best drew quite a few stares as we moved through kailua town on the way to Windward Mall for Lunch.
We ended up parking at the end of the lot to keep everyone together, and this provided another opportunity to take a few more pictures.
After lunch in the Food Court, we headed towards Kuualoa Beach park. Once again our RSX friends provided blocking to help everyone get out of the parking lot.

Once we arrived at Kuualoa, we realized that some other car clubs were cruising and had monopolized all the parking! After a "drive throug" we headed back to town. Some drivers left after Kuualoa, and on our way back, the rains returned with a vengence!
As cruises go, this one was well planned and executed, and my thanks go to Kingston for getting the ball rolling. The S2000 Club of America provided the liability insurance and fortunately it wasn't needed. Except for the rain at the beginning and end, it was a wonderful day and everyone had a great time.
 
Video Notes/Comments: Looking back at this video, if I did it again, I'd make everything fit into one song to keep it moving better. This was all shot with one camera, my small JVC. I believe that all the shots were handheld so there is a lot of camera shake. Edited with Sony Vegas 4.