First let me wish everyone season's greetings from the high desert of New Mexico.
For 3 years, I owned a '91 Black/Black automatic.
I lived in NYC then and didn't want to fight the traffic
while shifting with a siatica condition and having coming off spine
surgery for a blown disc.
I knew I wanted an NSX after owning several sportscars
including a '93 RX7 twin-turbo that was so fickle and costly
it almost made me give up on sportscars completely.
I knew an automatic transmission was not the typical
option for the "die-hard" sportscar enthusiast, but it was
auto or no NSX at the time. I finally found one that
needed some work and I enjoyed every minute I owned it.
I shifted the automatic like a stick and the engine responded
beautifully.
I put a Taitec Exhaust in and as I shifted, I could
hear the whine of the VTEC inches behind me.
Best moments wre driving through tunnels or under overpasses as the sound reverberated off the walls. I'd crack the windows in anticipation of that sensual scream.
Since then, I have moved to New Mexico. I sold the '91
a year ago and tried to replace it with a Boxster and '80 Carrera with
whale tail.
Now that I live in an area where shifting is not a burden, but
a privilege and pleasure, I have purchased a '98 6 spd.Targa in Yellow.
Once you've driven an NSX, automatic or stick, it gets into your
blood. Sitting in the cockpit of the NSX looking out onto the road
between the wheel wells is one of the great pleasures any
car (at any price) affords you.
Take off the TCS and shift away with the (older) automatic or stick.
As you know, Ayrton Senna owned and drove NSXs for years and helped
in its development. I want you to go to this NSX Prime site and see
for yourself that one of Senna's NSXs was indeed an automatic.
www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4350
An NSX by any other transmission is still an NSX.
Larry T
For 3 years, I owned a '91 Black/Black automatic.
I lived in NYC then and didn't want to fight the traffic
while shifting with a siatica condition and having coming off spine
surgery for a blown disc.
I knew I wanted an NSX after owning several sportscars
including a '93 RX7 twin-turbo that was so fickle and costly
it almost made me give up on sportscars completely.
I knew an automatic transmission was not the typical
option for the "die-hard" sportscar enthusiast, but it was
auto or no NSX at the time. I finally found one that
needed some work and I enjoyed every minute I owned it.
I shifted the automatic like a stick and the engine responded
beautifully.
I put a Taitec Exhaust in and as I shifted, I could
hear the whine of the VTEC inches behind me.
Best moments wre driving through tunnels or under overpasses as the sound reverberated off the walls. I'd crack the windows in anticipation of that sensual scream.
Since then, I have moved to New Mexico. I sold the '91
a year ago and tried to replace it with a Boxster and '80 Carrera with
whale tail.
Now that I live in an area where shifting is not a burden, but
a privilege and pleasure, I have purchased a '98 6 spd.Targa in Yellow.
Once you've driven an NSX, automatic or stick, it gets into your
blood. Sitting in the cockpit of the NSX looking out onto the road
between the wheel wells is one of the great pleasures any
car (at any price) affords you.
Take off the TCS and shift away with the (older) automatic or stick.
As you know, Ayrton Senna owned and drove NSXs for years and helped
in its development. I want you to go to this NSX Prime site and see
for yourself that one of Senna's NSXs was indeed an automatic.
www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4350
An NSX by any other transmission is still an NSX.
Larry T
