Hi guys..heres my lil story...
I was a Infantry soldier 10 years ago making very little money with my wife owning a small buisness that did about average $ per year. (Average as in average person..Not average buisness) We lived fairly comfortably and my first love was a 1998 V6 camaro.
I did everything possible to that car and ended up with a SC pushing 217 rwhp on the dyno. I quickly realized just how slow it was...Well I moved up in the ranks and money got a little better. I then traded the V6 camaro in for a brand new 2004 C5. I did H/C on that car and pushed 378 rwhp on the dyno. Very fun car..
But then my wife sold her small buisness and bought a differant buisness. Well my wifes income increased about 6 times what she was making wife the old buisness. Times were good and I decided I eighter wanted a Viper or an NSX...
I looked and looked but could only find one NSX and one Viper for sale on my hawaiian island at the time...A 99 rt10 Viper and a 1995 NSX...Now keep in mind that my C5 was a brand new 2004 and it was now 2006...
I went and checked out the 1995 NSX first. the first thing I saw was that the interior was pretty beat up. Also the black paint was pretty shabby. id give this car a 6.5 over all on a scale of 1-10...And then I drove it..Needless to say it handled great but the power compared to my 378 rwhp c5 was just unaceptable. But the seller had a 50 shot of Nos up his sleeve. But even when on the spray she was still a bit slower than my much newer much cleaner C5..
Up next I went and looked at the 99 Viper. The first thing I noticed was that it needed a paint job and the interior needed a lil tweaking..But oh what an engine. This bone stock 99 Viper was much faster than my C5. I bought the 99 RT10 viper and tweaked the interior my self and had it all repainted red a few months later. Overall after I was done it was a solid 8.5 car...Took her to the dyno and she hit 410/465 SAE bone stock...
But it wasnt ment to be..I put the car into a wall only a year later..Very sad..But it is what it is...
I then decided to try out a 2003 SRT10 Viper....What an amazing looking/Handling/interior having vehicle...A huge upgrade over the gen2 Vipers in every way...This one dynoed 465/493 with only KN filters and roller rockers when I first got her..Later a lil more with exhaust..This was a car I could keep for another 10 years...But it also wasnt ment to be. I put her into a wall after only 8 months of ownership.
So here I am car shopping again. I had a dealset on a 2003 SRT10 Viper with 30K in upgrades pushing 570 rwhp at the wheels Naturally asperated..A true beaste set up for straight line or road course in every single way.
But right before I was about to pull the trigger my wife said to not do it and twice was enough. A third accident may see me dead..
Wich brings me back to the NSX....If I can no longer have a Viper then I want an NSX I thought..Almost as if it was a down grade after the last one I looked at....
So I find a 2002 blue NSX but the owner never gave a price..Well Im not playing that game. Ill buy from a motivated seller any day over one who wants the right price to sell. The differance in cars like these can easily be 10K between a motivated seller and price is right seller.
So the only other one I see is another black 1995 NSX...Youve got to imagine the thought of going from a 2003 Viper to a 1995 NSX..Big down grade is the first thing that crossed my mind and I wasnt even shore if I wanted to see it...But screw it..It was the only other NSX to see so despite my last lack luster experiance with a black 95 NSX years ago..I decided to take a look.
Sorry...Had to take a short intermission..
Now were was I...
So like I was saying I decided to go check out this old 95 dinosaur that in no way I could possibly want after owning a 2003 SRT10 viper...
So I ask my buddy to take me to see it in his 2005 NSX so I could do a direct comparison and see just how old/ugly this 95 was compared to my buddies cream of the crop 2005...
Well my jaw is still on the floor guys...
I pull up and this NSX was repainted black less than a year ago. Not one rock chipp in the paint as it's been in the garage for the past 5 months since the owners wife had a baby....
I check out the rear end and compare it to my buddies 2005..I remembered how on the last 95 NSX I checked out I didnt think it was as agressive as my friends 2005. To my surprise the rear end looks exactly like my friends. The owner then says while he was painting it he figured he might as well change the rear end as it wasnt a very expensive change...
Then I roll my eyes up the 2002 style bumper of this black beauty to see a carbon fiber engine cover with a 2 foot by 2 foot glass center that lets me view the 1 year old 9 pound newer style CTSC from 15 feet away..An exoctic rear engine glass view that I remember well the first time I saw it on a 360 ferarri...Now was this a f360 caliber engine bay..Nope...But was this view of the supercharged engine through the carbon fiber/lexan glass a more exotic view than eighter of my Vipers ever had..OH yes...
Then I look in the car and see that the interior looks ever bit as good as my friends 2005. The owner then says he had all the leather completely redone a year ago besides the seats. ( the seats Id give an 8 out of 10) The rest Id give a solid 9...As I sit behind the steering wheel admiring such a beautiful example of a Japanese super car my attention is then turned to a large 9 inch screen sitting on the dash that has the same dash material surrounding it and looks like it should have come from the factory that way..."Jaw still on the ground." Then my attention is turned towards the 15,000 dollar stereo system thats surrounds me...Custom made none the less and a beautiful fit and look. He then takes me to the trunk and shows me the rest of the rear custom stereo system that also encompasses a small screen in the trunk as part of the system...This is show quality stuff..
I get out and take the top off and do a walk around...With the new paint/new interior/15K sound system/screens...WOW just wow...And then just the actual car it's self with the 18/17 inch japanese chrome rims and newer style rear with older style headlights and front end is just a work of art...
Honestly the style of this 95 with the larger rims made my friends stock 2005 look a lil wimpy ( as well i really prefer the pop up lights..Looks more exotic)
Then to top it all off the owner tells me that with the 9 psi the car hit 400 rwhp on the dyno.Im no rocket scientist but I quickly did the math and figured that 400 rwhp+3100 pounds+4.06 gears ment she wasnt gonna be quite a match for my 470 rwhp 2003 SRT10 Viper..But she was defiently gonna haul some ass and corner with the best of them with the sway bars the owner had installed.
Well Im sold and will hopefully have the car this week..
THE BEST PART??????? This car is about 20K cheaper than any viper/C6Z06/E55 AMG that I was planning on getting before I saw it.. ( and I want it more than those cars) That rear view of the engine bay throught the carbon fiber and lexan glass just hasme sold man and Im in love
I was a Infantry soldier 10 years ago making very little money with my wife owning a small buisness that did about average $ per year. (Average as in average person..Not average buisness) We lived fairly comfortably and my first love was a 1998 V6 camaro.
I did everything possible to that car and ended up with a SC pushing 217 rwhp on the dyno. I quickly realized just how slow it was...Well I moved up in the ranks and money got a little better. I then traded the V6 camaro in for a brand new 2004 C5. I did H/C on that car and pushed 378 rwhp on the dyno. Very fun car..
But then my wife sold her small buisness and bought a differant buisness. Well my wifes income increased about 6 times what she was making wife the old buisness. Times were good and I decided I eighter wanted a Viper or an NSX...
I looked and looked but could only find one NSX and one Viper for sale on my hawaiian island at the time...A 99 rt10 Viper and a 1995 NSX...Now keep in mind that my C5 was a brand new 2004 and it was now 2006...
I went and checked out the 1995 NSX first. the first thing I saw was that the interior was pretty beat up. Also the black paint was pretty shabby. id give this car a 6.5 over all on a scale of 1-10...And then I drove it..Needless to say it handled great but the power compared to my 378 rwhp c5 was just unaceptable. But the seller had a 50 shot of Nos up his sleeve. But even when on the spray she was still a bit slower than my much newer much cleaner C5..
Up next I went and looked at the 99 Viper. The first thing I noticed was that it needed a paint job and the interior needed a lil tweaking..But oh what an engine. This bone stock 99 Viper was much faster than my C5. I bought the 99 RT10 viper and tweaked the interior my self and had it all repainted red a few months later. Overall after I was done it was a solid 8.5 car...Took her to the dyno and she hit 410/465 SAE bone stock...
But it wasnt ment to be..I put the car into a wall only a year later..Very sad..But it is what it is...
I then decided to try out a 2003 SRT10 Viper....What an amazing looking/Handling/interior having vehicle...A huge upgrade over the gen2 Vipers in every way...This one dynoed 465/493 with only KN filters and roller rockers when I first got her..Later a lil more with exhaust..This was a car I could keep for another 10 years...But it also wasnt ment to be. I put her into a wall after only 8 months of ownership.
So here I am car shopping again. I had a dealset on a 2003 SRT10 Viper with 30K in upgrades pushing 570 rwhp at the wheels Naturally asperated..A true beaste set up for straight line or road course in every single way.
But right before I was about to pull the trigger my wife said to not do it and twice was enough. A third accident may see me dead..
Wich brings me back to the NSX....If I can no longer have a Viper then I want an NSX I thought..Almost as if it was a down grade after the last one I looked at....
So I find a 2002 blue NSX but the owner never gave a price..Well Im not playing that game. Ill buy from a motivated seller any day over one who wants the right price to sell. The differance in cars like these can easily be 10K between a motivated seller and price is right seller.
So the only other one I see is another black 1995 NSX...Youve got to imagine the thought of going from a 2003 Viper to a 1995 NSX..Big down grade is the first thing that crossed my mind and I wasnt even shore if I wanted to see it...But screw it..It was the only other NSX to see so despite my last lack luster experiance with a black 95 NSX years ago..I decided to take a look.
Sorry...Had to take a short intermission..
Now were was I...
So like I was saying I decided to go check out this old 95 dinosaur that in no way I could possibly want after owning a 2003 SRT10 viper...
So I ask my buddy to take me to see it in his 2005 NSX so I could do a direct comparison and see just how old/ugly this 95 was compared to my buddies cream of the crop 2005...
Well my jaw is still on the floor guys...
I pull up and this NSX was repainted black less than a year ago. Not one rock chipp in the paint as it's been in the garage for the past 5 months since the owners wife had a baby....
I check out the rear end and compare it to my buddies 2005..I remembered how on the last 95 NSX I checked out I didnt think it was as agressive as my friends 2005. To my surprise the rear end looks exactly like my friends. The owner then says while he was painting it he figured he might as well change the rear end as it wasnt a very expensive change...
Then I roll my eyes up the 2002 style bumper of this black beauty to see a carbon fiber engine cover with a 2 foot by 2 foot glass center that lets me view the 1 year old 9 pound newer style CTSC from 15 feet away..An exoctic rear engine glass view that I remember well the first time I saw it on a 360 ferarri...Now was this a f360 caliber engine bay..Nope...But was this view of the supercharged engine through the carbon fiber/lexan glass a more exotic view than eighter of my Vipers ever had..OH yes...
Then I look in the car and see that the interior looks ever bit as good as my friends 2005. The owner then says he had all the leather completely redone a year ago besides the seats. ( the seats Id give an 8 out of 10) The rest Id give a solid 9...As I sit behind the steering wheel admiring such a beautiful example of a Japanese super car my attention is then turned to a large 9 inch screen sitting on the dash that has the same dash material surrounding it and looks like it should have come from the factory that way..."Jaw still on the ground." Then my attention is turned towards the 15,000 dollar stereo system thats surrounds me...Custom made none the less and a beautiful fit and look. He then takes me to the trunk and shows me the rest of the rear custom stereo system that also encompasses a small screen in the trunk as part of the system...This is show quality stuff..
I get out and take the top off and do a walk around...With the new paint/new interior/15K sound system/screens...WOW just wow...And then just the actual car it's self with the 18/17 inch japanese chrome rims and newer style rear with older style headlights and front end is just a work of art...
Honestly the style of this 95 with the larger rims made my friends stock 2005 look a lil wimpy ( as well i really prefer the pop up lights..Looks more exotic)
Then to top it all off the owner tells me that with the 9 psi the car hit 400 rwhp on the dyno.Im no rocket scientist but I quickly did the math and figured that 400 rwhp+3100 pounds+4.06 gears ment she wasnt gonna be quite a match for my 470 rwhp 2003 SRT10 Viper..But she was defiently gonna haul some ass and corner with the best of them with the sway bars the owner had installed.
Well Im sold and will hopefully have the car this week..
THE BEST PART??????? This car is about 20K cheaper than any viper/C6Z06/E55 AMG that I was planning on getting before I saw it.. ( and I want it more than those cars) That rear view of the engine bay throught the carbon fiber and lexan glass just hasme sold man and Im in love
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