In Feb 2008 I went to Japan. One of the highlights was visited Nissan's headquarters in Ginza, and seeing a GTR in person. What could I say, I fell in love. When I returned to the USA, I immediately put up my 350z for sale. The Z sold almost immediately, but I had no plans to purchase the GTR right away. For one, the production numbers were low and most were already presold at a significant dealer markup. I knew I would have to wait it out in order to purchase the car at a reasonable price. In the meantime I thought of purchasing another fun car to tie me over. The NSX ended up becoming the car I thought would be my "temporary" car until I was ready to purchase the GTR.
Four years later, I have literally no interest in selling my NSX and I'm 100% happy that I never did get the GTR. I guess I'll document the beginning until today......
Part I... the beginning....
The car was located in the DC area. I made the deal in June of 2008, and flew out to pick up the car literally on my birthday. Here is a shot the previous owner took:
I picked up the car and the transaction went fairly smooth. It was the first time I ever saw Imola in person and also the first time I saw the car. I was pretty happy with the condition and everything was as promised. Now that I think about it, I got pretty lucky getting this car "sight unseen."
Another shot of the car somewhere in Pennsylvania.
I was thinking I would drive the car from DC and then maybe stop midway to get some rest. I was loaded up on Red Bull, so I thought I could make it home in one shot. Around 2 or 3 am, I got to South Bend Indiana and ran into some road debris... here is the aftermath:
By sheer luck, that was the only damage I sustained. But I had another problem... I'm 90 miles from Chicago and there was no way the spare would get me home. I did however remember passing by the TIRE RACK.
So I waited it out until the morning, got a rental car and brought the carange over to the 'rack. Mind you, this is THE tire rack, so they had everything in stock. They replaced my tire and I went home.....
26 hours later..... I made it home and went to sleep.
Four years later, I have literally no interest in selling my NSX and I'm 100% happy that I never did get the GTR. I guess I'll document the beginning until today......
Part I... the beginning....
The car was located in the DC area. I made the deal in June of 2008, and flew out to pick up the car literally on my birthday. Here is a shot the previous owner took:

I picked up the car and the transaction went fairly smooth. It was the first time I ever saw Imola in person and also the first time I saw the car. I was pretty happy with the condition and everything was as promised. Now that I think about it, I got pretty lucky getting this car "sight unseen."
Another shot of the car somewhere in Pennsylvania.

I was thinking I would drive the car from DC and then maybe stop midway to get some rest. I was loaded up on Red Bull, so I thought I could make it home in one shot. Around 2 or 3 am, I got to South Bend Indiana and ran into some road debris... here is the aftermath:

By sheer luck, that was the only damage I sustained. But I had another problem... I'm 90 miles from Chicago and there was no way the spare would get me home. I did however remember passing by the TIRE RACK.

So I waited it out until the morning, got a rental car and brought the carange over to the 'rack. Mind you, this is THE tire rack, so they had everything in stock. They replaced my tire and I went home.....
26 hours later..... I made it home and went to sleep.

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