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Disgusted.. (and jealous)
I spent the weekend at UNH in Durham, NH visiting my girlfriend at her school. We went to visit some of her friends at a somewhat remote dormitory and while walking through the parking lot I spotted a black NSX. Now I immediately took two issues with the fact that there was an $80,000 sportscar parked at a $12,000/year college..
1) why can't _I_ have enough money to afford a $30,000 used car??? and 2) who the #*% drives an NSX in New Hampshire in JANUARY?!?!?! honestly.. but it looked REALLY good.. I love those cars.. Shame they've only got 6 pistons.. Can anyone tell me the displacement? -adam |
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who and why???
EASY ANSWER!!!!
It belongs to the parent of one of those lucky folks who gets to go to the $12000 university. Incidently, even in Canada, our cheapest universities seldom cost any less that $12000/yr Otherwise, just some rich kid but kids don't usually wind up with NSXs, they get a bigger staus bang out of a Porsche for the guys or a Benz for the gals. Hotshoe |
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Adam,
The NSX is not the car for me. I couldn't afford to fix it. John |
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290 hp and 210 foot torque is not impressive.. waste of 80,000$
u can buy 3 toyota supra's all having 320 hp stock and 310 torque. i.e
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i agree with solar, or you could just get 5 SVXs and add a lil power to one... 80K can be spent in many other nicer ways than on an honda....
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I've always liked the NSX, and I think trying to calculate value by dividing the price by the horsepower is a little...flawed.
Although, while I think the NSX is timeless in its current form, it needs new packaging for people to think that the car is 'worth it' again. I have not yet driven an NSX, (I think few people here have) but I have heard wonderful things about their handling characteristics. Come on - it's nearly 300hp, aluminum and reliable.
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pockets i love the looks and the car dont get me wrong.. i just think for a exotic car it should have exotic hp. especially at 80,000 for that much u can almst get a porche 911 twin turbo or a lotus espirit twin turbo. v8
see the pic, 210 torque is nothing. thats the things with hondas and vtec they get the hp but no torque it takes both.
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2008 evo x with sss package 430 hp 380 torque stock turbo with basic bolt ons 12.56 @ 109 fully weighted 3,500 lbs |
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A friend of mine from High School has an early model NSX. Even with over 120,000 miles, it is still very tight, and runs great. It is a very fun car to drive, but most of that fun comes from the stares you get by others on the road.
Mike |
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I just noticed that you didn't think that the car was worth the money because of its power (or relative lack thereof), and I wanted to point out there there are other factors besides the horsepower or torque ratings. You own an SVX, so obviously you know what I'm talking about.
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2005 RX-8 Grand Touring 2005 Outback 2002 Mercedes-Benz E320 wagon END OF LINE Last edited by Mr. Pockets; 01-27-2003 at 09:59 AM. |
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LOL pockets . yea u are right..
no i never got defensive.. i guess i worded that post wrong. => just making a statement or a opinion.. i stil own a nsx => if i had the money.. hmmmm puting the thinking cap on => a svx has more torque then a nsx also its a 3.0 liter producing 290 hp to our 3.3 liter at 230 hp . we need vtec !!!! tee hee
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There's more to performance than just HP/torque numbers. Keep in mind that the car weighs 3200 lbs or less, depending on model, and has a 6-speed manual on the 3.2. It's a little like the SVX - designed to be a comfortable touring car, not necessarily an all-out racer. I think also that the level of refinement of an NSX is considerably higher than the Supra. Look at it as the car the SVX would like to be.
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80K and you could get a lotus twin turbo V8...... everyone will look and you have some power to back up the looks...
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Aluminum, my dear Watson....
Well, nearly 300hp in a light car can create a quick ride.
Does anyone have the 0-60/0-100/braking/skidpad stats on the NSX? Don
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Read it here...
Well, here is the answer to my own question:
http://acura.jbroadtests.com/NSX/2002/index4.php and http://www.musclecarclub.com/other-c...cura-nsx.shtml Don
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