The NSX-R is like a cult- There have been owners performing these upgrades for years. buying and importing OEM Type R parts at astronomical costs to try to get their cars as close to a stock NSX-R as possible.
Idiots hurl money at the alter of Type R with unbelievable abondon.
A few years back a guy spent 125k to build a near perfect NSX-R replica out of a White 2005 NSX-T, he then turned around and sold the car to someone else for like 80k

Another guy in Florida went as far as to graft a hard top onto his NSX-T in order to make an even more perfect replica (I believe he still has his)

So in short- lots of people out there in the more money than brains club, I imagine they will sell a few...

The car is great to drive, and I can't see anything out there that could possibly replace it in the garage.

At least we get the GTR...

My Uncle had an 82 Cimarron that he kept at his fishing camp. We used to drive that little POS all over the Deepcreek Maryland area while fishing for Trout. Eventually he sold the camp, and the little Caddy migrated to WV where my folks had bought another camp outside of Morgantown.
The car had a broken bag of cement in the trunk which had solidified due to humidity, most of the paint was gone, and it had a large patch of rust on the rear quarter that hadn't eaten through the body panel the last time I saw it, but it was on it's way. The Cimarron had a 4-speed manual, and a brazilian 1.8 liter engine the required little or no maintainence aside from an oil change once a year. It sat exposed to the weather all year round, but each spring all we needed to do was air up the tires, then jump start it, or give it a push start and it would fire right up.

I have a lot of happy memories of bouncing along country lanes listening to the "Cheech and Chong's Greatest Hit" cassette that was permanently lodged in the tape deck while we motored from fishing hole to fishing hole.

I have to ask my Uncle what he ultimately did with the car once the WV camp was sold, but it was still running with over 200k miles on the clock the last time I laid eyes on it.

[Edit for syntactical clarity]
No, the patrolman wasn't getting the road-head, my Fraternity brother was.
No my Fraternity brother wasn't getting road-head from the patrolman.

end result-
Fraternity Brother gets 30 days in county for 2nd DUI offense, along with lewd conduct charge.

His lady friend gets a public indecency charge

Cop has funny story to tell at Dunkin Donuts

Relevance? Very little, I just wanted to tell the story.

That ought to do it.

I recall the idiot lights would all come on anytime you went over a bump in the road, and you had to shut the car down, and restart in order to turn them off. It became a constant practice- the idiot lights come on... push clutch in, key off, key on, clutch out, varoom- lights out... Dad explained this is a Ferrari, so these things happen.

Dad just said "gotta go", and handed me the phone, then with all the calmness, and ease as if he was driving in perfect conditions he steered the car slightly right, and then back to the left and we drove right around the truck, and past the spinning car onto clear highway. I turned around and watched slackjawed as the the trailer jack knifed the cab and shoved the rig off the right side of the road into the median, followed by the spinning car. We had missed collision by inches. I can still see the driver in the car, with his hands up, and horrified expression as he was out of control and we swerved past him. Then Dad steered us off the road onto an exit ramp, took the phone back and had the operator connect him to the highway patrol so he could report the accident. It all happened so fast. We just sat there in dumbstruck silence while Dad called it in.

About 4 years later My Dad took that same buddy and I to an auto show at the Cleveland IX center. The wind was blowing at nearly gale force as we were driving out of the immense parking lot. The wind was blowing so hard that the construction barrels they were using to mark out the parking area were blowing accross the lot in front of us like like a mobile slalom course. Dad had a 5-speed Taurus SHO at that time, and he looked over and said- your seat belts on? I nodded, and he Nails the gas and starts swerving around the barrels as they are sliding in front of us- missing each by inches before laying on the brakes at the exit.

Same result- dumbfounded with awe, and glee.

This is the man who took me at age 13 to a parking lot in my Step mothers 325i. It had just snowed, and the lot was slick with slush, and ice. He put me behind the wheel and told me to drive accross the empty lot, as soon as we were clear he had me practice skid control with the RWD car until I could competently steer out of a skid. Great lessons in practical driving that a drivers ed teacher would never really teach.

Um uhhhh.... well you see I crashed the Corvette into a restaurant, and there is some damage...

Milka should get some points for doing what every other driver would like to do- tell Danica to STFU, and drive her car.
Male drivers couldn't reract that way to Danica- they would end up looking like chauvenists in front of the Camera, so while Milka may not be near the quality of driver Danica is, she does possess the power to tell her off and make her look like the whiney little (what Polar described) she is.

Awesome job Milka- it almost helps me forgive you for your off track excursion at the Daytona Rolex 24 in 2007 that cost your team the overall win...

The new Accord Sedan looks like a Hyundai, and the New coupe... oops, I just threw up in my mouth a little.

The new TSX represents better in person than it did on screen, but I still prefer the lines of the old one. The new TL... I'll reserve judgement until I see one, but honestly based on appearences it doesn't hold a candle to the car in my garage.

Lately all I have to get excited over are technical specs, and that is like meeting an unattractive woman with a great personality. It is great to be friends, but I don't want to date her.

Gibby is actually 18

Ferrari owners are pretentious. They are also slow on their internet ownage. It took them 2 days to find Gibby.
By way of comparison-
The NSX guys outted Nick Sitko as a self serving spammer, and sexual predator in just one page of internet ownage. 51 pages later half the damn internet was onboard to rub it in (even the LOTR forum members were giving him shit).

The punishment far better fit the crime in that instance.

[www.nsxprime.com]

poo poo Ferrari boys- oops, my bad- pee pee!

On you!

One thing is for sure- Jim Mero is one hell of a driver.

Awesome sounds too.

Also- how did those Canadian doush bags get to share company with those attractive ladies?

New haircut perhaps?

I vote SUV's and pickup trucks go electric FTW

end result- Average speed = 71mph (I was driving between 75-80 mph most of the time with cruise set

average MPG= 29

That is a pretty good average for a car with a 3.2L 6 cyl.

Based on that completely non-scientific experiment I think 70 mph speed limit is reasonable.

Lazenby was a great Bond. I think Craig will make it happen too.

These cars are blistering fast- yet I still know that I probably couldn't get any one of them around the ring in less than 10 minutes...

What does the number provide aside from fan boi bench racing argument?

LOL My vote for COTD...

Tanner Foust:

Tanner Foust is in high-demand as a stunt driver, with film credits including "The Bourne Ultimatum," "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" and "The Dukes of Hazard." Foust is a winning competitor in rally, drift, ice racing and time attack with multiple champion podium placements including the 2007 X Games Rally Champion and 2007 Formula Drift Pro Drift Champion. His varied race experience includes open wheel competition, the Pikes Peak Hill Climb (2002 - 2004), five Ice Racing championships and the 2005 PGT Rally Championship. He also holds class lap records at numerous U.S. road courses in Time Attack. In addition, Foust also hosted "Supercars Exposed" for the SPEED channel. Foust's car of choice is a tricked-out M3.

Eric Stromer:

Eric Stromer, host of the HGTV show "Over Your Head," started life in construction and remodeling houses after a short acting career as a soap opera hunk was abruptly ended by a Styrofoam boulder on the set of "Santa Barbara." For 20 years he ran a successful building company before becoming the face of HGTV's hit show. He's a regular on Adam Carolla's nationally-syndicated radio show giving out construction advice, and also appears on TLC's "Clean Sweep," NBC's "Three Wishes" and is a special correspondent for "The Insider." Stromer prefers his Camry hybrid.

[www.insightcentral.net]

I would think that was an expense one should add when considering the cost of a used example.

Asking price + $1227 + labor.

FIERCE!

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Hey- where are her wheels? Just curious

Dixon's response: "well I really didn't see Danica at all during the race".

It is amazing to me how much hype Danica carries with her- Credit where it is due, she is a talented driver, but it seems like the prevailing opinion in mainstream news sources is that she is some sort of dominant force that would win any contest if not for whatever circumstantial mishap had befallen her... Whomever does her PR must be a genius.