Can I fix my 300k mile NSX in the middle of NOWHERE?
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
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Richard Graves from @LapoftheWorld shares his most heroic roadside repair story from living with a 300k mile Acura NSX.
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Thanks for having us back in the hot seat! I don't expect any awards for a relatively minor fix (albeit in a non-traditional workspace), the real story is that the NSX community is awesome and helped us go from limping to hot-lapping in less than 48 hours, 2300 miles from home. You buy an NSX because the car is awesome, you keep it for 15+ years because the people are awesome (I mean, the car is still fun too).
Hearing your story really makes me regret selling my 1992 "Black Beauty". To this day, my favorite car.
ORP is a GREAT track! The absolute best thing? NO SOUND LIMITS! Because the cattle out there don't care how loud you are. :)
@@chrisfurlough466 Definitely a blast to drive. Some very unique elements and intense elevation changes that made for a steep learning curve but very rewarding to get right.
Glad to hear more stories from you!
I used to live in PDX, but recently built a home just a few miles outside of Morrow county to escape Portland for obvious reasons haha.
@@trashgarbageoffroad 🙌 Thanks! Yeah, the areas we ended up in south of Portland and in the Mt. Hood / Columbia River valley etc were gorgeous. We drove close enough to the city to get a glimpse of why we didn't want to visit at the time.
Love the Rallying support from the NSX owners. Reminds me a LOT of the Subaru community. They often toss parts at each other expecting nothing in return, EVEN when they are actually competing against that person in a rally stage. Could sit on their parts and such and let the other person just drop off the leader board but no, they give them parts and hope they can race at their best. The Real People... You know who you are. Much love.
Love seeing this!
When I was staff photographer at Road & Track back in the 80s and 90s, I drove an NSX to Fort Stockton from SoCal for our World’s Fastest Cars article, and to drive on Firestone’s test track there. I drove straight through and when I arrived, I was surprised how comfortable that car was on such a long trip! These are amazing cars and since it’s a Honda, I’m not surprised to see so many miles on them after all this time.
Cool gig; enviable
Nice! I'm reasonably certain I have that issue on my shelf.
It's a Honda! You got a left hand hammer and metric crescent wrench, you're fine!
Ahh the good old cars
And his problem was a bad CV boot...
Duct tape would have been enough to get to the track.
And a 10mm socket
What an epic story and awesome people in the community. This is real car culture.
AAHHH NSX still my dream car!
318,000 miles? That speaks volumes on how great these machines are built. Sure you're on top of the routine stuff, but it's mind blowing that this high performance car can do that many miles without a new engine or two. Great story!
I helped host that convention in Portland, and your right. Nobody in their right mind, wanted to be in downtown Portland at that time. Hope to see you in Dallas later this fall.
Always love seeing Greenwood Roadway getting some screen time!
These are the stories that are the greatest.
Awesome story! I really enjoyed this one!
Of course! It’s an easy fix Honda ;)
Well that was truly another Epic Story on Vin Wiki
my son and I have been talking abouthe NSX a bunch lately. Thank you VINwiki
Sounds like a project brewing
I see Richard’s stories, I post “like”. I remember when this happened. I’m simply glad that when I passed you in Oregon en route, your NSX was moving.👍🏽 PS the best time to break a NSX is en route, or at, NSXPO🤣.
This is a great story and awesome use history of this car ❤ you love to hear it
Aww bruh......cool story 💯💯💯💯.. Continue...
Greenwood Roadway!!
Good to have good friends! Need some sunscreen! LOL!! Great video!
Ed, youtube is unsubscribing people from vinwiki, im not quite sure why but after 3 years ive literally been unsubbed and had to resub. Regardless, Always love the great work and stories you guys do and tell, and cheers to more great videos❤
This is partly why I want an NSX some day. No Ferrari I know of is going 300k miles.
great story. the only thing i dont understand is why didnt you put a tow basket with a spare set of tires on the back so you don't have to track your daily tires. it shows how community support goes a very very long way
I just leave a set of 200tw spicy-street-tires on the car. Early in my ownership it was a cost thing, then I realized I'm getting 10k miles out of a set even with some track use and most of the time I'm driving to/from a track anyway. Hard to make sense of spending $$$$ on another set of wheels, $$$ on another set of tires, and then trying to figure out a non-jank way of fitting a hitch (there isn't really an off the shelf answer for the NSX). The emergency set of all seasons we bought in CO, I later sold in pairs for probably 70% of purchase price with only 2k miles on them.
I want to see this guy to do a tour of his toolbox in the NSX.
I've done a couple of packing / tool kit videos on our channel. Probably a little dry for VINwiki, lol.
It’s a Honda - 10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 17mm, 19mm is all you need.
@@Slowcarfastbeans well, that and a spare main relay 😉
I swapped a rear diff on my 02' WRX in my apartment driveway. Before I bought The WRX I looked at a Supra and a NSX. Back in 2001 these cars used weren't that expensive. My then wife said why are you spending that much on a used car when you can buy a new one. No longer with her.
In Australia these are the Honda NSX and been a Honda these are a reliable super car apart from a split in the CV joint and a lot of support from the NSX community all fixed in a couple of hours and over 300000 miles for a European supercar that's a lot but not for a Honda NSX that's nothing l do consider Honda one of the best motor manufacturers in the world
I’ve been thinking to rent one of these in Japan at March, or the RX7 ?
Can't beat the car community to come together when someone needs a hand.
This- is what it's all about, people.
that Oregon Raceway track is nowhere near Portland lol
You say you are arriving in Morrow, but the photo is of McMinnville 225 miles away.
Much is said about how the NSX compared to ferrari (and other super cars in general) and the corvette at it's launch. But if any of those cars of the same era had an issue like that mid ralley it would very likely have been the end of the trip.
I would say you could totally fix a c4 corvette on a trip pretty easy. Parts for those are not to hard to find.
Anyone know what hole Rabbit has been hiding in?
No kidding. Dude has vanished
Ummmm........no
Only one slimy car-flipper per week, please!!
Who cares?
Oh no, its "Mr. Can't.....Not.....Look.....At.....Camera". 😵💫🤣
Think about how soft we are when changing a CV boot and putting new tires on a car gets its on YT video....soft
😂😂😂😂
That’s exactly what I was thinking throughout this entire video.
1:59 wojak incoming
Sun block.