That's good to hear. For the inquiring minds or conspiracy theorists, the whole hassle would have been a non issue if the car would have been a 94, as advertised. Turned out to be a 92, and in snap ring range, which obviously should be subject to a sale price revision. Since Danny wired the funds a few hours before I noticed that the VIN decoded to being a 92, it became a huge ordeal. He has also quickly arranged for a transport company to quicly pick-up the car. That compounded the hassle.
When I re-visited the car to get the tranny number, I explained the snap ring issue to the sellers agent, and now he understands what is involved and at stake. He asked that I stay and help him talk to the Master NSX tech who inspected the car, which I did, to try to understand how he could miss such an issue. His comment was "
I ran the VIN through the computer and nothing came up for the transmission."
I spent a few minutes arguing with the tech, trying to explain that the transmissions were not installed sequentially by VIN. He just said "
it should have shown up." The seller's next call was to Honda USA, where he was trying to get the ball rolling on a goodwill repair. I ended up leaving after about 20 minutes of him getting the dead-end answer - "no." He's persistant to say the least, so maybe he will get somewhere on the goodwill thing.
The car is a nice car, but it's a snap ring car and also a few years older than advertised. The seller asked my opinion, so I offered it; I said it was worth a bit less being a 92, assuming he had the snap ring repair made. If not, compensation for that was also in order. I think it's evident that the seller isn't willing to part with it for much less than the price Danny originally agreed to, therefore the deal became a huge ordeal. It's not like Danny wasn't willing to cough-up the funds. Just not for a 92 in snap territory. I suspect the owner will try, at least for a while, to get the tranny good willed, where his hope would be to sell it for close to his original asking price.
