I'd only get rid of mine for a house or to trade for someone's 95-96 Midnight Pearl NSX-T.
I sold my CTSCd 02 for the equivalent money to get into a same year 996TT about 5 years ago - no regrets at all. The Pcar has been AWESOME.
Loved the NSX and thought it was awesome but needed a more practical car. The Pcar has proven to be that.
I wish that Id have been able to keep it but I didn't have garage space and I needed the cash from the NSX to get the Pcar at the time, so....such is life.
If I had of kept it, I would have sold it by now for sure - I appreciate what it is but I'm a practical guy and its value due to nostalgia and rarity would have caused me to sell it to get into a more modern car.
Think about it often. Miss it often. Would make the same decision again under the same circumstances.
I sold my CTSCd 02 for the equivalent money to get into a same year 996TT about 5 years ago - no regrets at all. The Pcar has been AWESOME.
Loved the NSX and thought it was awesome but needed a more practical car. The Pcar has proven to be that.
I wish that Id have been able to keep it but I didn't have garage space and I needed the cash from the NSX to get the Pcar at the time, so....such is life.
If I had of kept it, I would have sold it by now for sure - I appreciate what it is but I'm a practical guy and its value due to nostalgia and rarity would have caused me to sell it to get into a more modern car.
Think about it often. Miss it often. Would make the same decision again under the same circumstances.
I'd consider a 991 turbo, maybe a 997, but to me a 996 is blah. Yeah, it's fast, but that's all.
from your track experience running with the gt-4 could any streetable modded nsx keep up assuming same driver and tires?
Depends on HP and weight. If they were totally equal in HP and weight, I would bet on the GT-4.
The challenge being the GT-4 has so many modern day advances such as traction control, ABS, gearbox diff, paddle shifting, etc. it pretty much will drive itself.
But it's also 3 times the money of an NSX.
I thought the GT4 was only offered in 6-speed (no paddle shifters)? Would love to see a supercharged NSX run against a GT4 on the track. Would be awesome to watch.
my gut tells me that a boosted nsx with the usual track mods would have its hands full with a bone stock gt-4 with similar tires.
Quite frankly, I got tired of waiting over 10 years for the new NSX to come out. I had other cholces which I exercised. I love the NSX for all 11 years I had her. But after 11 years it was time to move on and geting somethings new and let someone else enjoy my 2002 silver NSX with 24,824 miles on it. Had I had a 3 car garage I probably would have kept it. I sold it for $80,000 to a car broker and he flipped it for $89,000 and it is now in China of all places!
My NSX replacement is a McLaren MP4-12C. This is FAR from a "soulless car." I test drove a Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Huracan/Adventatdor, Audi R8 V10Plus and a 700HP Nissan GTR. I wasn't overly impressed with any of them when compared to my NSX.
Back to my McLaren...it is the only car I like better than my NSX and I never thought I'd believe that. The McLaren is the only car I have driven since I bought my NSX new in 2002 that I got out after driving it and then got into my NSX and realized I had just driven another "game changing" car and I had to have one. The handling and performance of the 12C are off the charts. It weights ~3000lbs and has 625HP. It's a good daily driver. Very comfortable in "Normal Mode." But put it into "Track Mode" and you feel like you're in a rocket ship with wheels!! The engineering of the McLaren is truly awesome. The way it lays down torque like no other car I have driven. Performance is 0-60mph in 2.8 sec, 1/4 miles in 10.5 secs at 138mph and 215mph top end. It has a fully active hydraulic suspension system, toque vectoring, active aerodymanics, tranmission precog, and the 12C was designed for maximum downforce with 20" Pirelli Corsas to lay down the toque on the tarmak. The quality, fit and finish both inside and out is 5 stars. A wickedly amazing super car! I would have kept my NSX but I don't have a 3 car garage. I'll test drive the new NSX when one comes through here but I seriously doubt it will case me to rethink my McLaren purchase. For those of you who really apprecaited the NSX you may like the McLaren. I certainly did.
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