Hey everyone,
I've been a member here for 8 years or so, which is when I was initially debating about buying an NSX or the all new BRZ. As you all know, around that time 25K would buy either a new BRZ or good/fair condition NSX and so I went back and forth about what to buy. Eventually I decided that if NSXs were 25K now, imagine how cheap they would be in a couple years after I had my fill of the BRZ!
Well I did enjoy the BRZ for a few years but the engine was just such a letdown that even tuning and E85 wasn't enough to really enjoy the car. And with it's sale I went back to my Honda roots. I've owned 13 Honda's in the past and the NSX will be the 14th. I've been building, driving, and racing mainly 4th gens (88-91) so the NSX was always a car I wanted to have in my garage at some point.
As prices started to climb I realized it was now or never and sold my current RT4WD wagon ( Story here if interested: http://civicwagon.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-long-journey-home.html ) and planned on being project-car-less for a while until I saved up some seed money for an NSX. After discussing my plans with some friends I got a text a few weeks later from an unknown number "Your friend Scott said you were looking for an NSX." I texted back that I was, but planned on buying one in a year or so.
The deal was just what I was looking for though, an OEM 91 or 92 in good/fair condition that was going to need some work to get to what I wanted it to be. My wife actually talked me into it worried about what waiting a year was going to do to the market. So I flew out to Cali at the end of April, did the deal, and we drove back to WI with no AC or radio, and had a great time.
Since then I've become more involved in the site, and the community, and aside from the car I'm really happy to be part of NSXCA and this tight knit group. Looking forward to many years of ownership and the friends I'll meet along the way.
I'll be starting a build thread as well that I'll throw in here: http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/216779-Superhatch-s-OEM-rebuild
-Jacob
I've been a member here for 8 years or so, which is when I was initially debating about buying an NSX or the all new BRZ. As you all know, around that time 25K would buy either a new BRZ or good/fair condition NSX and so I went back and forth about what to buy. Eventually I decided that if NSXs were 25K now, imagine how cheap they would be in a couple years after I had my fill of the BRZ!
Well I did enjoy the BRZ for a few years but the engine was just such a letdown that even tuning and E85 wasn't enough to really enjoy the car. And with it's sale I went back to my Honda roots. I've owned 13 Honda's in the past and the NSX will be the 14th. I've been building, driving, and racing mainly 4th gens (88-91) so the NSX was always a car I wanted to have in my garage at some point.
As prices started to climb I realized it was now or never and sold my current RT4WD wagon ( Story here if interested: http://civicwagon.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-long-journey-home.html ) and planned on being project-car-less for a while until I saved up some seed money for an NSX. After discussing my plans with some friends I got a text a few weeks later from an unknown number "Your friend Scott said you were looking for an NSX." I texted back that I was, but planned on buying one in a year or so.
The deal was just what I was looking for though, an OEM 91 or 92 in good/fair condition that was going to need some work to get to what I wanted it to be. My wife actually talked me into it worried about what waiting a year was going to do to the market. So I flew out to Cali at the end of April, did the deal, and we drove back to WI with no AC or radio, and had a great time.
Since then I've become more involved in the site, and the community, and aside from the car I'm really happy to be part of NSXCA and this tight knit group. Looking forward to many years of ownership and the friends I'll meet along the way.
I'll be starting a build thread as well that I'll throw in here: http://www.nsxprime.com/forum/showthread.php/216779-Superhatch-s-OEM-rebuild
-Jacob
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