Hello - from an new member and owner

[Ben]

Hey all,

Just thought I'd say hello to everyone.

I stumbled upon the forum today and joined - but Ive owned my Formula Red K reg manual, for ages.

I'm probably in the running for the highest milage NSX in the world with 135,000 miles :shock: on the clock and she still goes like a dream.

Prior to the NSX, I've owned a few turbo porsches, and a 355 Ferrari (I shall go wash my mouth out after using the F/P words)- BUT my little red Honda has become the 'favorite' of all the cars I've had. I figure my feelings will be shared by a few others here. 8)

I love that NSX's are so rare on the road. I've only crossed paths with a few others on the road in all my ownership. Unlike the Porsches or Ferraris I dont seem to encounter the green eyed bs that I used to endure on a daily basis - which is nice too.

Anyway - hope I'll run into a few other fellow NSXclubbers around the place or at an event soon.

Too you - and especially to the guys who look after this site, cheers one and all. Happy NSXing. :wink:

Ben

[mcibuk]

welcome to the club Ben - good to see you getting loads of use out of your car - i'm really impressed with the mileage - any serious problems to overcome to get you that far :?:

[Ben]

Well, this will probably be good news for everyone here.

After 135k miles, I can report the following list of problems/repairs I have had to make:

Battery - original lasted 10 years (which in itself must be a record)

Interior door handles... these go every couple of years - infact I currently have a non working drivers side door handle - this is very annoying.

Climate control unit slightly funky these days - in that I only get heat if i set the temp to max setting - apart from that all works - still havent been bothered to get this sorted out, as I just work around it by setting it to max for a few minutes

Radio has developed a little bit of a background buzz - once again - I know i can get this sorted, but it hasnt got annoying enough to be bothered yet.

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That is it!

Not bad for the number of miles.

That said - I have replaced the timing belt twice - the second time at last service at a cost of £900 including service/belt/labour

I have to say, am starting to feel that the clutch is on its last legs - its got that juddery feeling when leaving the line, and the takeup is a little bit high on the pedal.

Apart from that - everything is still tight as a drum - I'm lucky in that I seem to have one of those NSXs that doesnt suffer from squeaks that seem to plague some cars.

No one can believe it when they go for a ride in the car, and to be honest, if the odometer didnt give the game away, it could easily pass for a 50k mile car the way it still drives.

BTW - I drive it like it should be driven, so no babied example, just well used, well maintained/serviced. Don't be suprised when i throw a party for it celebrating 200k miles in a couple of years

[BabyNSX]

theres a guy on nsxprime who has a NSX with 300k miles on it :shock:

[mcibuk]

Didn't get an invite to his/her party though :lol:

[MattS]

Hi Ben,

Very interesting read. You've obviously looked after it well. Where do you have the services etc done?

Matt

[Ben]

All my servicing is done at Chiwick Honda, who I can say, seem to do a pretty good job, but they do know how to extract the £ from your pockets...

300k miles! holy s^&t! I guess in america they don't go round corners - and are still limited to 55mph in a lot of states

Anyone done more than my 135k in the (UK) club??

[NSA]

I read about a dealer recently who bought a 152k NSX with 100k wound off. He found out after completing but took it quite well.

The mileage people do outside of the UK is amazing. I saw lots of 200,000 mile plus Mercedes / BMW etc at a dealer in Spain over Christmas. My uncle's Merc E class had 440km on it!!!

[trackdemon]

Ben, a well used car - well done! Fancy getting it out to play this weekend - I'm organizing a little run for some buddies in Essex, starting from Birchanger svcs (m11)

[Ciaran]

Hi Ben,

I can't match your 135k, but I'm catching up with almost 120k, on a 95 T (was N69 NFT in a previous life), mind you everything is still working perfectly (crossing everything I can :shock: ) even the perfectly good exhaust which we carefully removed (with a disc grinder eventually...) last Saturday to instal a nice shiney Stainless Steel "Rice Rocket" from Dali..big sound :twisted: :twisted:

Looks great, (always hated the oval things)

Sounds illegal (if thats all I get arrested for...)

Keep the miles up and the fun getting there.


Ciaran.