Hey 6speed,

After kicking myself for 6 years for selling my last NSX, I finally found my way back into another. I had been stalking this car on the Japanese auto websites for 6 weeks exchanging messages back and forth with the dealer reps while in the US, then I drove out to see the car after getting back to Japan.

Had a good long look around/under the car and everything seemed to check out. Has around 83K km on the clock and looks pretty close to that on the inside. Took it for a test drive and fell in love with the car all over again. Good records, newer clutch. No timing belt/water pump change, but I negotiated to have it done as part of the deal. Nice updates on an early car, newer OE wheels and exhaust, MOMO steering wheel, removable navigation system, but mostly original. Needs a good detail job, but that's about it. I really thought I would buy a red car, but this car was just too good and black suits me.

Here's my 1990 Honda NSX #382.





















Very low production number, one of the first 800 cars off the line worldwide. Nov 1990.



Test Drive time



Some pictures of the others they had there. This is MAC (Masuda Auto Collection) dealer Full House, one of the largest volume NSX dealers in the country.

Indy Yellow Pearl '92. Color wasn't available in the US until 1997 (as Spa Yellow).




So after a week waiting on the timing belt/water pump, I went to go pick it up. It's very strange owning a RHD that you once owned in LHD even though I've been driving this way for nearly 3 years now. Took about 20 minutes to get over being in the passenger side.

The "Titanium Key", a symbol of NSX ownership








A few weeks later, I drove the car up to the mountains near Okutama to run the Skyline. Had a pretty good time and ran into a few other cool cars.







Y plate mafia




I also won Best in Show with the car for the local military base's July 4th Car Show, so that was pretty cool.

I have a Taitec JGTC Parallel exhaust system coming, but no plans for mods as of yet. I'm just kind of enjoying driving an NSX again the way Honda built it. I'll update this as I go along. Thanks for reading!

 

Congrats! I know the feeling - I sold my 1991 sebring silver NSX last year, and I'm still reeling from it and realizing it was a mistake. Hope to be shopping for an NSX again soon in an year or two, but man, those prices keep climbing!

Enjoy the NSX Such a one-of-a-kind car, it really is one of the few cars out there worth keeping for a lifetime.