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I was fortunate enough to test drive an NSX for the first time when I was 16, I drove it very cautiously as I wasn't experienced enough as a driver to appreciate it, but it was an absolutely gorgeous 94 Berlina on black in 95. I found NSX Prime when I was in college and began reading posts, looking at pictures of NSX's, and looking at NSX's for sale-though I couldn't quite afford one.
Around that time I had a 94 3000GT VR4, and my friend bought a 91 Berlina on black NSX. Having driven for 6 years at this point, I was able to begin to understand the handling prowess of the NSX, both following him and driving it. I could see the higher corner-entry speed in comparison to my VR4 right away, and I would have loved to have had an NSX but couldn't quite swing it. In October 2001, I got a call from my friend, he was going to NSXPO 2001 in Elkheart Lake Wisconsin, and told me I could go if I wanted to. Naturally, I jumped at the opportunity. I was living in Chicago at the time, so he would pick me up in the NSX and we would make the relatively short drive from Chicago.
The picturesque October landscape in rural Wisconsin was beautiful and there had to be close to 100 NSX's. I was impressed at how professional and organized everyone was, especially on the group drive and the banquet dinner with David Hobbs as a guest speaker. And then the two track days at Road America-the best place to drive an NSX the way its made to be driven. I had several years experience at that point driving desolate country roads and teaching myself as much as possible under the confines of winding roads, but I had never been on a real road course before NSXPO. I got the opportunity to ride along with an Asian gentleman from FL that was racing Formula Atlantic, and had a very prepared 93 Formula Red on black complete with supercharger, 6 speed conversion, Brembo racing brakes, R comps, fully adjustable coil overs, etc.
Needless to say I was humbled. Exiting the carousel in 4th, we head for the kink and all I see is a white wall that opens up to the back straight. As we fly through the corner at the top of 4thhyu7l, Peter Cunningham doing a demo drive in the then-new RSX typeS was in the middle of passing a slower driver in an NSX. We close fast, really fast, and just as I was thinking we need to hit the brakes, Cunningham looks up in the rear view and immediately completes the pass-we never touched the brakes...all of this at over 125mph(!).
That weekend, I got to see (and hear) the Comptech Realtime NSX race car, the Integra type R T2 class car, and their drivers doing laps around RA. I got to meet the owners of some of the NSX performance specialty shops as well as various NSX Prime members. I vowed to some day get an NSX and from that point I started taking driving seriously, doing numerous HPDE's for 6 years, winning A-stock in an S2000 in my local SCCA region in my first and only season, and eventually going to racing school's in between-earning an SCCA National Competition License in the process.
I now have a 91 NSX 5spd. I bought it from a fellow Prime member, who was straight forward, knowledgeable, and gracious-making it a pleasure to buy such a unique and superior sports car. I am thrilled with the car and can't wait to get some DE's in before the winter. I have already found some extremely helpful and resourceful Prime members here locally, and can't wait to start enjoying my ownership with them. This really is, in my opinion, the ultimate sports car from a variety of different perspectives. I prefer the NSX over any of its competition, new or used, and prefer it over higher-powered sports cars as well. When I think of my NSX I think of Soichioro Honda, Ayrton Senna, and an era of greatness from Honda in F1 and ultimately the production of such an advanced machine, so creative and ingenious in its concept, engineering, and driving experience. If you have the opportunity to own one, take it.
Around that time I had a 94 3000GT VR4, and my friend bought a 91 Berlina on black NSX. Having driven for 6 years at this point, I was able to begin to understand the handling prowess of the NSX, both following him and driving it. I could see the higher corner-entry speed in comparison to my VR4 right away, and I would have loved to have had an NSX but couldn't quite swing it. In October 2001, I got a call from my friend, he was going to NSXPO 2001 in Elkheart Lake Wisconsin, and told me I could go if I wanted to. Naturally, I jumped at the opportunity. I was living in Chicago at the time, so he would pick me up in the NSX and we would make the relatively short drive from Chicago.
The picturesque October landscape in rural Wisconsin was beautiful and there had to be close to 100 NSX's. I was impressed at how professional and organized everyone was, especially on the group drive and the banquet dinner with David Hobbs as a guest speaker. And then the two track days at Road America-the best place to drive an NSX the way its made to be driven. I had several years experience at that point driving desolate country roads and teaching myself as much as possible under the confines of winding roads, but I had never been on a real road course before NSXPO. I got the opportunity to ride along with an Asian gentleman from FL that was racing Formula Atlantic, and had a very prepared 93 Formula Red on black complete with supercharger, 6 speed conversion, Brembo racing brakes, R comps, fully adjustable coil overs, etc.
Needless to say I was humbled. Exiting the carousel in 4th, we head for the kink and all I see is a white wall that opens up to the back straight. As we fly through the corner at the top of 4thhyu7l, Peter Cunningham doing a demo drive in the then-new RSX typeS was in the middle of passing a slower driver in an NSX. We close fast, really fast, and just as I was thinking we need to hit the brakes, Cunningham looks up in the rear view and immediately completes the pass-we never touched the brakes...all of this at over 125mph(!).
That weekend, I got to see (and hear) the Comptech Realtime NSX race car, the Integra type R T2 class car, and their drivers doing laps around RA. I got to meet the owners of some of the NSX performance specialty shops as well as various NSX Prime members. I vowed to some day get an NSX and from that point I started taking driving seriously, doing numerous HPDE's for 6 years, winning A-stock in an S2000 in my local SCCA region in my first and only season, and eventually going to racing school's in between-earning an SCCA National Competition License in the process.
I now have a 91 NSX 5spd. I bought it from a fellow Prime member, who was straight forward, knowledgeable, and gracious-making it a pleasure to buy such a unique and superior sports car. I am thrilled with the car and can't wait to get some DE's in before the winter. I have already found some extremely helpful and resourceful Prime members here locally, and can't wait to start enjoying my ownership with them. This really is, in my opinion, the ultimate sports car from a variety of different perspectives. I prefer the NSX over any of its competition, new or used, and prefer it over higher-powered sports cars as well. When I think of my NSX I think of Soichioro Honda, Ayrton Senna, and an era of greatness from Honda in F1 and ultimately the production of such an advanced machine, so creative and ingenious in its concept, engineering, and driving experience. If you have the opportunity to own one, take it.
