Finally after a few days of thinking, I emailed the seller back and offered him a price. We negotiated a bit and reached a deal.
On August 20, 2016, my buddy picked me up at my place and we left Toronto at 7:30am and arrived at the seller's home in Windsor at 11:20am. Weather forecast wasn't perfect since thunderstorm was expected in the evening in Toronto.
Did a quick look around and under again to see if everything was alright. We then went to the bank and did the transfer, and also signed the paperwork there. It was 11:45am by the time we transferred and completed the paperwork . Then my buddy and I went to the Service Ontario (MTO) to complete the paperwork, time was 12pm. What I didn't know was that the MTO appraisal to pay the tax had to be done BEFORE I could receive the temporary plates. I thought I could get the temp plates first before paying the taxes. Therefore, we asked the associate behind the counter for a suggestion and she suggested a place down the street. So we left the licensing office at 12:10pm and arrived at the appraisal place at 12:20pm. Paid the shop owner the fee for the appraisal and left the place at 12:30pm. We returned to the licensing office at 12:45pm and just barely made it before they closed at 1pm. Talk about a tight schedule!
My buddy and I went for lunch at a schwarma place in Windsor near the seller's home in the NSX. Funny thing happened at the schwarma place, a teenager walked into the store and asked, "who's NSX is that?" (we parked at the front of the store). My friend responded, "that's my buddy's". So the guy then asks me if it was okay for him to take some pictures. I said it was fine, and offered to go out and take a picture for him. I regret not offering to let him sit in it. But I didn't want to make it such a big deal. So yeah, that was the first interesting thing that happened to me with the NSX. Note, this was just an hour after we had completed registration and etc. The teenager also told me his uncle owns (or use to?) a 1992 black NSX.
After lunch we returned to the seller's home and my buddy picked up his car and we headed back to Toronto, we got back to my place around 7pm or so.
We made multiple stops on the way, since I wanted to make sure the car was working properly. I checked oil levels and leaks under the car when we stopped, and also paid close attention to the temperature gauge and oil pressure. Needless to say, the car made the 4 hour drive home without a hiccup! The AC was out and it was hot out, so I was sweating buckets inside the car. Wearing a black t-shirt didn't help either. I received numerous thumbs up on the highway (aka freeway), a couple of comments and questions as well when we stopped for breaks and fuel. Oh and perhaps a few SnapChat / Instagram moments on the drive home!
