RE: Honda NSX | Spotted

RE: Honda NSX | Spotted

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Cobracc

3,356 posts

151 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Absolutely ludicrous price...! laugh

pSyCoSiS

3,610 posts

206 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Iconic car, in, to my eyes, the definitive colour combo for one of these.

kambites

67,653 posts

222 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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It's lovely, but you can still get a really good mk1 manual for well under £100k so I can't see anyone buying this example at that price with any intention of actually driving it. If it sells (which if it's as good as it looks I suspect it will) it'll be to someone else who does what it seems the original owner did - park it in a garage than rarely if ever touch it.

Service history is patchy to say the least though. Given it clearly wasn't being driven, I've no idea how much effect that has on cars like this.

Edited by kambites on Monday 16th May 18:30

Das Baron

79 posts

145 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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I also remember looking at one of these in 2007 for 10/11k. I had a shortlist of NSX, E30 M3 and G-Body 911 for a budget of 10k. I ended up going for a 77 911 SC because it was the only one I would not have to pay importation tax on as it was the only one over 30 years and I had nothing left in the kitty for extras.

It was not the right choice, I always hated that 915 box. I sampled a M3 but never got round to having a go in a NSX.

Edited by Das Baron on Monday 16th May 19:31

JD2329

483 posts

169 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Fabulous car, crazy price.
Is it really worth twice the price of a brand new Cayman GT4? With enough change for a main agent approved DB9 and an M5 as well?
The vendor is clearly hoping someone thinks so...


Edited by JD2329 on Monday 16th May 19:39

biggbn

23,627 posts

221 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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ate one too said:
You'd have to really, really, really want an NSX like this over a low miles manual Ferrari F430 (which would cost around £10k less).
I'd have that over a 430 any day of the week.

Dr Nookie

234 posts

201 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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biggbn said:
I'd have that over a 430 any day of the week.
Me too. There are a few Ferrari's I'd really like, but they're all old and bundles and bundles of cash.


Matt_T

416 posts

75 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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They really are delightful to drive...


big_rob_sydney

3,409 posts

195 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Read the price. Didn't bother to read the rest.

biggbn

23,627 posts

221 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Matt_T said:
They really are delightful to drive...

What an angle. Lovely

Bigwod

308 posts

54 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Way way overprice , normally AC are spot on with there prices but this one seems extreme

Chubbyross

4,555 posts

86 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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biggbn said:
Matt_T said:
They really are delightful to drive...

What an angle. Lovely
Have another one. I’ve taken this out a few times. You need forearms to turn the wheel when moving slowly but once it’s going it’s a fabulous car. The soundtrack is beguiling.



300bhp/ton

41,030 posts

191 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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thelostboy said:
SidewaysSi said:
£145k for a car that's a bit average? Err...sod that.
What's average about it?
Wasn't the 3 litre a tad slow compared to contemporary peers? Seem to recall period reviews not liking the steering either. But maybe it was just the autos that suffered performance wise.

kambites

67,653 posts

222 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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300bhp/ton said:
Wasn't the 3 litre a tad slow compared to contemporary peers? Seem to recall period reviews not liking the steering either. But maybe it was just the autos that suffered performance wise.
The EPAS wasn't great in terms of feel but this is an unassisted car.

Straight line performance was there or there abouts with the F348 and Esprit turbo which were its most obvious competitors in Europe.

ETA: I think the performance thing is a bit of a moot point these days anyway. They'd all be left behind by some fairly mundane modern stuff.

Edited by kambites on Monday 16th May 20:34

humphra

485 posts

93 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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WhyOne said:
Nice to see Pistonheads appreciating the NSX.(and that is a stunning example)...mine was kindly picked as a 'favourite' in the Goodwood MM car park a few weeks ago;



Edited by WhyOne on Monday 16th May 17:45
I've soft spot for the red from this era of Honda, but got to admit that shade of blue really really suits it. You're a lucky person!

ddom

6,657 posts

49 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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napoleondynamite said:
How low did NSXs get at one point? 15 maybe? Not in that condition perhaps but it’s definitely a car that demonstrates how much the market for interesting stuff has appreciated.
Price aside, that’s absolutely stunning. Much want.
Bought and sold my NA2 for 24K in 2002. There were cars available at 16-18K still. Crazy.

humphra

485 posts

93 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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Loved this at the time and spent a lot of years wishing I could just be able to afford one. The nearest I got was a 1990 CRX VTEC, that I bought at 4 years old and in the same red, which I absolutely loved and still remember fondly. I can only imagine what the NSX is like!

Mr Tidy

22,579 posts

128 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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A trader friend of mine had a Cat D one in the early 2000s and loved it - he even did a few track days in it!

I've lost count of the number of times he has said he wished he still had it.

The Red ex-Senna one was at a PH Sunday Service at Honda in Bracknell back in 2015. I was shocked to see it was an Auto! Still I did get to sit in it.


WhyOne

265 posts

199 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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humphra said:
I've soft spot for the red from this era of Honda, but got to admit that shade of blue really really suits it. You're a lucky person!
Thank you kindly sir.


MyV10BarksAndBites

945 posts

50 months

Monday 16th May 2022
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thelostboy said:
SidewaysSi said:
£145k for a car that's a bit average? Err...sod that.
What's average about it?
NSX-R or go home!!!.... This is ridiculous for that money laugh