another wannabe owner.

[larjammer]

hi guys,
like a lot of you i have lusted after an nsx for some time and, also like a lot of you, its midlife crisis time. so i figured i would treat myself. budget limits me to an early car, must be a manual, prefer silver, red or black.
there are a few for sale currently, two at a dealer in bedford (possibly overpriced), a red high miles car at plans, a silver car with aftermarket wheels at another dealer.
never having spent anything like this amount on a car before i am very cautious and want to get the right car. does anyone know of the cars currently for sale, or have any advice regarding them, a heads up would be appreciated before i put in the legwork. if anyone here has a nice original car they are thinking of selling please get in touch.

thanks.

[goldtop]

Welcome and good luck on the hunt. You are finding out the #1 thing we all found out: when you finally decide to buy one after years of wondering, the NSX you find look overpriced. You remember all the ones you saw when browsing that seemed affordable and wonder where they went. (They sold quickly, naturally!)

FWIW, the £24995 84000m silver one (owned by an ex-forumite and modded) looks the best bargain at the moment. It can be reverted to stock quite easily, I think. There is (was?) a green one with higher miles but fewer mods for about the same. Otherwise at this sort of figure, it's an auto.

[larjammer]

i must have overlooked the silver car in question. anyone have a link??

[goldtop]

It's covered in one of the other recent threads hereabouts. And that has links to the previous owner's mods.

The ad itself is on this dealer page: http://www.plansmotorsport.com/showroom/cars/ Plans seems to be the #1 dealer, so probably worth a visit anyway.

[Honsta]

Yes, this is a car I questioned the forum before. Despite the mods it looks like a good one. There's another thread with more details that I posted up.

[larjammer]

thanks.

im not sure the silver one is for me, even though it is keenly priced. also, i get the impression that plans are self appointed specialists, kaz is very clearly the man.

[Mistercorn]

Nice Blue NA2 recently appeared on PH. Pretty much all of the good mechanical bits of the later cars (engine, gearbox, interior, abs) but keeping the pop-up lights. This is the first NA2 pop-up car I have seen on the market in over a year and looks pretty original.

MC

[havoc]

Nice Blue NA2 recently appeared on PH. Pretty much all of the good mechanical bits of the later cars (engine, gearbox, interior, abs) but keeping the pop-up lights. This is the first NA2 pop-up car I have seen on the market in over a year and looks pretty original.

MC

A pop-up NA2 in a decent colour?!? Bet that lasts all of a week, assuming it's straight!

[Ewan]

It's NSX2000s old car, W2, IIRC... http://www.pistonheads.com/classifie...--2000/3244755

[Mistercorn]

The owner is a member on here, I had contact with him when I was looking for my car, but he wasn't ready to sell. Username W2NSX but hadn't been on for many months. I sent him a PM when the advert went up but haven't had a reply.

MC