Thought I'd chime in on this thread.
I drive my NSX daily, and put about 10K-18K miles on it. I am zeroeing in on my second year of ownership and my annual mileage per year has increased steadily (I am driving alot more now due to commute).
I bought the car at about 69K miles and I have about 95.5K miles. In this time, I've replaced various things due to age: antenna mast, trunk struts, shocks, CD player. Things have been failing to (presumably due to age), coolant tank (leaking), dying starter. My tires have been extremely long wearing (I am just now replacing the rears ,they are Dunlop SP9000s), but that can still cost you if you go for a better tire. This is in addition to the 60K, 90K, and timing belt.
In 12-15 months, I'll need to do the 120K maintenance.
I mention this because, some folks claim Accord-like reliability; which for the most part is true. However, at least in my case, my TCO has turned out to be about 1.2K dollars a year so far after two years. It would have been higher if I used a more conventional tire.
I believe that if you put the kind of mileage that I put on my car, you will probably see similiar TCO numbers. Then again, others may have been luckier... however, I don't think the stuff that has been breaking on my car is out of the ordinary.
YMMV.
[This message has been edited by hyuan (edited 25 February 2003).]
I drive my NSX daily, and put about 10K-18K miles on it. I am zeroeing in on my second year of ownership and my annual mileage per year has increased steadily (I am driving alot more now due to commute).
I bought the car at about 69K miles and I have about 95.5K miles. In this time, I've replaced various things due to age: antenna mast, trunk struts, shocks, CD player. Things have been failing to (presumably due to age), coolant tank (leaking), dying starter. My tires have been extremely long wearing (I am just now replacing the rears ,they are Dunlop SP9000s), but that can still cost you if you go for a better tire. This is in addition to the 60K, 90K, and timing belt.
In 12-15 months, I'll need to do the 120K maintenance.
I mention this because, some folks claim Accord-like reliability; which for the most part is true. However, at least in my case, my TCO has turned out to be about 1.2K dollars a year so far after two years. It would have been higher if I used a more conventional tire.
I believe that if you put the kind of mileage that I put on my car, you will probably see similiar TCO numbers. Then again, others may have been luckier... however, I don't think the stuff that has been breaking on my car is out of the ordinary.
YMMV.
[This message has been edited by hyuan (edited 25 February 2003).]