After owning my 2000 NSX for only a year I traded it to my local Porsche dealer in Nov 2005. I bought the NSX with only 6K miles and in the year IO owned it I put BBS LM wheels on it, I installed an Eclipse AVN NAVI/Radio and I drove the car only 2K miles. I loved the NSX and if I could have put a large picture window into my garage I would have been content toi just sit and admire the classic and crisp lines.
I was nervous about getting a scratch or dent and I was always worried every time I parked it anywhere. So my reasoning was that I would trade it for a more "durable" sports car and I searched for months to find something I liked as much but that I would drive more often.
So in late November I traded the NSX (and got nearly what I paid for it a year earlier) to my local Porsche dealer for a 2005 911 Turbo S Cab. The 911 was much faster than the NSX and it seemed smaller and less delicate. The Porsche stickered for $157K so it was a far more expensive car...nonetheless, it wasn't more fun to drive and didn't seem to handle any better than the NSX.
The Porsche had all the options, including ceramic/composite brakes. Everyone kept asking me how I liked the great Porsche brakes and my response was that they don't seem any better than the other sports cars I've driven - especially the NSX.
After driving the 911 for about 700 miles over about 6 weeks I found it to be a very refined car that handled great and accelerated like a bullet. I would rate the 911 at around 10-20% better than the NSX in some respects. On the down side, the $100K+ 911 came from the factory with some small rattles and some annoying but small glitches. For example: some of the wording on control components (such as the temp control) are in German. The ODO reset at 1000 KM - not 1000 miles.
Anyway, I sold the 911 since I wasn't sure that it was worth anything near what I paid for it and I didn't want to get stuck with it. I now have a few NSX parts for sale (in the for sale forum). The NSX is a great car and I definitely believe that it's a very good value - especially when compared to much more expensive sports cars...
I was nervous about getting a scratch or dent and I was always worried every time I parked it anywhere. So my reasoning was that I would trade it for a more "durable" sports car and I searched for months to find something I liked as much but that I would drive more often.
So in late November I traded the NSX (and got nearly what I paid for it a year earlier) to my local Porsche dealer for a 2005 911 Turbo S Cab. The 911 was much faster than the NSX and it seemed smaller and less delicate. The Porsche stickered for $157K so it was a far more expensive car...nonetheless, it wasn't more fun to drive and didn't seem to handle any better than the NSX.
The Porsche had all the options, including ceramic/composite brakes. Everyone kept asking me how I liked the great Porsche brakes and my response was that they don't seem any better than the other sports cars I've driven - especially the NSX.
After driving the 911 for about 700 miles over about 6 weeks I found it to be a very refined car that handled great and accelerated like a bullet. I would rate the 911 at around 10-20% better than the NSX in some respects. On the down side, the $100K+ 911 came from the factory with some small rattles and some annoying but small glitches. For example: some of the wording on control components (such as the temp control) are in German. The ODO reset at 1000 KM - not 1000 miles.
Anyway, I sold the 911 since I wasn't sure that it was worth anything near what I paid for it and I didn't want to get stuck with it. I now have a few NSX parts for sale (in the for sale forum). The NSX is a great car and I definitely believe that it's a very good value - especially when compared to much more expensive sports cars...
. Porsche brakes on the other hand are like throwing an anchor out of the window. IMO the 996 Turbo is the best sportscar currently out there.
