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That's what Ben said, Tim. Apparently, the dealers -- or at least ours -- just shifted over to the recommended alternative without mentioning it to the owner. Gary

Damn. Sorry to hear that, Ben. For all the NA1 owners. Gary

and I stand corrected, guys. We were talking about serious mechanical bits at the time and I didn't think to ask about the less significant parts mechanically. Not that those aren't important, they just wouldn't have been a factor in our getting the car back on the road. That oil filter...

Are you sure, Ben? Or was that a dealer's answer who didn't want to waste energy? I can probably get permission to relay this name if you'll tell me your experience. Gary

Ah well, one model of all those ain't so bad. Unless you own one of the others also.:frown:

It is, but you're under no legal obligation to accept used parts to repair damage someone has done. We members actually have a voluntary agreement with USAA to permit used parts or even aftermarket, but in the past they have seemed quite reasonable about it when I've pointed out that this part...

Thank you. I wanted that, but didn't know how to do it myself.

Somewhere, but Cindy archived it with her maintenance records in a little ceremony last week. It ran to four pages as I remember. I can tell you several contributors to the high total. First, we insisted on their using only factory new parts, no aftermarket and no parts from salvaged cars...

Thank you. I'm flattered. I have the luxury of fifty years experience on a keyboard, since my mother insisted I take typing in high school. Various reasons, but she surely couldn't have foreseen the importance of keyboards in the 21st century clear back in WWII. Could she? Mothers are spooky...

Nothing much to worry the people inside. All part of the crush space intended to keep the g-loads low for the passenger compartment. This was admittedly a worst case for dollar loss. Not just one corner absorbing all that energy, but two. Left rear and right front. Corner impacts require that a...

I just created an album with a small selection of the many photos that San Pedro Auto Body sent us as they processed the car for an estimate. This is the URL http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/album.php?albumid=333 but if that doesn't work, it is the second album in my... profile? Is that the...

Yes. With glee, as I read the reactions of the people at USAA who dealt with us. Given the car was headed for salvage anyway [sob], we were much better off dealing with USAA than the dealer's insurance company.

I'm posting this so someone from NSX Prime may benefit from our homework. We recently lost our 1999 NSX-T when Valencia Acura picked it up for service and crashed it. Terminally. Our car was in San Pedro Auto Body, who were recommended to us by several sources, including NSX Prime members, as...

Many of you have been following the story of our crashed NA2, the 1999 NSX-T that was taken by Valencia Acura for service and never returned. In short form, the driver picking it up took it up a mountain road and spun violently. The "fender bender" (as the dealer described it when refusing to...

A quick P.S. I am well aware that those specs are about what our NSX aftermarket produces for people who want to add suspension mods and a turbo. And I don't plan to challenge you if we pull up side by side at a light.:smile:

The pain level is tolerable.:biggrin: It's still not as ergonomically designed as the NSX, but the net effect is very much as if Tochigi had used the last ten years updating the design of our NA2. Of course, if Honda were not so reluctant to become known as a sports car company, Heaven knows...

385 hp, but who's counting? We just bought it for the LEV II rating, doncha know?[g]

Always, Ray.

I agree about the PDK, Ray. Besides what I've read elsewhere the owner's manual in our '09 S describes the algorithms for shifting and they sound like they deal with all the different modes of driving better than any previous attempt at automated manuals. I'm still a little skeptical about slow...

I'm laughing out loud here, Ritesh. Probably the first time I've laughed about the situation since it happened. Lots of other laughter in a busy life, but not when we were talking about the recent... 'bereavement' if you will. I was thinking yesterday while I was driving the 997 that it does...

Well, you might have to cut it off, but that will increase the size of whatever loose bits you end up with bouncing around in the space behind the plate. I don't know whether that is a closed space. Before you cut, let me suggest trying this first. Slide a pry bar under the bolt to lift it...

I'm sure there is an easier way, but the script wants a URL so I loaded the pictures into an album in my profile to have a URL for each one: Hmmm. That isn't working. May I invite you to go see the album? Gary

Possibly two percent less concerned, simply because the Porsche is more common. So despite their being roughly comparable technically, the NSX is more exotic to the usual person -- and thus more of a lure to vandals. With that said, we only had one problem in the ten years we owned our NSX and...

I've heard some very good reports of that double-clutch technology and it might be the only automatic Cindy would tolerate my driving. However, I couldn't think of a reason to let the computer have all the fun. Yes, it's a coupe. We discussed it and here in the desert, we don't have enough...

This is a very tempting idea for Cindy. So I won't tell her. In general I've found that it pays to move on with your life in such situations. People who behave like that get what they deserve eventually. And it's better for your own life to not let their behavior drag you down into the dumps...