# 195 was built mid-August. The Acura dealer we worked through is 52 miles away. Other than dozens of visits to bridge-build we had not done business with this dealership before. The deal was for MSRP although the dealer demanded $20K deposit instead of the usual $10K deposit (they’d been burned twice on earlier NC1 orders). We let it sit center stage on their showroom floor for a couple of weeks, and accepted delivery 9-13-2022. Too low to get onto a 33’ gooseneck trailer even using race-ramps, etc, I reluctantly drove it home. It was VERY difficult placing it on “ignore” for the recommended two months before paint protection filming ~ 85% of it.
BUILD: Valencia Red Pearl with full red leather, red calipers, lightweight package, grey wheels.
PRO’s: Exterior paint, build quality, view from cockpit, blindingly fast, pulls hard
every gear, AWD, a solid package, value proposition as a held asset.
NEG’s: Lack of communication during the ~13 month wait. Fuel tank the size of an amoeba ball, lack of cockpit cubbies, less trunk space than older NSX’s, twice as difficult to get out of as our other NSX’s, dreadful music controls (wth is wrong with rotary controls?), way too many damned “nannies.”
IMPRESSIONS: Double the ponies of our other NSX’s make this a weapon. A true weapon. The EV mode, and EV coming in and out in Sport mode, is ghostly funky. Louder than I thought it would be when the happy pedal is engaged - pleased for that. No track mode yet – that can wait.
TO DATE: 3M’s best PPF, Sliplo rub strips installed under front fascia, Premium mat set (recommended as the stockers leave a lot to be desired), and a Rove model R2-4K forward facing in-car camera hard wired/installed.
Got to enjoy it for a month before a professional hand wash/dry, and now into winter slumber with 717 miles. Likely the icing on our NSX collection cake!
Thanks to all of you NC1 and Type-S NSXPrimer’s for sharing your experiences and recommendations.