Hey there! I registered this account 5 years ago, knowing that one day I would own an NSX...
Last month, I place a bid on an auction for an NSX in Oakland, CA. Long story short, I deposited the money into the seller's bank account, he sent over the title/bill of sale, and I registered the car. Originally, I thought about having it shipped over to Virginia, but then I figured it would be more of a memorable experience to drive it cross country and get to know the car. I booked a 1 way ticket to California and brought a backpack, registration, and the Virginia license plates. My plan was to take it to the Pacific Coast Highway and Pike's Peak in Colorado before heading back to Virginia.
After I arrived at the airport, the seller picked me up in the NSX and showed me the car + showed me around town before saying farewell. My first stop was Napa Valley, followed by San Francisco where I stayed for a night. When I was in San Fran, I picked up a friend who decided to roll down the window. And that's where I ran into the first problem. It made some strange noise and wouldn't go back up. That night, I left the window down and then next day, I drove down to Huntington Beach via the Pacific Coast Highway. I left at noon and got there at 10:20 p.m. to meet up with some friends to watch World War Z (Good movie BTW!).
The next day, I went to Target and picked up a cheap toolset. I opened the door panel and noticed the cable was just hanging and some plastic pieces had broken off as well as a U shaped piece that was just laying inside the door. Also, when I pushed the up/down button for the window, the cable would barely move. It sounded like it was tangled up. I did some research here and apparently, that's a common problem in the older NSX. Luckily, I found another member who was selling the passenger side regulator (a modded one to prevent that from happening) so I went ahead and bought it off of him. In the mean time, I pulled the window up by hand. Without the cable, the window would slide down so I jammed some water bottles and misc items to prop the window up for the drive back East (I did this halfway into the trip in Kansas).
I left Huntington Beach on Wednesday morning and went to Page, Arizona where I saw the Milky Way at night and Antelope Canyon during the day time.
On Thursday morning, I headed to Salida, Colorado to stay for the night before heading to Pike's Peak. Unfortunately, it took longer than expected due to forest fires. I tried to take 160 north to Salida, but the road was closed. The sky got smokey and ashes started to fall from the sky. So I had to head down south east and make a detour back up north.
On Friday morning, I headed to Pike's Peak, which is a little over an hour from Salida. The drive up to the peak took another hour or so. I mounted my GoPro, thinking that I would be one of few to do it, but I saw a bunch of people doing the same thing. The drive up to the top was amazing. There were many cars going up so I had to pull over to the side and wait a few minutes to have some room to zoom up.
Here's the video:
Afterwards, I headed to Salina, Kansas where I stayed for the night. Basically, the rest of the trip was just driving back to Virginia and not visiting anything since my time is limited (I took a week off and need to be back by July 1st for work). I must say, the drive across Kansas was not as exciting as the Western part of the U.S.
On Saturday, I spent all of my time driving from Salina, Kansas to Richmond, Indiana where I stayed for the night. On Sunday, I left Indiana at 9 a.m. and arrived in Springfield, VA at 5:30 p.m.
Another interesting thing happened. I decided to make a rest stop right after Indianapolis, Indiana. As I got out of the restroom, I looked outside and saw an NSX on a trailer pull up into the rest stop. I talked to the owner and it turns out, he's on this forum. What are the chances of that?
During this trip, I saw 3 NSX. A newer model silver one in San Fran and a black one during my drive down to PCH.
Last month, I place a bid on an auction for an NSX in Oakland, CA. Long story short, I deposited the money into the seller's bank account, he sent over the title/bill of sale, and I registered the car. Originally, I thought about having it shipped over to Virginia, but then I figured it would be more of a memorable experience to drive it cross country and get to know the car. I booked a 1 way ticket to California and brought a backpack, registration, and the Virginia license plates. My plan was to take it to the Pacific Coast Highway and Pike's Peak in Colorado before heading back to Virginia.
After I arrived at the airport, the seller picked me up in the NSX and showed me the car + showed me around town before saying farewell. My first stop was Napa Valley, followed by San Francisco where I stayed for a night. When I was in San Fran, I picked up a friend who decided to roll down the window. And that's where I ran into the first problem. It made some strange noise and wouldn't go back up. That night, I left the window down and then next day, I drove down to Huntington Beach via the Pacific Coast Highway. I left at noon and got there at 10:20 p.m. to meet up with some friends to watch World War Z (Good movie BTW!).
The next day, I went to Target and picked up a cheap toolset. I opened the door panel and noticed the cable was just hanging and some plastic pieces had broken off as well as a U shaped piece that was just laying inside the door. Also, when I pushed the up/down button for the window, the cable would barely move. It sounded like it was tangled up. I did some research here and apparently, that's a common problem in the older NSX. Luckily, I found another member who was selling the passenger side regulator (a modded one to prevent that from happening) so I went ahead and bought it off of him. In the mean time, I pulled the window up by hand. Without the cable, the window would slide down so I jammed some water bottles and misc items to prop the window up for the drive back East (I did this halfway into the trip in Kansas).
I left Huntington Beach on Wednesday morning and went to Page, Arizona where I saw the Milky Way at night and Antelope Canyon during the day time.
On Thursday morning, I headed to Salida, Colorado to stay for the night before heading to Pike's Peak. Unfortunately, it took longer than expected due to forest fires. I tried to take 160 north to Salida, but the road was closed. The sky got smokey and ashes started to fall from the sky. So I had to head down south east and make a detour back up north.
On Friday morning, I headed to Pike's Peak, which is a little over an hour from Salida. The drive up to the peak took another hour or so. I mounted my GoPro, thinking that I would be one of few to do it, but I saw a bunch of people doing the same thing. The drive up to the top was amazing. There were many cars going up so I had to pull over to the side and wait a few minutes to have some room to zoom up.
Here's the video:
Afterwards, I headed to Salina, Kansas where I stayed for the night. Basically, the rest of the trip was just driving back to Virginia and not visiting anything since my time is limited (I took a week off and need to be back by July 1st for work). I must say, the drive across Kansas was not as exciting as the Western part of the U.S.
On Saturday, I spent all of my time driving from Salina, Kansas to Richmond, Indiana where I stayed for the night. On Sunday, I left Indiana at 9 a.m. and arrived in Springfield, VA at 5:30 p.m.
Another interesting thing happened. I decided to make a rest stop right after Indianapolis, Indiana. As I got out of the restroom, I looked outside and saw an NSX on a trailer pull up into the rest stop. I talked to the owner and it turns out, he's on this forum. What are the chances of that?
During this trip, I saw 3 NSX. A newer model silver one in San Fran and a black one during my drive down to PCH.
