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Should I switch from Cayman 2.7 late07 to NSX 2005?
In my country, there is a law stating that you cannot import in a car more than 3 years old. This is therefore the final year I can buy an NSX from Japan (NSX ceased production 2005) and register it, and it might well be the ONLY manual NSX in the country forever.
Well I found one, after freight and markups by the importer, it would be exactly the same price as a brand new Cayman S.
Year - December 2005
Displacement - 3,200cc
Steering - Right Hand Drive
Mileage - 14,000km
Transmission - 6 Speed Manual
Exterior Colour - Red
Chassis No - ABA-NA2-2000066
This is very very sweet. I've always dreamed of owning an NSX. Because by the time I was in a position to buy a car for myself instead of for my family, 2007, they did not make NSXes anymore and I bought the Cayman instead, which is in itself very much an NSX.
But having been driven in an NSX I felt that the Cayman, is really a modern day NSX, so dreams-wise I sorta got my dream car now in substance if not in form in the Cayman.
I'm not looking to you guys for a decision, but more, some opinions which might make my decision easier.
considering the hassle of buying/selling/licensing etc. that would go with a decision like this I would have said just get the "S" model of the Cayman instead and be done with it... I like the NSX but I think its interior looks dated and its down on torque but on the flip side there are lots of aftermarket parts for it and they seem to have decent reliability.
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I don't lust for more power at all. buying the NSX is like buying an icon but that sound dangerously like vintage car collecting to me and I'm not about to get there. Any owners of NSX and Cayman both, can tell me the driving experience differences?
I am only going to buy on driving experience, nothing else.
I'd get the GTR NOW for CHEAPER instead of waiting for the NSX if I were into that kinda thing. But I'm not into big power heavy weight 4WD, if I were I'd not have the Cayman. Power is nice, but it is far more satisfying to stretch an engine rather to constrain it in the street during spirited driving. So the old NSX is really the only NSX I want.
The NSX is gone and finished in 2005. The new car is not an NSX.
well it looks like you have your mind set... do it
you should always get the car you want, no-matter what others say... so if the NSX is what you desire, then who cares what if we think you should stick with the Cayman; we're Cayman fanatics so obviously very biased.
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If you are basing on driving experience then drive both back to back, take someone else with you whose opinion you trust who is neutral to both cars and have them drive them as well and see who picks what.
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I'd do it. I have lots of track and street time in stock and modded NSXs. They're great cars and you seem to have a connection with it that may not go away until you own one. Hell, my heart is still telling me to get a 360 even though my head tells me it's probably not the brightest idea!
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If the NSX is the car YOU have always wanted I would get it if I were you. There is nothing like fulfilling a lifetime dream or goal. For me, I always wanted to own a Porsche and now that I do I don't think I could possibly be happier with a car. Sometimes I'm not sure if it is because the car is so great or because it is a dream/goal realized. Either way I love my Cayman.
well it looks like you have your mind set... do it
you should always get the car you want, no-matter what others say... so if the NSX is what you desire, then who cares what if we think you should stick with the Cayman; we're Cayman fanatics so obviously very biased.
no my mind is not set.
The new NSX will not be considered at all. It's between my current Cayman 2.7 and the 2005 December NSX, the final production month, the last 100 cars.
If you are basing on driving experience then drive both back to back, take someone else with you whose opinion you trust who is neutral to both cars and have them drive them as well and see who picks what.
OK just to clarify, the spirited street driving experience. Track driving experience will all be very differet according to mods and adaptation of driving style.
If the NSX is the car YOU have always wanted I would get it if I were you. There is nothing like fulfilling a lifetime dream or goal. For me, I always wanted to own a Porsche and now that I do I don't think I could possibly be happier with a car. Sometimes I'm not sure if it is because the car is so great or because it is a dream/goal realized. Either way I love my Cayman.
the trouble is that, though the Cayman was never the dream car, it exceeded all expectations and in my 11 months of owning it, it's like having an arranged marriage and you find that you could love that girl when you got to know her well.
At this time, this is what i feel.
I love the cayman. I have driven very hard in her and I know what she can do.
The NSX is like an old girlfriend whom one had a platonic relationship with,but not free of lust. But I have never tried her before in the more intimate sense. So I don't know how she performs really, but I would expect her to perform well.
so anybody with both a facelift NSX and a Cayman, your valuable comments please?
PS. in Singapore, we have ... ahem... like 4-6 NSXes depending on how many have been written off, and all manual. I hear an NSX-R is coming in within these few months. And that's it. So I can't try any manual one, and if I try the 4 speed auto it is a definite rejection.
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