Well the old NSX is going to be relegated to track duty only soon and I thought I'd just let you know my story of finding a daily driver replacement in the sports car market. Took a look at the following cars:
Viper - Very cartoonish, larger than life so to speak. Uncomfortable, crappy forward vision, no place to rest your left foot, offset pedals, holy crap fast for a stock car. If the interior were more refined and comfortable it would be my pick but not worthy of daily drives. Did I mention holy crap fast? Oh yah a truck shifter.
911 - Really well refined car, same type of speed power as the NSX, although the interior is nice the way it is laid out reminds me of an old beetle. Lacking emotion if you ask me, although if it was a GT2 version I'm sure I'd have a different opinion.
M3 - what can I say BMW is a great car, but coming from an NSX it hardly feels sporty enough in the helm, shifter sucks, driving position is too comfort oriented. Nice car but no thanks.
Vette - I always liked the C5, great looking car with lots of performance potential. Coming from an NSX is has crap forward visibility, camaro type quality (although very roomy and comfortable) and I don't know what it is about north american manufacturers and their super tall and long throw shifters. Dealer told me if I can wait a year or two, the new C6 will be 300lbs lighter (use of aluminum rails) between 4-500hp, more refined, night vision, heads up display, paddle shift, etc.
hmm what to do what to do, new vette sounds worth the wait but then again, may as well wait for the 2004 NSX, guess I'll wait until this car show season to see what is coming and get an SUV for now.
Purpose of my story...my NSX is a 1991 and has been around for almost 11 years, and to be honest in most aspects it's better than any other option out there, although I have to admit a stock NSX is looking a bit dated. Driving home from the auto mall it may have not felt as fast as say the viper but as a package of speed/handling/braking/comfort/fun factor well it's hard to beat.
Viper - Very cartoonish, larger than life so to speak. Uncomfortable, crappy forward vision, no place to rest your left foot, offset pedals, holy crap fast for a stock car. If the interior were more refined and comfortable it would be my pick but not worthy of daily drives. Did I mention holy crap fast? Oh yah a truck shifter.
911 - Really well refined car, same type of speed power as the NSX, although the interior is nice the way it is laid out reminds me of an old beetle. Lacking emotion if you ask me, although if it was a GT2 version I'm sure I'd have a different opinion.
M3 - what can I say BMW is a great car, but coming from an NSX it hardly feels sporty enough in the helm, shifter sucks, driving position is too comfort oriented. Nice car but no thanks.
Vette - I always liked the C5, great looking car with lots of performance potential. Coming from an NSX is has crap forward visibility, camaro type quality (although very roomy and comfortable) and I don't know what it is about north american manufacturers and their super tall and long throw shifters. Dealer told me if I can wait a year or two, the new C6 will be 300lbs lighter (use of aluminum rails) between 4-500hp, more refined, night vision, heads up display, paddle shift, etc.
hmm what to do what to do, new vette sounds worth the wait but then again, may as well wait for the 2004 NSX, guess I'll wait until this car show season to see what is coming and get an SUV for now.
Purpose of my story...my NSX is a 1991 and has been around for almost 11 years, and to be honest in most aspects it's better than any other option out there, although I have to admit a stock NSX is looking a bit dated. Driving home from the auto mall it may have not felt as fast as say the viper but as a package of speed/handling/braking/comfort/fun factor well it's hard to beat.