white one on second engine and smacked...black one also smacked....
buying an NSX in Canada
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The Canadian market is a joke..I'll buy in the USA again...especially now that it's at 1.15 CAD for 1 USD 
get a targa its a blast in the summer. The only disadvantage would be that it has a OB2 engine management setup. Meaning if you ever want to upgrade with headers,catback,air intake,forced induction, or a stage 2 or 3 NA tunning. Your looking on spending big bucks on a stand alone engine management system to properly tune the car. And No they dont make a racing chip for an OB2. And yes you can still put on AIRintake, headers,cat-back but you dont get all the extra horse power thats advertised with these parts. Your Ob2 can compensate for the extra air getting in and out but not perfectly. Plus a targa is a babe magnet trust me
saint2709 said:
The limitation is not OBD2, it's throttle by wire. And there's now a solution http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57427
Thats right satan it's throttle by wire. BUT losing the check engine light, I dont know I dont like the idea.
I was close to buying a Black 98 about a year ago. Auction prices appeared to be about $73k and the guy who was selling it was absolutely firm at $78k. He let me walk for a few grand when he knew I was the only buyer in Canada.
Maybe this is the car. It was forsale in Calgary for 2 years for a high price. Went to auction. Sold to Segals, and a few weeks after I got my 02, it appears that Segal sent it to Brant Acura. I probably still have the service records for that car if its the same one. Very very clean.
Maybe this is the car. It was forsale in Calgary for 2 years for a high price. Went to auction. Sold to Segals, and a few weeks after I got my 02, it appears that Segal sent it to Brant Acura. I probably still have the service records for that car if its the same one. Very very clean.
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Red said:
I'm at home, but I'll try to get you the BBK price(I don't have my home machine set up for login) but use the numbers above and adjust based on teh diff between 2001 and 2000, then subtract the diff times two from the 2000 price - thats how we do it unless there is something wrong with the car or too many of them so it drops the price based on demand.
I did discover while shopping for my car that many dealers own their cars well over BBK - so this may serve as a bargaining tool, but not a basis for knowing what they paid.
(Anyone want a 2000 Windstar with trany problems for $5000?) :wink:
INDY790 said:
Ack! Mine's about $1500 per year, or about half your cost. Is this a factor of gov't insurance, or that I'm old (37)?
NA1R said:
I cant find the documentation on the car - but it was a 98 in showroom condition. Segals was asking $79k I think but I got him down to $78k plus he gave me $3k more for my trade than it was worth. I think it had 14k km on it. It was mint - totally mint. It was definately at Brant after Segals and they were asking $85k I think. It was well advertised in Autotrader. Havent seen it forsale for say 10 months.
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Man... $80g for a 98 car don't seems to make sense to me. Especially the warranty has run out. versus, If I buy a 02-03 I still have full factory warranty and low km for sure. Besides. I know I can't stop myself if I bought the earlier NA2's I would do the 02 conversion for sure. And there goes the $10g. plus wheels($5000), exhaust($1500), coilovers($2000est) ding ding ding... we are well over $18500- which would equal the price of a 02up NA2 (with factory warranty) Arrrr.. I am going nuts here... someone help me... 
NA1R said:
I have picts at my office, will send you some - PM/email me your email.
Cluster-swap is no biggie, but I acutally am taking to a guy who is almost ready to make me some backlit, white overlays for each dial, that plus a set of rings will look REALLY hot on the yellow interior.
BTW - to see my car is to see any 02+ Yellow on Yellow, mine has one little flaw, a small hairline at the edge of the spoiler, and I scuffed a rim at a drive through wash, but they are re-doing it at their expense.
I have two sets of mats, black/grey and yellow.
NA1R said:Man... $80g for a 98 car don't seems to make sense to me. Especially the warranty has run out. versus, If I buy a 02-03 I still have full factory warranty and low km for sure. Besides. I know I can't stop myself if I bought the earlier NA2's I would do the 02 conversion for sure. And there goes the $10g. plus wheels($5000), exhaust($1500), coilovers($2000est) ding ding ding... we are well over $18500- which would equal the price of a 02up NA2 (with factory warranty) Arrrr.. I am going nuts here... someone help me...
This is exactly why I ended up with my 02. I would have preferred to spend less for a 97 or a 98, but it had to make financial sense next to the newer car. When it didnt, it was an easy choice. Plus I agree, I prefer the updated front.
Thats the big problem - there are so few good NSXs to buy and when you find one, its expensive. If its the car you want, you have to bite the bullet and just hope that depreciation doesnt change.
What a car though - I couldnt be happier with my 02 Y/Y
Also keep in mind that youll be adding those things to an 02+ also, minus the front conversion, as I have...
Wheels, exhaust, AIS, uni, coilovers, rubber, plus some yet to be spoken about stuff thats not on the car yet
Wheels, exhaust, AIS, uni, coilovers, rubber, plus some yet to be spoken about stuff thats not on the car yet
Red said:
The Co-Operators. Yes (leased car, and the leasing company demands it). Deductible is $500.
I am looking at the insurance form now. The total is $695 for six months, or $1390 per year. I'm married, 37, with no at fault claims in the last six years.
Stu - when I moved from Ottawa to Toronto my auto insurance premiums went up 50% just due to the postal code.
The other thing I should mention is that the car is insured as "Not driven to work" and "Driven less than 10,000km / year."
SPA_S2000 said:
So my friend Randy has antique insurance on his cars over 15 years old, and it costs him 75 cents per thousand dollars appraised, I should move to Kanata and buy a 1991 in January!Think of all the money I'd save! :biggrin:
I brought up an '01 NSX-T in June this year and have been loving every second driving this car. Really hoping that the wife doesn't read this, but when she told me that we're going to be expecting our first child, it was a mixed emotion for me: great that my boys can swim; sad because I probably should get rid of the car.
Back to the topic at hand, where would be a good place to try to sell a car like this?
Back to the topic at hand, where would be a good place to try to sell a car like this?
^^Congrats magic - that is wonderful news. The choice between kids or NSX is a simple one.
Why dont you post some pics and details of the car here?
Why dont you post some pics and details of the car here?
