imo thats too many miles for the majority of buyers, esp for their 1st time dream nsx. ive never driven a car for over 230,000 km (over 10 years), and that nsx is about 330,000 km...
true, did you see the 200,000 mile one in canada on ebay? looks clean in the pictures. 21k OBO... has been serviced according to the ad
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simon, cash is king. don't settle. i more then understand/share your frustration during your search. i wanted a fixer upper to start and tommy eventually convinced (coerced) me to go 2002+ for many many logical reasons (resale, newer, condition etc etc) .... but like you stated, whether its 91-2001 or 2002+ nsx, finding the in very clean condition, or even faithful to the way they are advertised is very very difficult.
franks 35000km black 03 was the closet thing i saw with butter78 was very nice, and drove well. but even that car needed a front bumper complete respray as well as rear valence re-fitment/respray, or re-purchase oem valence and have it repainted re-installed (all in all minor stuff but still another 2-3 grand depending on the quality of the fix/parts etc etc). i remember butter telling me to buy it after we saw it (haha) but i figured it would have burned an almost 60k hole in my pocket after taxes/fixes just to park it in the garage for 6 months (this was already in nov when i drove it), so it didnt make good sense ... and i never once pictured myself owning a black nsx ... just wasnt me.
and the fact that i was also told that nsx owners/shoppers on prime were all offering mid-high 40s for that car also made a statement to me (i was willing to buy at 50 assuming it was perfectly clean as the ad had stated)
continue to be patient and courteous to the potential sellers while looking at the many other alternatives at the 50k range. there are good options out there for that kind of money.
nsxs, p-cars etc etc will be unleashed in the market in april... while they say prices will go up in spring, the smart seller of a car that can no longer be financed will have to compete for your business; otherwise their car will sit. thats the major lesson i learned when i bougth my 911, i offered a very fair price for a yellow 911... and because my offer was declined i ending up finding my current blue 911, same year, 20 grand more options, 1/3 of the mileage, for exactly what i offered for the yellow 911. needless to say the yellow 911 was on the market for the full 6 month summer season and i saw it on a consignment lot asking for even less then what i offered... it finally sold for 15% less then its original (silly) asking price.
perhaps my opinion is biased but this is merely the first hand info ive seen over the years from my nsx/p-car search.
but having the money to purchase an 05 is considerably different than looking at '91's to 2000 year models.