NSX #1

[12v3pot]

After wanting an NSX ever since they first came out, I finally got lucky ... and accidentally bought two in the same week. (I still have to explain the second one to the Other Half - that'll be fun.)

NSX #1 is a '96 manual targa. Charlotte Green pearl, tan interior, and mostly standard. Previous owners have had some eye-watering invoices, but most of the big bills are done. Fingers crossed! Some typical NSX niggles (aerial behaviour, etc) to sort out, and then, possibly, a wrap.



Have had several lower power mid-engined cars before, but this is everything I hoped it would be.

[pad58]

Very nice, love these cars.
I don't do green car ,but that......yeah baby.

[Neith]

Love NSXs; never really seen one this colour before but it wears it well. Any other plans aside from a wrap?

[qureshia]

Great cars

I had one in that colour combo

[M159V8]

Oh dear

[em177]

I'd love to know how you managed to accidentally buy 2

[150bhp]

Sweet, what's the deal with buying 2?

[wjb]

Gorgeous car, first time I saw one in the flesh was on holiday in hong kong back in 2000

I'd struggle to explain one nsx to the OH now, let alone two nsx's lol

[Amirhussain]

One of my all time favourite cars, and probably my favourite Japanese car, fk knows how you ended up buying two but good luck explaining that to the OH lol.

[rossw46]

12v3pot said:

... and accidentally bought two in the same week. (I still have to explain the second one to the Other Half - that'll be fun.)

You have just gained unlimited man points. X2.

[Digby]

Very nice indeed!

My friend recently got hold of one, too.Lovely noise!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[TVR Sagaris]

Don't wrap it - it looks fantastic in that colour.

[Deerfoot]

TVR Sagaris said:

Don't wrap it - it looks fantastic in that colour.

I agree. Wrapping that would be a terrible shame, it looks excellent in that colour.

[ALawson]

Was that car owner by a Irish chap called Martin?

[HariboLecter]

rossw46 said:

You have just gained unlimited man points. X2.

This...

TVR Sagaris said:

Don't wrap it - it looks fantastic in that colour.

and this.


More info on how/why/what the 2nd NSX too

[r1ch]

I want to accidentally buy 2 NSX's - its not fair. Looks excellent, any details on the second one?

[12v3pot]

Why buy two? Very good question! And I'm going to need a bl**dy good answer soon (I pick it up tomorrow).

The real answer is that I found them both at the same time and just couldn't decide which one to buy. They both have strengths. The other one is earlier, leggier, but it's a stiffer coupe and non-PAS (the original that won the Autocar handling awards two years in a row). The plan now is to drive them both as-is for a while, decide which to keep standard and which to do as a project car (possibly with the CT supercharger, but definitely nothing OTT on the body).

As for the colour and wrapping... the green does look good (see that N1 NSX above), but it's definitely understated, and a bit anonymous in the flesh. Black was my preference. But there was a very limited colour palette for these so I've got an open mind.

[12v3pot]

Digby said:

Very nice indeed!

My friend recently got hold of one, too.Lovely noise!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Wow - that is pristine.

[Killer2005]

:worship: You lucky lucky bd, I've only ever seen 2 NSXs never mind buying 2 in the same weekend

[M159V8]

I still prefer the facelift though