I almost made a very bad buy on a 91 nsx today. As I was searching the Phoenix, Arizona craigslist ads; I came across a blk,blk 91 for $16,500. The red flags immediatly rose considering the price, but the price might also be that low because the owner really doesn't know what they have. To make a long story short I made a deal saying that I would buy it as long as the car has no serious problems. That being said I took the car to Acura to have them inspect the car, and they said no problem they'll contact me in a couple of hours when its done. So I'm getting my hopes up and what not while going back up there to get the results, and I asked the mechanic, " so did the car give you any problems? He just shook his head in a disappointed way and said that the whole car was shot. He then asked me what I was going to pay for it and I told him and he said he wouldn't pay 6K for the car. I thought he was over exaggerating until it was time for me to pay $128 for the inspection (whats $128 to thousands). They gave me pages of a list of parts that needed to be changed. On the second page the price for all of the parts not including labor came out to be $25k
. I couldn't understand how someone could neglect such a rare vehicle. I mean come on, a book to hold the battery in place by the positive terminal? (Who does that?!) The point of the story is that I almost made a bad choice by buying from impluse and excitment rather than being logical about it. It was a good thing I got smart and hired someone to the inspection instead of thinking I'm a nsx mechanic by trade. Oh and one last thing 1.I did a check on the vin number and the carfax passed with flying colors (you can't rely on carfax alone), and 2.At least one person on these forums have owned or thought about owning this car.
. I couldn't understand how someone could neglect such a rare vehicle. I mean come on, a book to hold the battery in place by the positive terminal? (Who does that?!) The point of the story is that I almost made a bad choice by buying from impluse and excitment rather than being logical about it. It was a good thing I got smart and hired someone to the inspection instead of thinking I'm a nsx mechanic by trade. Oh and one last thing 1.I did a check on the vin number and the carfax passed with flying colors (you can't rely on carfax alone), and 2.At least one person on these forums have owned or thought about owning this car.
If I was going to sell mine - which I'm not- what in the world do you think I'd want for it - with all the "service history" it now has even MORE of - more than 32k I can assure you and I would get it - cause cars like mine aren't growing on trees out there either! 
