" Warning it's back again...."
Come on, guys, we're taking ourselves MUCH too seriously !!
First, let me say 2 things :
1. I bought this car - at a very reasonable price
2. I'm going to have one say on this, and leave it at that. My intention is not to blow this thing up any more ( altho' I realise that possibility !), but to try to get some modicum of reasonableness ( is there such a word...?) into this .
Sure , this car had some damage that was repaired. Not a great repair job, but I've sure seen worse in my time. How many of you posting on this thread ACTUALLY SAW the car personally ?
And of those few who did, how many took the time to try to find out what happened to the car ??
For those of you who can't answer positively to these points, perhaps I can enlighten you. The car was scraped along the passenger side ( rear 1/4 and door ), and required work. This was when the second ( I'm the third ) owner had the car.
How many cars go through their life without any damage ? How many of our cars are damaged through no fault of our's ? So, what do we do then ? Sell them ? Throw our arms up in horror ? No,we get them fixed RIGHT. This car had NO misaligend panels. It had NO "serious" body daamge ( by any reasonable definition of the term ). 2 different Acura dealers have inspected the car and called it "very nice " and a " really nice car " - with virtually no defects ( wiper blades..??!!)
For everyone's info, within less than a week of owning this car, I have :
* Had the 2 panels in question stripped.Properly repaired. Repainted PERFECTLY. New rubber seams.
* Had all old traces of overspray cleaned up
* Had 2 wheels, with minimal scuffs, repaired so that you could never tell.
* Had a few other minor clean up items taken care of ( incl Targa seal )
ALL for a TOTAL cost of just over a $1200 and a bit of time and TLC. For the total amount I now have in this car, I would match it against any normally " used" one of similar age, and I can almost guarantee that not one of those would be sold for what I have in mine + $5K.
Why am I saying all this ? 2 ( I believe ) important reasons :
1. This forum is a very significant and powerful one in the NSX community. I think it is ( 99 % )great . BUT, we have an obligation to use it responsibly and judiciously. Slaying a car, without heed or consideration, because it has been involved in a minor accident and been poorly repaired, does not fit my bill of responsible involvement. Warning others about a junker like the silver ( which VIN # this week ) '91 that has been on e-bay recently certainly is.
2. Comments such as those that were written about this car can have a LONG TERM very detrimental effect on the value of one of these cars. In this case, that is entirely unwarranted and once again, in my humble opinion, irresponsible.
Sure, there were some total pukes as salesmen involved in trying to sell this car. I dealt with one. He didn't even know the meaning of the word integrity. Slay them to your heart's content - they deserve it, and everyone should be warned about them. But, don't take out the frustration of the sales process on a car ( and all its future owners ) when with not much time and effort that car could be all you were looking for. If you want a car with NO damage at all - cool. Some of us are a little more pragmatic: as long as it's fixed right ( I mean RIGHT ), it's OK by me. Let's not let our enjoyment of these great cars become an elitist, snobby cause to destroy everything that we don't see as " perfect "
For those of you who think I've gone on too long - aoplogies. For those of you who think I've overreacted - please go back and read ( really read ) ALL the threads about this car. Carefully.What did you learn ? It had some minor damage not really well repaired - right ?? THAT'S IT !! And maybe some curb rash on a couple of wheels ( heck my wife does that once a month !) And we're then posting threads headed with big, bold " WARNING "...and in almost so many words ..." stay away from this car..." C'mon !! I've got a really nice '99 Targa, blue/tan with 35K miles, that 2 well respected Acura dealers have called a very good car, for well under $50k all in. How many of you can say that ???
Roger
