Hello fellow primers,
I’ve had my NSX for about 10 months now and I think it’s time I got around to telling my story.
I’ve owned a few cars in my life so far and have pretty much modded and tracked all of them. 91 MR2 Turbo, 06 S2000, 98 ITR, 03 DC5, 04 EP3,03 CBR 600rr 08 CBR 600rr. But throughout all my cars and bikes I’ve always lusted after a NSX.
I’ve always kept my eye open for "the one" but I didn’t really start looking seriously until early last year. I knew what I wanted: GPW 1991-1994 with not too many owners and maintenance records. 1991 – 1994 because it was a coupe and the lightest and stiffest. GPW to match my S2000. Alas GPW was very difficult to find. My second colour choice was BB, I found 2 that fit the criteria. 1 in Florida and 1 in California. Florida was closer, it had the front end conversion done but did not have the timing belt done recently and the asking price was a bit higher than I wanted to pay. The California one had the timing belt done recently and I felt a better connection with the seller.
The next difficult part was convincing my fiancé 10 days before our wedding that I wanted to fly to LA and drive 4,056 km back to Toronto for the car of my dreams. She was not too happy but I got the OK.
Next step find an insurance company that would insure me from Canada without seeing the car.
Realizing neither buyer nor seller was willing to compromise with money transfers or cheques. I had to think outside the box. Solution…..bring cash =/ This was very scary and not something I will do again.
I asked my cousin if he was up for a 40 hour drive across the USA and he responded “sure” great groomsman.
Anywho here are some pictures of our adventure that did not go that smoothly but was still super fun.
I’ve had my NSX for about 10 months now and I think it’s time I got around to telling my story.
I’ve owned a few cars in my life so far and have pretty much modded and tracked all of them. 91 MR2 Turbo, 06 S2000, 98 ITR, 03 DC5, 04 EP3,03 CBR 600rr 08 CBR 600rr. But throughout all my cars and bikes I’ve always lusted after a NSX.
I’ve always kept my eye open for "the one" but I didn’t really start looking seriously until early last year. I knew what I wanted: GPW 1991-1994 with not too many owners and maintenance records. 1991 – 1994 because it was a coupe and the lightest and stiffest. GPW to match my S2000. Alas GPW was very difficult to find. My second colour choice was BB, I found 2 that fit the criteria. 1 in Florida and 1 in California. Florida was closer, it had the front end conversion done but did not have the timing belt done recently and the asking price was a bit higher than I wanted to pay. The California one had the timing belt done recently and I felt a better connection with the seller.
The next difficult part was convincing my fiancé 10 days before our wedding that I wanted to fly to LA and drive 4,056 km back to Toronto for the car of my dreams. She was not too happy but I got the OK.
Next step find an insurance company that would insure me from Canada without seeing the car.
Realizing neither buyer nor seller was willing to compromise with money transfers or cheques. I had to think outside the box. Solution…..bring cash =/ This was very scary and not something I will do again.
I asked my cousin if he was up for a 40 hour drive across the USA and he responded “sure” great groomsman.
Anywho here are some pictures of our adventure that did not go that smoothly but was still super fun.
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