Okay...so last week my '94 NSX turned 80,000 miles on the odometer and I started thinking about all of the considerable driving I have done with this NSX, and my '91 NSX. I mean, all things considered I have logged over 160,000 miles between my NSX's and previous ones that I spent time with, and getting behind the wheel is still a thrill.
Last year I went to a BMW Precision Driving Experience M school and loved spending two days driving a BMW M5....enough that I almost traded in one of the NSX's for an M5. The whole way home I was thinking about why I like the NSX, and if I wanted to keep both of them. Well, as you can tell from my sig, I still have both of my Japanese road rockets and have held back from buying an M5. Although, I do admit that I will probably add an M5 in a couple of years, I have no plans to sell the NSX's to do it.
Flash back to this last week when I saw the 80,000 miles show on the '94. It kind of made me rethink why I have the car in the forst place, and why it is my daily driver.
1.) So much fun!!
* The car is designed in such a way that when I am leaving work I can put down the windows, pull out onto the street, and just punch the gas!! Redline in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd comes up and all my worries and cares fly right out the window. I can attack some back roads and the VTEC just plasters a smile on my face that never gets old. I never have a bad day driving the NSX.
2.) Looks great!!
* I have owned and driven NSX's for so many years now that I cannot remember not having one, yet I stil find myself going out to the garage and flipping on the lights just to look at it. Several people told me that eventually this would wear off after having the NSX for a while, but guess what?? They were wrong!! It is a total trip to look out at that car in the garage and think, 'Hey...this car is MINE to drive whenever and wherever I want,' and know that I am blessed. Sometimes I have friends drive the car just so that I can follow them and see what the car looks like while it drives. Funny I know....but the car is beauty in motion.
3.) Reliable.
* I never think twice about driving the NSX on long trips. Most of you that know me know that I will drive my NSX anywhere, anytime, if it sounds like fun. The more miles I rack up the more fun I have because I know that the NSX can handle it. One of my dreams is to have the highest mileage NSX in the world. Something in me finds it really amusing when I go to and NSX club event, or other car show, and I see people bragging about how low mileage their car is and how they never drive it, and then they look at my car and almost have a heart attack when they see the odometer. HAHAHAA!! I love it.
4.) Perfection.
* The NSX is perfect **for me** and my way of driving and living. I want you all to reread the part that says perfect **for me** before responding that some other car is more 'perfect'. The NSX has interior ergonomics that make me feel like I am at home at the helm of a fighter jet for the road. The black canopy top on my early cars (which I enjoy more than the color matched tops) evokes memories of the first NSX's that I ever saw, and the videos of Ayrton Senna doing prototype testing on racetracks throughout the world. Every angle of the car is beautiful to me and I find myself looking around even when stopped at traffic lights and noticing different angles of the car that I absolutey love. The NSX is what I always wanted in a car, and now I have it.
Thanks for listening to my little schpeel there. I guess I am just really happy to have this car and to be able to share the joy with other who have the same thing. So enjoy your car...drive it....and let yourself live the dream again. Both you and your NSX will feel better for it.
Last year I went to a BMW Precision Driving Experience M school and loved spending two days driving a BMW M5....enough that I almost traded in one of the NSX's for an M5. The whole way home I was thinking about why I like the NSX, and if I wanted to keep both of them. Well, as you can tell from my sig, I still have both of my Japanese road rockets and have held back from buying an M5. Although, I do admit that I will probably add an M5 in a couple of years, I have no plans to sell the NSX's to do it.
Flash back to this last week when I saw the 80,000 miles show on the '94. It kind of made me rethink why I have the car in the forst place, and why it is my daily driver.
1.) So much fun!!
* The car is designed in such a way that when I am leaving work I can put down the windows, pull out onto the street, and just punch the gas!! Redline in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd comes up and all my worries and cares fly right out the window. I can attack some back roads and the VTEC just plasters a smile on my face that never gets old. I never have a bad day driving the NSX.
2.) Looks great!!
* I have owned and driven NSX's for so many years now that I cannot remember not having one, yet I stil find myself going out to the garage and flipping on the lights just to look at it. Several people told me that eventually this would wear off after having the NSX for a while, but guess what?? They were wrong!! It is a total trip to look out at that car in the garage and think, 'Hey...this car is MINE to drive whenever and wherever I want,' and know that I am blessed. Sometimes I have friends drive the car just so that I can follow them and see what the car looks like while it drives. Funny I know....but the car is beauty in motion.
3.) Reliable.
* I never think twice about driving the NSX on long trips. Most of you that know me know that I will drive my NSX anywhere, anytime, if it sounds like fun. The more miles I rack up the more fun I have because I know that the NSX can handle it. One of my dreams is to have the highest mileage NSX in the world. Something in me finds it really amusing when I go to and NSX club event, or other car show, and I see people bragging about how low mileage their car is and how they never drive it, and then they look at my car and almost have a heart attack when they see the odometer. HAHAHAA!! I love it.
4.) Perfection.
* The NSX is perfect **for me** and my way of driving and living. I want you all to reread the part that says perfect **for me** before responding that some other car is more 'perfect'. The NSX has interior ergonomics that make me feel like I am at home at the helm of a fighter jet for the road. The black canopy top on my early cars (which I enjoy more than the color matched tops) evokes memories of the first NSX's that I ever saw, and the videos of Ayrton Senna doing prototype testing on racetracks throughout the world. Every angle of the car is beautiful to me and I find myself looking around even when stopped at traffic lights and noticing different angles of the car that I absolutey love. The NSX is what I always wanted in a car, and now I have it.
Thanks for listening to my little schpeel there. I guess I am just really happy to have this car and to be able to share the joy with other who have the same thing. So enjoy your car...drive it....and let yourself live the dream again. Both you and your NSX will feel better for it.
