So I bought my first NSX last Thursday from the previous owner in Pittsburgh. Between then and now, it's mostly been in the garage, getting new tires, an alignment, headunit, speakers... etc. My first big drive in it was the ~470 miles to Toronto from NJ.
I was pretty nervous about the border crossing, but I got to the American side, and found the vehicle import office. When I went inside, they had a bomb/drug dog check the car.
Then, when inside, the officers were very blunt, and asked why I spent so much time in the US with the car, what I was doing with it there, why I went there to get it, straight questions, no emotion. After entering some stuff in to their computer, they stamped the title and told me to go.
Then I got to the Canadian side. The officer in the booth was nice, and told me exactly where to go for the paperwork.
So I pulled in to the Canadian import lot, and went in to the building.
While I was standing there getting my new work permit, one of the officers was joking around doing the chicken dance and talking about arrested development with co-workers.
I took the import form out to my car to fill some stuff out, and one of the officers standing outside came over after I asked him a question.
He loved the car, had me pop the glass hatch and show him the engine. We talked for a bit, before I went back in to finish the paperwork.
The officer filling out the forms inside found it boggling that I paid mid 20's for a 20 year old Acura. After telling her about it, another officer came in the front door, and started telling the ones behind the desk about the nsx.
"There's an nsx outside! They only made a few of them for Canada and they stopped years ago!"
After they started talking about it I piped up and said "Hey that's my car!" So we talked for a bit more.
Complete opposite experience from the US side. Fuck yeah, Canada.
The thing got ~30 mpg to get here.... I filled up once. The cruise control worked flawlessly. The AC worked flawlessly.
At the gas station a guy driving a road-work truck talked to me about it for a few mins. Then he shook my hand and said he's gonna keep his eye out and try to find one to buy.
Then the cashier came out and asked about it.
Then while on the road, a kid stuck his head out of his car and gave me a really long thumbs up - he stared at the car for like 5 minutes. I crept past and bounced it off the limiter for him.
The car is awesome. I've owned a restored 1970 GTO, 2 turbo miatas, a supercharged 1991 gti vr6... I wasn't really ready for the amount of attention this thing gets.
If you're on the fence, pick one up.
I was pretty nervous about the border crossing, but I got to the American side, and found the vehicle import office. When I went inside, they had a bomb/drug dog check the car.
Then, when inside, the officers were very blunt, and asked why I spent so much time in the US with the car, what I was doing with it there, why I went there to get it, straight questions, no emotion. After entering some stuff in to their computer, they stamped the title and told me to go.
Then I got to the Canadian side. The officer in the booth was nice, and told me exactly where to go for the paperwork.
So I pulled in to the Canadian import lot, and went in to the building.
While I was standing there getting my new work permit, one of the officers was joking around doing the chicken dance and talking about arrested development with co-workers.
I took the import form out to my car to fill some stuff out, and one of the officers standing outside came over after I asked him a question.
He loved the car, had me pop the glass hatch and show him the engine. We talked for a bit, before I went back in to finish the paperwork.
The officer filling out the forms inside found it boggling that I paid mid 20's for a 20 year old Acura. After telling her about it, another officer came in the front door, and started telling the ones behind the desk about the nsx.
"There's an nsx outside! They only made a few of them for Canada and they stopped years ago!"
After they started talking about it I piped up and said "Hey that's my car!" So we talked for a bit more.
Complete opposite experience from the US side. Fuck yeah, Canada.
The thing got ~30 mpg to get here.... I filled up once. The cruise control worked flawlessly. The AC worked flawlessly.
At the gas station a guy driving a road-work truck talked to me about it for a few mins. Then he shook my hand and said he's gonna keep his eye out and try to find one to buy.
Then the cashier came out and asked about it.
Then while on the road, a kid stuck his head out of his car and gave me a really long thumbs up - he stared at the car for like 5 minutes. I crept past and bounced it off the limiter for him.
The car is awesome. I've owned a restored 1970 GTO, 2 turbo miatas, a supercharged 1991 gti vr6... I wasn't really ready for the amount of attention this thing gets.
If you're on the fence, pick one up.
