I joined NSX Prime about 5 years ago to keep on top of trends with the NSX. I would check in from time to time to check out the latest products. Read up on common problems and fixes. Check out the photo galleries and builds. It has always been one of my dream cars and I told myself I'd get one, one day.
After years of saving up, I finally bought one this year. The car was shipped from the east coast to west coast, Maryland to Washington. I'm up north in Canada. My friends gave me a lift down south to cross the border it was very windy and rainy and was it ever a hectic day.
It's a holiday here in Canada so border line ups were packed. We were in line at 7am... got through at 845. Anyone who arrived later expected a 3 hour delay. Drove down to Walmart to grab a quick bite and proceeded south. I had to stop at a DMV to obtain a permit to drive the vehicle. At this point I was pressed for time as I had to export the car by 3:30pm or else I would have had to store my car somewhere and wait until wednesday to export it. It was 12pm and I waited for half hour at the DMV for the permit. Then it was off to the tow yard to get the car. Everything checked out fine. I used DAS for the transport and everything went smooth. Car arrived earlier than their estimated ETA. I was happy with their service, although they seem to also have some bad reviews. I was just glad my car was ok.
It was around 1pm when I left the tow yard. The drive back to the border crossing was 3 hours, so off I went leaving my friends behind. There was less than a quarter tank of fuel, so after 45 minutes of driving I decided to exit the highway and get some gas. Major traffic in the city. Pulled into a Chevron. I wish they had 94 Octane like we do. Man, do the pumps ever pump so slow. Now I was really pressed for time.
Back onto the highway I went. The weather cleared out and the sun was peaking out. The ride back was quite nice. No more pouring rain, but the wind was blasting away. I was surprised that it didn't blow me around much. Most likely because the NSX is so low? I tried not to think about the time and just kept driving at the speed limit :wink: and enjoyed the drive. Car was very tight and smooth. A lot more road noise than I'm used to, but that's part of the experience of it. I love the sound of the engine as I step on the gas to accelerate. Can't wait to install headers and an exhaust.
So I'm cruising down the highway and I hear a beep. Then a hear a few more beeps. Then the beeping goes faster and faster as I was acclerating, so I hit the brakes and slow down. I look around the area and on top of the overpass I see a cop car. I hear the beeps every now and then. So this thing has a hidden radar detector somewhere. Anyone know where they would install one on the NSX? I would like to know what model is installed.
When I reached the border, there were no lineups, so I quickly parked the car and ran to the US customs building. The time was 3:27pm. I had 3 minutes to spare. Whew. It was quite funny, because when I took off from my friends, one of them yelled to me, you have three minutes to spare! What a coincidence. US cutsoms was very quick. They just stamped the title for export. Then I proceeded to Canadian customs. That took around 10 minutes to have some forms filled, pay my taxes and duties. After that, I headed home.
Next steps are to add Daytime Running Lights. Pass inspections. Then get it registered and insured. It will be driven mostly stock this summer and mods will commence during fall/winter storage.
It's a 1998 NSX-T in GPW. Completely stock with an NSXCA sticker on the rear window. 49K miles. Going to do the timing belt, etc over the winter.
I want to thank everyone on this site for being very helpful. Special thanks to arista5 for hooking me up with free car faxes while I was hunting a car down. It was also he, who steered me to this GPW NSX. arista5 is also, looking for an NSX 02+. If anyone has any leads, please let him know. I hope you find your car soon buddy.
Also, a special thanks to brandonsan. I was looking for someone in the area to do a PPI for me and he pm'd me. When I told him which car I needed a PPI on, he gave me his number to call him. I called him and he told me that he already had done the PPI for another person who wanted to purchase the car but couldn't in the end. He gave me the details for no charge at all. Very nice guy.
Well, that's my story for now. Pictures to follow. Maybe a build thread. Hope to meet more of you as I should be on this site more frequently now.
After years of saving up, I finally bought one this year. The car was shipped from the east coast to west coast, Maryland to Washington. I'm up north in Canada. My friends gave me a lift down south to cross the border it was very windy and rainy and was it ever a hectic day.
It's a holiday here in Canada so border line ups were packed. We were in line at 7am... got through at 845. Anyone who arrived later expected a 3 hour delay. Drove down to Walmart to grab a quick bite and proceeded south. I had to stop at a DMV to obtain a permit to drive the vehicle. At this point I was pressed for time as I had to export the car by 3:30pm or else I would have had to store my car somewhere and wait until wednesday to export it. It was 12pm and I waited for half hour at the DMV for the permit. Then it was off to the tow yard to get the car. Everything checked out fine. I used DAS for the transport and everything went smooth. Car arrived earlier than their estimated ETA. I was happy with their service, although they seem to also have some bad reviews. I was just glad my car was ok.
It was around 1pm when I left the tow yard. The drive back to the border crossing was 3 hours, so off I went leaving my friends behind. There was less than a quarter tank of fuel, so after 45 minutes of driving I decided to exit the highway and get some gas. Major traffic in the city. Pulled into a Chevron. I wish they had 94 Octane like we do. Man, do the pumps ever pump so slow. Now I was really pressed for time.
Back onto the highway I went. The weather cleared out and the sun was peaking out. The ride back was quite nice. No more pouring rain, but the wind was blasting away. I was surprised that it didn't blow me around much. Most likely because the NSX is so low? I tried not to think about the time and just kept driving at the speed limit :wink: and enjoyed the drive. Car was very tight and smooth. A lot more road noise than I'm used to, but that's part of the experience of it. I love the sound of the engine as I step on the gas to accelerate. Can't wait to install headers and an exhaust.
So I'm cruising down the highway and I hear a beep. Then a hear a few more beeps. Then the beeping goes faster and faster as I was acclerating, so I hit the brakes and slow down. I look around the area and on top of the overpass I see a cop car. I hear the beeps every now and then. So this thing has a hidden radar detector somewhere. Anyone know where they would install one on the NSX? I would like to know what model is installed.
When I reached the border, there were no lineups, so I quickly parked the car and ran to the US customs building. The time was 3:27pm. I had 3 minutes to spare. Whew. It was quite funny, because when I took off from my friends, one of them yelled to me, you have three minutes to spare! What a coincidence. US cutsoms was very quick. They just stamped the title for export. Then I proceeded to Canadian customs. That took around 10 minutes to have some forms filled, pay my taxes and duties. After that, I headed home.
Next steps are to add Daytime Running Lights. Pass inspections. Then get it registered and insured. It will be driven mostly stock this summer and mods will commence during fall/winter storage.
It's a 1998 NSX-T in GPW. Completely stock with an NSXCA sticker on the rear window. 49K miles. Going to do the timing belt, etc over the winter.
I want to thank everyone on this site for being very helpful. Special thanks to arista5 for hooking me up with free car faxes while I was hunting a car down. It was also he, who steered me to this GPW NSX. arista5 is also, looking for an NSX 02+. If anyone has any leads, please let him know. I hope you find your car soon buddy.
Also, a special thanks to brandonsan. I was looking for someone in the area to do a PPI for me and he pm'd me. When I told him which car I needed a PPI on, he gave me his number to call him. I called him and he told me that he already had done the PPI for another person who wanted to purchase the car but couldn't in the end. He gave me the details for no charge at all. Very nice guy.
Well, that's my story for now. Pictures to follow. Maybe a build thread. Hope to meet more of you as I should be on this site more frequently now.
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