Well guys I have a confession to make - oh yes - I was deathly close to the edge. The edge of changing cars - selling mine for another "lover". Oh I had thoughts, lusted after another, but, BUT, in the end I saw the light. Yes I saw the light after another spirited drive in my lovely sebring silver baby - I came full circle and am most happy to report this story.
So what you might ask is "he talking about" - what car could possibly draw "me" out and away from NSXdom - well as some of you may know I have had several Porsches and I still get Excellence magazine and I lust after cars and wish I could own a garrage full of them - read VERY LARGE garrage full of them - like many of us here on prime - if we only had the coin - right. Now some on Prime have a nice little stable of cars - oh yes - you know who you are- the rest of us are happy with what we have but some like me have that roving eye.
So that "roving eye" of mine started leading me astray AGAIN - just a little while ago when I saw this lovely 89 Silver Anniverssary 911 cabriolt of which only 200 were built - that's right only 200. I've been lusting after them for years and if I had had the chance to buy this particular one at the time I found my 87 Turbo Look it would most likely still be in my driveway - most likely - but who knows. Since then I've had another 911 - a 993 and then a little 07 Civic 4 door SI and now the lovely NSX. Ah yes the lovely little sebring silver darling. I saw that car the 911- and said there it is - 38k miles and for only 29k. Wow - finally a chance to get one at a reasonable price - so I started plotting and planning.
All of this happened over the last week or so and while I plotted my "madness" I consulted with a few buds of mine here on Prime and a few on the old Porsche Rennlist that I was a member of there as well. Of course my friends on Rennlist were all for it - extolling the virtues of the 911 and that somehow they new I wouldn't be happy with the NSX like I had been with Porsche, etc., etc. My friends here on Prime of course were just the opposite - actually they were sad to hear that I might be making the switch but understood somehow why a person would want to sample all kinds of sports cars and one that gave me a dose of logic - Danny - good ole Danny - what a pal - he talked to me about how I might go about selling if that's what I wanted to do but that I should expect a "ration" from my other pals here that knew nothing of my "plot".
So I talked to the owner of this beautiful car - the Silver Anniverssary- and he told me all about it and why he wanted it and that he passed on the NSX on the way to owning it but how now with his kids his wife said you need to sell it, so forth and so on. I enjoyed talking with him but there was just something in the back of my mind and then Danny told me a few things that kind of got me to thinking and my friend Jason here - he was sad about it. Oh boy, but what was it that finally woke me up - well it was 2 things.
Last Friday I drove my car to the office and had a great spirited drive and said - damn this is such a great car, what am I thinking. Then I was also talking to my buddy that owns Automobile Atlanta - another Porsche shop - so I go and visit him yesterday late afternoon and tell him that I've reconsidered as he was washing his new "clunker" MGB GT. He said I can afford 9500 for an old clunker but not 40 grand. He had mentioned another Turbo Look to me - and I said why would I want that - it's heavy and slow and the AC doesn't work worth crap...etc. He said you're right what do you want with a "clunker" when you have that nice fast NSX which is modern. It looks great - not many around. Porsches are everywhere. So I felt good about my decision to keep my car as I was telling him .
My car is all sorted, runs great, and I told him - look at my rotors George, those are the original rotors and the pads are the original pads - my car has 48k miles on it and the rotors look brand new! Brand new - no scoring - and no apparent wear what so ever - there's not a 911 out there that can bost that kind of longevity. Actually my old 911 was kind of like that but there was noticeable wear on the rotors and you have to replace them when you replace the pads - not so with the NSX. Just one more thing....one more good thing.
So I'm back from the precipice, back from the black waters of indecision that most certainly would cost me more money and rob me of performance and a car that is all I need - great handling - great acceleration - not mind blowing - not viper-esque not even new 911 esque or Vette-ish but it's just right - just like it is - naturally aspirated and almost stock.
Anyway thought you guys might enjoy my travails of late and my journey to the edge and back again. Alls well that ends well. Anyone else had a similar narrow escape?
Adios Amigos - happy trails again....:wink:
So what you might ask is "he talking about" - what car could possibly draw "me" out and away from NSXdom - well as some of you may know I have had several Porsches and I still get Excellence magazine and I lust after cars and wish I could own a garrage full of them - read VERY LARGE garrage full of them - like many of us here on prime - if we only had the coin - right. Now some on Prime have a nice little stable of cars - oh yes - you know who you are- the rest of us are happy with what we have but some like me have that roving eye.
So that "roving eye" of mine started leading me astray AGAIN - just a little while ago when I saw this lovely 89 Silver Anniverssary 911 cabriolt of which only 200 were built - that's right only 200. I've been lusting after them for years and if I had had the chance to buy this particular one at the time I found my 87 Turbo Look it would most likely still be in my driveway - most likely - but who knows. Since then I've had another 911 - a 993 and then a little 07 Civic 4 door SI and now the lovely NSX. Ah yes the lovely little sebring silver darling. I saw that car the 911- and said there it is - 38k miles and for only 29k. Wow - finally a chance to get one at a reasonable price - so I started plotting and planning.
All of this happened over the last week or so and while I plotted my "madness" I consulted with a few buds of mine here on Prime and a few on the old Porsche Rennlist that I was a member of there as well. Of course my friends on Rennlist were all for it - extolling the virtues of the 911 and that somehow they new I wouldn't be happy with the NSX like I had been with Porsche, etc., etc. My friends here on Prime of course were just the opposite - actually they were sad to hear that I might be making the switch but understood somehow why a person would want to sample all kinds of sports cars and one that gave me a dose of logic - Danny - good ole Danny - what a pal - he talked to me about how I might go about selling if that's what I wanted to do but that I should expect a "ration" from my other pals here that knew nothing of my "plot".
So I talked to the owner of this beautiful car - the Silver Anniverssary- and he told me all about it and why he wanted it and that he passed on the NSX on the way to owning it but how now with his kids his wife said you need to sell it, so forth and so on. I enjoyed talking with him but there was just something in the back of my mind and then Danny told me a few things that kind of got me to thinking and my friend Jason here - he was sad about it. Oh boy, but what was it that finally woke me up - well it was 2 things.
Last Friday I drove my car to the office and had a great spirited drive and said - damn this is such a great car, what am I thinking. Then I was also talking to my buddy that owns Automobile Atlanta - another Porsche shop - so I go and visit him yesterday late afternoon and tell him that I've reconsidered as he was washing his new "clunker" MGB GT. He said I can afford 9500 for an old clunker but not 40 grand. He had mentioned another Turbo Look to me - and I said why would I want that - it's heavy and slow and the AC doesn't work worth crap...etc. He said you're right what do you want with a "clunker" when you have that nice fast NSX which is modern. It looks great - not many around. Porsches are everywhere. So I felt good about my decision to keep my car as I was telling him .
My car is all sorted, runs great, and I told him - look at my rotors George, those are the original rotors and the pads are the original pads - my car has 48k miles on it and the rotors look brand new! Brand new - no scoring - and no apparent wear what so ever - there's not a 911 out there that can bost that kind of longevity. Actually my old 911 was kind of like that but there was noticeable wear on the rotors and you have to replace them when you replace the pads - not so with the NSX. Just one more thing....one more good thing.
So I'm back from the precipice, back from the black waters of indecision that most certainly would cost me more money and rob me of performance and a car that is all I need - great handling - great acceleration - not mind blowing - not viper-esque not even new 911 esque or Vette-ish but it's just right - just like it is - naturally aspirated and almost stock.
Anyway thought you guys might enjoy my travails of late and my journey to the edge and back again. Alls well that ends well. Anyone else had a similar narrow escape?
Adios Amigos - happy trails again....:wink:
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Keep your 91 dude. 
If you really get the itch for change, do a 02+ conversion and/or throw in some short gears or a 6 speed. Less money than a new car and they will make your NSX feel all new again.
