Back during my teenager years, I loved playing a racing game called Tokyo Xtreme Racer on the Sega Dreamcast. During this time, I had no knowledge of cars and wasn't even aware that all of the cars in this game were real cars (since they weren't licensed, they cheated the system by just using their chassis codes). One car caught my eye, and I instantly fell in love... with a TYPE-NA1.
Over the many years, I've been a very happy Honda fan. My first Honda was a 98 Prelude, and it seduced me with it's wonderful VTEC noises. I sold it hoping to move onto something more practical, and picked up a Scion TC. And then god said no. On my way to work, a Civic hatchback ran a red light, t-boning me in the process, and flipping my poor Scion three times. After seeing my errors, I saved up and bought a used S2000. This car was also a dream car for me because at the time, it was an obtainable dream car. Many years later, I tried to be practical and move onto an Infinity G37. No luck with this car either. That car was a lemon, full of bugs and issues (at least no accident this time!).
I signed up on NSXPrime in 2009, hoping that maybe now's the time. Since then, I spent reading up on the car and envying everyone with their beautiful NSX's. And years I spent fearing purchasing this car... what if after all these years, this car doesn't live up to my hype? What if I get a lemon? What if I get a car that was abused and now I'll have to spend a fortune to fix it up? And due to this fear, I wound up picking up a Porshce Cayman.
The Cayman was everything I could have asked for in a sports car. Breath-taking handling with its mid engine layout, a wonderful singing engine behind my back, and beautiful classy styling. I should have been loving this car. I wanted to love this car. But here I was, still searching on NSXPrime everyday...
Finally, 4 years later, one specific post from Shawn110975 caught my eye. A museum kept red NSX with Ivory interior. Something about this specific NSX made me feel the urge to message Shawn and ask if I can buy it. Over the next few weeks, I spoke with Shawn very actively, asking if he could give me some time so that I could work out the finances. I rushed out, sold the Cayman, and worked with my bank to get a loan. Luckily for me, Shawn was more than willing to be patient and worked with me through every step. If anyone wants to go through PenFed, remember they need a copy of the front AND back of the title!
Let me tell you, if you ever buy a car from Shawn, he will HYPE YOU UP. He will message you telling you how awesome the NSX. He will call you telling how awesome the NSX. He'll send you tons of pictures letting you know that you'll soon be an NSX owner. And when he picked me up from the airport, what better way than to be picked up than in Shawn's very own?
I wish I could say that my drive back home was a super wonderful experience. After driving for 11 hours straight, I stopped in Raleigh, North Carolina to visit my friend and catch some sleep. The next day, the car refused to start. I started panicking and called up Shawn to see if he could give me some insight. He walked me through on how to check the main relay. Yup, it had a bunch of leaks, looks like someone may have messed with it before. I was able to get a new main relay overnighted from Acura... and nothing. So Shawn walked me through the phone on how to take the ignition switch apart and clean it. Still nothing...
At this point, I tried to reach out to see if anyone could give me a hand (Thank you for the quick replies ITRSteve and 99NCNSX!). I left Ben (Daisy Auto Imports) a voicemail explaining my situation. He left me a voicemail right after, giving me his cell phone number and that I can call anytime and he would be more than happy to help. I already love the NSX community <3 Shawn called me back and had me try to run a 8 gauge wire somewhere in the engine bay to the battery. BAM! Car fires right up! With this "trick", I drove back home to DC and took it to Ben for a quick diagnosis. Since his time was limited (He had a long and busy day but gladly still took the time to check out my car), he asked if I could bring it back up and he'll do a proper diagnosis of the whole car.
After I got back home, I decided to read up more on it. Hours of reading and... Wait... what's this rubber stopper at the top of the clutch pedal diagram? I rushed over to my car, with a flashlight in hand... SON OF A #()%*()#*%()#*% LOL. A stupid $1.55 piece caused me so many headaches. And you know what? I didn't care. The smile on my face when I wake up and see my car... makes me proud to finally be an NSX owner. Thank you Shawn for all the helping getting me into an NSX.
Over the many years, I've been a very happy Honda fan. My first Honda was a 98 Prelude, and it seduced me with it's wonderful VTEC noises. I sold it hoping to move onto something more practical, and picked up a Scion TC. And then god said no. On my way to work, a Civic hatchback ran a red light, t-boning me in the process, and flipping my poor Scion three times. After seeing my errors, I saved up and bought a used S2000. This car was also a dream car for me because at the time, it was an obtainable dream car. Many years later, I tried to be practical and move onto an Infinity G37. No luck with this car either. That car was a lemon, full of bugs and issues (at least no accident this time!).
I signed up on NSXPrime in 2009, hoping that maybe now's the time. Since then, I spent reading up on the car and envying everyone with their beautiful NSX's. And years I spent fearing purchasing this car... what if after all these years, this car doesn't live up to my hype? What if I get a lemon? What if I get a car that was abused and now I'll have to spend a fortune to fix it up? And due to this fear, I wound up picking up a Porshce Cayman.
The Cayman was everything I could have asked for in a sports car. Breath-taking handling with its mid engine layout, a wonderful singing engine behind my back, and beautiful classy styling. I should have been loving this car. I wanted to love this car. But here I was, still searching on NSXPrime everyday...
Finally, 4 years later, one specific post from Shawn110975 caught my eye. A museum kept red NSX with Ivory interior. Something about this specific NSX made me feel the urge to message Shawn and ask if I can buy it. Over the next few weeks, I spoke with Shawn very actively, asking if he could give me some time so that I could work out the finances. I rushed out, sold the Cayman, and worked with my bank to get a loan. Luckily for me, Shawn was more than willing to be patient and worked with me through every step. If anyone wants to go through PenFed, remember they need a copy of the front AND back of the title!
Let me tell you, if you ever buy a car from Shawn, he will HYPE YOU UP. He will message you telling you how awesome the NSX. He will call you telling how awesome the NSX. He'll send you tons of pictures letting you know that you'll soon be an NSX owner. And when he picked me up from the airport, what better way than to be picked up than in Shawn's very own?
I wish I could say that my drive back home was a super wonderful experience. After driving for 11 hours straight, I stopped in Raleigh, North Carolina to visit my friend and catch some sleep. The next day, the car refused to start. I started panicking and called up Shawn to see if he could give me some insight. He walked me through on how to check the main relay. Yup, it had a bunch of leaks, looks like someone may have messed with it before. I was able to get a new main relay overnighted from Acura... and nothing. So Shawn walked me through the phone on how to take the ignition switch apart and clean it. Still nothing...
At this point, I tried to reach out to see if anyone could give me a hand (Thank you for the quick replies ITRSteve and 99NCNSX!). I left Ben (Daisy Auto Imports) a voicemail explaining my situation. He left me a voicemail right after, giving me his cell phone number and that I can call anytime and he would be more than happy to help. I already love the NSX community <3 Shawn called me back and had me try to run a 8 gauge wire somewhere in the engine bay to the battery. BAM! Car fires right up! With this "trick", I drove back home to DC and took it to Ben for a quick diagnosis. Since his time was limited (He had a long and busy day but gladly still took the time to check out my car), he asked if I could bring it back up and he'll do a proper diagnosis of the whole car.
After I got back home, I decided to read up more on it. Hours of reading and... Wait... what's this rubber stopper at the top of the clutch pedal diagram? I rushed over to my car, with a flashlight in hand... SON OF A #()%*()#*%()#*% LOL. A stupid $1.55 piece caused me so many headaches. And you know what? I didn't care. The smile on my face when I wake up and see my car... makes me proud to finally be an NSX owner. Thank you Shawn for all the helping getting me into an NSX.
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