Absolutely. The new owners I have met all love the car and, really, there is nothing not to love.
I think the issue is a certain disconnect between the 2017 NSX and the original NSX community. First of all, the price point is beyond the means of most "original" NSX owners and aficionados and that makes it an easier car to criticize. Second, the dealers, once again, failed to learn anything from the first launch and tried gouging buyers for what was supposed to be a custom configured car with an a la carte menu of pricing. Third, Acura's apparent intention to market this to a more "exclusive" group of owners to raise its supercar image creates a divide between new owners and long standing members of the NSX community.
That last point might be most telling with the lack of love here on Prime (as well as lack of true "sales"). When the NSX first came out and before Prime was created by Lud, owners sought each other out on message boards (remember them?). Our little community grew and became tight knit with owners getting together, the NSXCA being created, Prime being created and an NSX "family" was born.
However, with the 2017 there is a reluctance of Acura to share information with the NSXCA as we sought to include new owners and bring together the first generation with the new generation of NSX fans. We already had an existing fan base but most were priced out of the opportunity to buy yet still have interest in the car and would love to see old and new get together. I remember when I bought my '96 in 1999 and had never met another owner or seen one "in the wild" for almost two years when I received a brochure in the mail (anyone remember snail mail?) about something called the NSXCA and an event called "NSXPO". The brochure had the group photo from NSXPO 2000 in Atlanta and I immediately joined the club and went to NSXPO 2001 in Wisconsin (where I return to my origins for NSXPO 2017 this September.........).
By Acura mailing me that brochure I became more aware of others who were owners and were passionate about the brand. This time around, however, Acura wants to "protect" the new owners and has not been willing to allow us to directly contact them. We have evolved from a community where we searched for each other to a new day where owners seemingly want the privacy associated with something "exclusive".
I have a proposal being sent to Acura to have them provide each new owner with a coupon code that will give them a complimentary one year membership in the NSXCA and we would then bill Acura a discounted rate only for each new owner who affirmatively "opts in" to the membership. We are hoping to be able to have more interaction between new and "original" owners and give some members access to the car that many have not actually seen in person yet. Hopefully, Acura will accept the proposal thereby keeping new owners "private" unless they choose to activate a membership.
But for starters, we do now have Graham Rahal as NSX Club of America new Member #3959 so we must be doing something right..........:biggrin:
