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Hello,
I thought I should reply to this post as I am the Sales Manager at Grantham Honda, where the orginal car in this post was advertised.
The car has been pulled from sale at the moment. It was originally advertised before the car had come in to stock. Part of being a large group is unfortunately as soon as we have the information all of our cars are advertised. (Including Pistonheads, who supply all of their own data and won't let us amend it!) The car has now been removed from the internet following a Honda Approval check, which has highlighted some work that the car needs. At the moment the NSX is going in for diagnostics, as the ABS light comes on after about 5 minutes of driving. until we know what is causing this the car can not be advertised. Obviously if it is a sensor or something minor we will re-advertise the car straight away, worst case is it needs a new modulator. If this is the case we will have to either trade out of the car, or increase the retail price to cover our costs. The car was genuinely valued and appraised, but due to this I can not currently honour the original advertised price, which is why we had to remove the car from sale.
The history for this car is huge, with every MOT ever carried out, newspaper clippings and photos from the original owner, including one of the NSX parked next to Senna's F1 car! The car really is in excellent condition. The previous owner had it for 10 years, and covered just 20,000 miles in this time. A large amount of the history has been carried out by ourselves. We are one of the few NSX approved Honda dealers in the country, as we are lucky enough to have a Honda Master technician working here who looks after all the NSXs and S2000s that come in to the dealership.
The car is currently on Pirelli tyres, so I would be replacing these with 4 new Honda approved tyres. The previous owner bought his parts from America, and we just charged the labour to service the car. I am still waiting on some of the service history so we can confirm what service was carried out last, as all I have on our system is the labour charged. We should be in a position by the end of the day to know what we will be doing with the car.
I hope this helps, and disspells any thoughts that I am just trying to raise the price of the car with no valid reason! It was originally advertised at a price I was happy with, and believed was certainly very competitive. Hopefully we will be able to sell the car at a very similar price, all depending on what our diagnostics returns. Obviously I will be happy to provide a full list and explanation of any work that we do carry out on the NSX before we sell it, which will back-up any price increase that is necessary from the original advertised price.
Thanks for reading, any questions please don't hesitate to contact me directly, on 01476 575777. Ask for Michael.