First off, My name's Jeff and I'm a 25 year old workaholic with a serious addiction to awesome cars of all breeds and pedigrees.
Back in high school I ended up with a 1987 Supra Turbo and the modding bug hit me and after dozens of go-rounds with blown up 7M-GTE's over the years I decided to jump into the MK4 Supra world and I currently am in the process of building up a '95 black/black cloth hardtop into a purist TT/6-spd driving monster. That being said, I've had the wonderful fortune to have driven a wide variety of my friend's various sports cars, from Ferrari 355s, Z06s, 300ZXTT's, MR2 Turbos, LS1 Trans Ams, Mustang Cobras, Vipers, 350Z's, etc and all of them truly have something special to offer. But I'd not had the opportunity to drive an NSX before despite having a healthy respect for them.
Enter my friend Chuckie (Viper Driver here on NSXP I believe), a local NSX owner/F16 pilot/Ninja Badass that previously owned a black '91 on gold Volk GT-C's that was the subject of a great deal of my driving fantasies and recently picked up a 2002 NSX-T 6-spd that currently wears a set of IForged Retros.
Last night I was at a local car meet BBQ and just as the party was winding down and everyone is hopping in their various cars to go for a cruise, I was walking across the parking lot to go home and Chuckie rolls up in that new silver NSX of his with the top off - the first time I'd seen it in person, thanks to my 80 hour weeks and the corresponding lack of time to make it to local events over the past few months.
I hop in the passenger side and tell him that everyone's going for a cruise and to follow the gang. We catch up and as he's driving the first thing I notice is the remarkable lack of body flex despite his roof being off and the Tein coilovers he has installed - Supras with a targa top removed are a flopping noodle in comparison without extensive aftermarket reinforcements.
We follow the gang and I'm enjoying the symphony of an engine the NSX has and I start to appreciate the car more and more. After the first leg of our cruise and we're standing around a parking lot getting everyone regrouped, Chuckie does the unthinkable - he throws me the Keys to his NSX.
It was hard to play it cool, it really was. Sitting in the drivers side I absolutely awed at all the evident details marking her as a true drivers car - pedal placement, wheel/shifter placement, the stock seats, and all with great visibility all around the car!
Driving the NSX out of the parking lot I immediately notice the awesome steering feel and throttle response. This car was conceived, developed, born & raised to be driven like a monster, but she was taught to speak politely! While I was negotiating the parking lot I got the feeling like I was on a first date with a girl that I just *knew* would be amazing in the sack.
Pulling into the pack of our friends in our delightful diversity of cars ranging from a Supercharged 350Z to an '03 Mustang Cobra to Supras and Camaros and Vettes and 300ZXTT's, etc - the NSX still stood out like a cute blonde at a goth party.
Some indeterminable amount of time passes, and between the perfect top-off nighttime cruising weather and the sheer joy of having such an amazing car under my heel & toe a huge shit eating grin finds itself plastered on my face like so many bugs on the windshield of a Mack truck. I joke to Chuckie that he's going to need a crowbar to pry me out of his car and he laughs.
The rev range kept tantalizing me, as the laid back cruising nature of our outing with friends left little opportunity to really make that C32B sing to me.
Finally, on a straightaway safe enough to minimize the risks involved, I give her a jolly romp and she sings like an F1 machine all the way through to the top of 3rd (or was it 4th?) at which point Chuckie laughs and says 'That's enough!'. Her brakes respond like they'd been waiting all this time to actually *do* something, the initial bite and pedal feel being remarkably predictable despite having never driven an NSX before.
A day later I can't seem to scrape that shit eating grin off of my face - Chuckie, if one day I wake up and the Supra projects are gone and there's an NSX there to replace them... I'm blaming you for corrupting me! LOL.
So, theres my long-winded introduction and recollection of my all too short first date with an NSX - wish me luck at staying away from buying one! :biggrin:
Jeff
Back in high school I ended up with a 1987 Supra Turbo and the modding bug hit me and after dozens of go-rounds with blown up 7M-GTE's over the years I decided to jump into the MK4 Supra world and I currently am in the process of building up a '95 black/black cloth hardtop into a purist TT/6-spd driving monster. That being said, I've had the wonderful fortune to have driven a wide variety of my friend's various sports cars, from Ferrari 355s, Z06s, 300ZXTT's, MR2 Turbos, LS1 Trans Ams, Mustang Cobras, Vipers, 350Z's, etc and all of them truly have something special to offer. But I'd not had the opportunity to drive an NSX before despite having a healthy respect for them.
Enter my friend Chuckie (Viper Driver here on NSXP I believe), a local NSX owner/F16 pilot/Ninja Badass that previously owned a black '91 on gold Volk GT-C's that was the subject of a great deal of my driving fantasies and recently picked up a 2002 NSX-T 6-spd that currently wears a set of IForged Retros.
Last night I was at a local car meet BBQ and just as the party was winding down and everyone is hopping in their various cars to go for a cruise, I was walking across the parking lot to go home and Chuckie rolls up in that new silver NSX of his with the top off - the first time I'd seen it in person, thanks to my 80 hour weeks and the corresponding lack of time to make it to local events over the past few months.
I hop in the passenger side and tell him that everyone's going for a cruise and to follow the gang. We catch up and as he's driving the first thing I notice is the remarkable lack of body flex despite his roof being off and the Tein coilovers he has installed - Supras with a targa top removed are a flopping noodle in comparison without extensive aftermarket reinforcements.
We follow the gang and I'm enjoying the symphony of an engine the NSX has and I start to appreciate the car more and more. After the first leg of our cruise and we're standing around a parking lot getting everyone regrouped, Chuckie does the unthinkable - he throws me the Keys to his NSX.
It was hard to play it cool, it really was. Sitting in the drivers side I absolutely awed at all the evident details marking her as a true drivers car - pedal placement, wheel/shifter placement, the stock seats, and all with great visibility all around the car!
Driving the NSX out of the parking lot I immediately notice the awesome steering feel and throttle response. This car was conceived, developed, born & raised to be driven like a monster, but she was taught to speak politely! While I was negotiating the parking lot I got the feeling like I was on a first date with a girl that I just *knew* would be amazing in the sack.
Pulling into the pack of our friends in our delightful diversity of cars ranging from a Supercharged 350Z to an '03 Mustang Cobra to Supras and Camaros and Vettes and 300ZXTT's, etc - the NSX still stood out like a cute blonde at a goth party.
Some indeterminable amount of time passes, and between the perfect top-off nighttime cruising weather and the sheer joy of having such an amazing car under my heel & toe a huge shit eating grin finds itself plastered on my face like so many bugs on the windshield of a Mack truck. I joke to Chuckie that he's going to need a crowbar to pry me out of his car and he laughs.
The rev range kept tantalizing me, as the laid back cruising nature of our outing with friends left little opportunity to really make that C32B sing to me.
Finally, on a straightaway safe enough to minimize the risks involved, I give her a jolly romp and she sings like an F1 machine all the way through to the top of 3rd (or was it 4th?) at which point Chuckie laughs and says 'That's enough!'. Her brakes respond like they'd been waiting all this time to actually *do* something, the initial bite and pedal feel being remarkably predictable despite having never driven an NSX before.
A day later I can't seem to scrape that shit eating grin off of my face - Chuckie, if one day I wake up and the Supra projects are gone and there's an NSX there to replace them... I'm blaming you for corrupting me! LOL.
So, theres my long-winded introduction and recollection of my all too short first date with an NSX - wish me luck at staying away from buying one! :biggrin:
Jeff
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Personally, I think Chuck is secretly cultivating some swarms of attack spiders that bite people with the NSX bug! 
