Long story short, after one great year of ownership on the S550, we decided to sell the car before the value takes another hit in the market. It’s been super solid and a fantastic car to drive, never really gave us any problems either.
Next question was what to get next. Since we already have a Lexus SUV, my wife said she wants something fun, so initial thought was BMW M5 or MB CLS63 / E63, since they are 4 door and more volatile. But typical price depreciations on Euro cars make those cars not as desirable.
Truth is our Lexus SUV is so solid so hopefully there won’t be really a time that we need a backup sedan for our kids, my wife said how about just get a fun coupe? (where do you find a wife like that, haha…)
After a very lucky 2 month search (usually people spend much longer to find theirs), we ended up with this. I still can’t believe I got another Acura. After our disappointing 2002 TL-S with slipping transmission, I said we would stay away from the brand. But I guess this is an exception. Here we go – 2002 NSX, Grand Prix White (GPW) with white interior!!!!!!
Sorry for the cell phone pics
Big thanks to few people, pvmike, Coconut, GS3Tek (NSXTek), and ChrisK, all current or ex-NSX owners. And of course a few other gurus on NSXPrime as well.
I had no idea just how rare the NSX is, less than 9000 in the US from 1991 to 2005. And from what I gathered, there are only 9 in the US with my combo, white/white. That makes things quite interesting.
I still need to get used to the car more, but so far all I can say is “WOW”. Easily the fastest car I have had. I don’t care about the 290hp on paper. At around 2900lb, this car is noticeably faster than my 08 M3. It’s so light and balanced it’s a pure blast to drive. I loved my M3, but in terms of driving there is no comparison.
And for a 10 year old car, I think the NSX is extremely well built. Actually I drove another 1996 before and it’s also very solid, this says a lot about the design. Of course there is not much of luxury and technology to talk about, and it’s very loud by comparison, but the car is so different I love it in a unique way.
So far everything is stock except that I added iPod integration (CD changer is a thing in the past…) A lot of people have asked me what I would do to the car next. Well we will see
Driving it every day and I realized, over the years, I don’t really see a lot of NSX around at all, let alone the 2002-2005 NA2. I wonder when I am going to run into another NSX on the road
For those interested, this was how I went through the 400 miles trip...
Next question was what to get next. Since we already have a Lexus SUV, my wife said she wants something fun, so initial thought was BMW M5 or MB CLS63 / E63, since they are 4 door and more volatile. But typical price depreciations on Euro cars make those cars not as desirable.
Truth is our Lexus SUV is so solid so hopefully there won’t be really a time that we need a backup sedan for our kids, my wife said how about just get a fun coupe? (where do you find a wife like that, haha…)
After a very lucky 2 month search (usually people spend much longer to find theirs), we ended up with this. I still can’t believe I got another Acura. After our disappointing 2002 TL-S with slipping transmission, I said we would stay away from the brand. But I guess this is an exception. Here we go – 2002 NSX, Grand Prix White (GPW) with white interior!!!!!!
Sorry for the cell phone pics
Big thanks to few people, pvmike, Coconut, GS3Tek (NSXTek), and ChrisK, all current or ex-NSX owners. And of course a few other gurus on NSXPrime as well.
I had no idea just how rare the NSX is, less than 9000 in the US from 1991 to 2005. And from what I gathered, there are only 9 in the US with my combo, white/white. That makes things quite interesting.
I still need to get used to the car more, but so far all I can say is “WOW”. Easily the fastest car I have had. I don’t care about the 290hp on paper. At around 2900lb, this car is noticeably faster than my 08 M3. It’s so light and balanced it’s a pure blast to drive. I loved my M3, but in terms of driving there is no comparison.
And for a 10 year old car, I think the NSX is extremely well built. Actually I drove another 1996 before and it’s also very solid, this says a lot about the design. Of course there is not much of luxury and technology to talk about, and it’s very loud by comparison, but the car is so different I love it in a unique way.
So far everything is stock except that I added iPod integration (CD changer is a thing in the past…) A lot of people have asked me what I would do to the car next. Well we will see
Driving it every day and I realized, over the years, I don’t really see a lot of NSX around at all, let alone the 2002-2005 NA2. I wonder when I am going to run into another NSX on the road
For those interested, this was how I went through the 400 miles trip...
