As a prime member and 'lurker' for more years than I can remember, I have always enjoyed reading the new owner thread. I remember reading about the excitement primers felt when they found their X, and that first drive home. I always knew for me it was not a question of 'if' but when. I went back and forth between wanting the 'original' look and trying to find the right 97-01 NSX, to going 2002+ and wanting to find a GPW/black and LBBP/black, low-mileage, with little work to make it pristine, somewhere in the US! I had all of my mods picked out way before I even found an X to buy. I was ready to purchase my 'unicorn.'
So over the past 18 months with an incredibly supportive wife
I have had my finger on the trigger on the purchase button, and went through several near purchases, non-responsive sellers, etc. The rest of the garage was ready - family car (panamera turbo), SUV (G55) and my exotic (430 spider, my second F-car), but still felt incomplete with my X. I had decided that my X would be my project car, fulfill my needs to fully customize a car from exterior, interior, engine and suspension.
I began to realize that I might need to compromise on my color combo and condition, I was after-all trying to buy a 'classic', and maybe with investing some additional funds I could create my unicorn. With the help of Ben aka the NSX whisperer aka the man! aka my brother from another mother! I found an '03 red/tan that Ben performed a PPI on, and we talked about his ability to convert it to a black interior. I knew that Ben's passion and attention to detail was second to none, and that trusting Ben to redo the interior would probably create something that is better and more modern than stock!
I'm happy to share with the prime community that as of last week, I am the proud owner of an NSX! The drive home from the seller's wasn't amazing in length (about 120 miles), but it was purely epic for this owner who vividly remembers seeing the NSX first in the glossy pages of AutoWeek, C&D and MT way back in 1989, who had a red nsx poster hanging on the wall in his bedroom on the 'prime spot' above his bed, the one who vividly remembers the day we lost the great Aryton Senna as a young teenager tried to convince his dad everyday to buy one. And my omen that particular night was a song that played over my iphone-to-cassette-tape adapter the lyric 'copped my NSX like Pharrell did...'
After owning and enjoying a number of cars in my life across the spectrum (my first was an '88 Legend LS, later a '99 Prelude SH that made me dream what an NSX would be like, then a number of M3's, M5's, AMG's), I'm incredibly happy to officially be a part of this great owners club, and a trusted relationship with Ben. All because of this amazing car! Cheers to my fellow prime members, look forward to nsx meets in the future!
So over the past 18 months with an incredibly supportive wife
I have had my finger on the trigger on the purchase button, and went through several near purchases, non-responsive sellers, etc. The rest of the garage was ready - family car (panamera turbo), SUV (G55) and my exotic (430 spider, my second F-car), but still felt incomplete with my X. I had decided that my X would be my project car, fulfill my needs to fully customize a car from exterior, interior, engine and suspension.I began to realize that I might need to compromise on my color combo and condition, I was after-all trying to buy a 'classic', and maybe with investing some additional funds I could create my unicorn. With the help of Ben aka the NSX whisperer aka the man! aka my brother from another mother! I found an '03 red/tan that Ben performed a PPI on, and we talked about his ability to convert it to a black interior. I knew that Ben's passion and attention to detail was second to none, and that trusting Ben to redo the interior would probably create something that is better and more modern than stock!
I'm happy to share with the prime community that as of last week, I am the proud owner of an NSX! The drive home from the seller's wasn't amazing in length (about 120 miles), but it was purely epic for this owner who vividly remembers seeing the NSX first in the glossy pages of AutoWeek, C&D and MT way back in 1989, who had a red nsx poster hanging on the wall in his bedroom on the 'prime spot' above his bed, the one who vividly remembers the day we lost the great Aryton Senna as a young teenager tried to convince his dad everyday to buy one. And my omen that particular night was a song that played over my iphone-to-cassette-tape adapter the lyric 'copped my NSX like Pharrell did...'
After owning and enjoying a number of cars in my life across the spectrum (my first was an '88 Legend LS, later a '99 Prelude SH that made me dream what an NSX would be like, then a number of M3's, M5's, AMG's), I'm incredibly happy to officially be a part of this great owners club, and a trusted relationship with Ben. All because of this amazing car! Cheers to my fellow prime members, look forward to nsx meets in the future!
and fortunately for me the stock wheels were just coated in plastidip, will that have that gone pronto!
