I thought I might be fun to share some stories of "wanna be" challengers to the NSX out there. If you have any good stories to share, I would love to hear them. If there are any state police monitoring this site, I am sorry. Here is my latest experience:
I had to drive to Richmond, VA the other day on business and knowing it was going to be 78 degrees and beautiful, I opted for my Yellow/Black Y2K NSX. I started out about 6AM. I got up to I-81N where I-64 W comes in from West Virginia and ran into a brand new Mercedes S600! That 6.0L V-12 didn't stand a chance. He got a little dose of "Yellow Fever"! I was moving along in 6th gear, minding my own damn business when he comes out of the left merge lane at 80+. Well, I drop to 4th and punch it. it is 6:30AM or so, and the road is clear for that 2+ Mile stretch... good thing too since we covered it in about 45 seconds.
I pulled away nicely and kept my lead and then all of a sudden the S600 started dropping back quickly. I looked down and I was going 145mph. I slowed down to a crawl (-100mph) and pulled off a couple of exits down. He pulled off too. When we pulled up at the gas station, the guy got out of the M-B and was PISSED! The just dropped $130K on this black moose of a car and was shocked when the rev limiter cut in about 135mph. I figured that was the problem since my BMW 7 series does the same thing. It sucks to be him. Anyway, he was not a happy camper. Now that I was slowed down to a stop... at least he got a good look at the car. He commented that all he got to see of it before was the back end. I told him that is about all most people get to see of an NSX.
I had to drive to Richmond, VA the other day on business and knowing it was going to be 78 degrees and beautiful, I opted for my Yellow/Black Y2K NSX. I started out about 6AM. I got up to I-81N where I-64 W comes in from West Virginia and ran into a brand new Mercedes S600! That 6.0L V-12 didn't stand a chance. He got a little dose of "Yellow Fever"! I was moving along in 6th gear, minding my own damn business when he comes out of the left merge lane at 80+. Well, I drop to 4th and punch it. it is 6:30AM or so, and the road is clear for that 2+ Mile stretch... good thing too since we covered it in about 45 seconds.