Type S up for auction at Silverstone

[markc]

None of the photos of that car showed the original BBS wheels, so I would guess they didn't make it over. There is a set on Yahoo Auctions Japan at the moment, but be sitting down when you see what they want for them.

Evening chaps, long time no post

Coincidentally my Type S didn't come with it's correct BBS wheels. Fortunately a set showed up on ebay in the UK a few months after I got the car and I managed to secure them. I'm almost certain they were my car's original wheels which were lost or sold after the previous UK owner "upgraded" to larger 17/18 Khan wheels.

A few years later another set came up on ebay and a member here snapped them up. I seem to remember they refinished the wheels in black?

Cheers

Mark

[WhyOne?]

Mark!

Good to hear from you, hope all is well.

[NZNick]

^ Agree - I have missed you posting here.

Do you get to drive the Type S much, or is it still a shelf for other projects?

I enjoyed the video of your car being compared to the Ferrari round the Surrey Hills - it came out very well.

[markc]

^ Agree - I have missed you posting here.

Do you get to drive the Type S much, or is it still a shelf for other projects?

I enjoyed the video of your car being compared to the Ferrari round the Surrey Hills - it came out very well.

Thanks chaps

Nick, that was one of the last proper outings the NSX had!!!

The NSX currently lives in a Carcoon while my new garage is being completed. We moved house about 20 months ago and one of the criteria was the ability to garage 4+ cars. The NSX competes for purely pleasure miles with the E Type and 12C which live in the regular garage and are hence easier to access and use. Not that I manage to use them much either!

Will try to attached a pic of the new garage which will house a parking lift so that I can double stack 2 of them

Cheers

Mark

[WhyOne?]

A 12C....very nice! I noticed that these have become sort-of affordable.

How long have you had yours and what has it been like to own Mark?

[havoc]

as per usual the comments in the forums is the usual drivel from people who have never driven the car, understand it and the usual no power it all gets rather boring to read. would love the opportunity to bid on this, but outta my league

:yes: To all that. Type-S would probably be my real-world ideal...only downsides with this car are it's silver (personal bete-noire about performance cars) and it's not got the BBS.

[WhyOne?]

Impressively I have managed to inadvertently delete my previous post! [Edit-Kaz-kzukNA1: restored for you although similar message in this post.]

Anyway.....you are spoilt for choice Mark! I'm especially envious of you 12C. I've noticed that these have become sort-of affordable (to buy at least, less sure about running) over the last year or so. How long have you had you car Mark and what has it been like to own?

(I'm also extremely envious of your garage!)

[NSX 2000]

Will try to attached a pic of the new garage

Cheers

Mark

Hi Mark, hope you are well. I'm very much liking your double garage and it looks like something that would be cheaper than the standard oak type garages you see for sale in the back of car mags. Can you tell us a little bit about them please.

In the first picture is that a mountfield lawnmower?

[markc]

A 12C....very nice! I noticed that these have become sort-of affordable.

How long have you had yours and what has it been like to own Mark?

It's an incredible machine and I absolutely love it. I've had it 3 1/2yrs, only covered 5000 miles in it (total of 25,000) but it's been almost faultless.

I did a tour of Northern Spain shortly after the 2016 NSX Eurotour and it was a revelation. Superbike fast as a Spanish Fireblade pilot found out up in the mountains (we stopped and had a nice chat about our 20min dice) but amazingly comfy while returning 33mpg on the motorways.

There seems to be a lot of "hate" for McLaren with some issues and failures being exaggerated and mis-represented on various forums. The McLaren forum on PistonHeads in particular has descended into a farse with the same old mis-information being posted over and over dragging almost every thread off topic and into the depreciation weeds Servicing is expensive at McLaren dealers (£1400 for an inspection and oil change!) but a couple of specialist options have opened up recently (e.g. Thorey Motorsport). I've run with out a warranty for 2 yrs and am therefore quids in despite the trolls insisting that every McLaren will rust, it's gearbox will fall out and it will catch fire... very day!!!
They're unbelievably good value now and not nearly as troublesome as the internet would have you believe. IF big things do go wrong repair will cost a small fortune but that's no different to similar machinery from Aston, Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc.

Waaaaay back, before the GenII NSX appeared, we had a long discussion here on the spiritual successor to the original NSX. We thought the original R8 V8 and then rumoured new McLaren best fitted the brief and I think we were right. The original NSX was a different take on the standard "supercar" recipe and so was the 12C I love both cars for exactly that reason and both are keepers. Guess I'll have to decide which one to be buried in as the Jag will probably have rotted away by then

After press feedback that the 12C wasn't as supercar'y as the Ferrari 458, McLaren rather lost their nerve and newer models have converged toward that standard supercar recipe with pointy'er/flashier styling, noisier theatrical engine/exhaust notes and slide'ier handling :yawn: ... which is just not for me.

Steve/Ollie here has or had a 12C Spider and quite a few owners in the USA have both an NSX and 12C in their garages

Here's a pic of mine trying the garage for size...

[NSXGB]

What flooring do you have in your garage Mark?