My FIST is so good I sold my NSX.

My ‘95 NSX was a lifetime dream car for me, and I feel very lucky that I was able to realize that dream.I never thought I would sell it, or I would jokingly say I would never sell it unless I got too old to climb down into it, it was pretty low.
It was a gorgeous car with some amazing engineering and a great story about how Honda made it when they were really into Formula 1 racing.
Then I got my ST, and it is just so damn fun to drive. The handling is different, but more fun in regular driving because of the quick turn in and agile maneuverability. The NSX excels at running through high speed sweepers between about 80 and 110 miles an hour, which is obviously in pretty serious license losing territory.
With the tune, the FiST is almost as fast, and plenty fast enough for regular driving.
Then there were the practicalities of owning a 25+ year old car. I was real picky about who worked on it. When I first got it there was a local independent mechanic who was factory trained on them at an Acura dealership and specialized in working on them.Then he died.There were also three guys at the local dealership who were qualified to work on them, except all three left. A competent mechanic could do regular work on it, but it was coming up on a timing belt and there wasn't anybody local that I trusted to do that complicated job on that car.
There was also the difficulty of getting parts for it.I had lowered it, and decided I didn't like that. When I went to go back to regular ride height with OEM springs, they were discontinued. The final straw with parts started with a small windshield chip.The bullseye guy tried to fix it, but told me that it was a little bit too big for him to make it invisible, so there was a big spot which was of course right in the middle of my field of vision. When I tried to replace the windshield, the OEM one was long discontinued, and none of the local reputable glass places could get a replacement that they felt comfortable selling me. I said to myself it's going to be like this from now on for everything.
I'm also at the point in my life when I'm looking to simplify, and selling it gave me one less set of day-to-day responsibilities like checking tires and oil, longer term maintenance responsibilities like buying tires and batteries and the inspection, registration and insurance that needed to be kept up to date.
I had it for 11 years, and sold it for considerably more than I bought it for, but less than I had in it, so for an older semi exotic car it wasn't the money sink that they can sometimes be.
I enjoy driving the FiST so much that I found I was sometimes driving the NSX just because it needed to be driven. So, life changes and you move on. No regrets so far.

wow so sorry to hear. You'd think Honda would be more responsible with upkeep of parts for the NSX, which imo was the best car they ever made, not to mention the most iconic.
but yes I know that feeling I think with the fiesta. Not quite a POS car that you can abuse but not something that pains you to drive hard, abuse a little and put more miles on it.

Pictures or it never happened*

Here you go.

great color! nice ce28 volks too. very heartbreaking to lose a car like that.

That car was a piece of art.
The FiST is also art in its own way, and getting parts shouldn't be an issue for years to come.

Damn I would’ve loved to buy that thing from you!

Nice color , Nice car totally understand your feelings. My FiST actually by fluke still has a clean title lets just say Insurance screwed up to my benefit. I love my FiST almost thought about trading it in towards a GRC decided to just buy the GRC anyways.

The car that I am at odds about is the E36 M3/4/5 and like your car is special one. I don’t want to drive it because of that so it’s a garage queen. Probably time to finish a couple of things on the interior and let someone else own it. Only a few cars I would consider owning now again or new . In fact new it’s two the GRC and the Lotus Emira , GRC will happen now the Emira is a question mark. Older cars a FD RX7 and another 240z and maybe a 240sx both would nostalgia purchases going back to when I owned those cars.
I do feel my FiST can now be driven hard and I am not concerned $8500 in it makes it kinda feel like the disposable fun car.

This is a timely post! NSX's are one of the cars I constantly pine over on Bringatrailer & Cars&Bids auction sites. I'd love to have one but no garage to keep it in and the prices are a bit too much for my wallet. You're first-hand owner perspective concerning parts availability and certified technicians certainly brings me back to my senses. Maybe if I win the lottery some day, which will never happen...LOL. I will just have to continue admiring them online or at car meets.

It's always tough when our fantasies meet reality.
I could have kept the car, I didn't have to sell it, and I probably would have kept it if that specialty mechanic had not died. This created the problem of me not having anywhere I felt good about to have it worked on, and my mechanical abilities are lacking to say the least.
The parts issue was another concern. There was a fun cottage industry of guys that fixed some of the things that often needed to be fixed. For example, if your climate control board went out there was some electronics genius that you could ship it to who would re-solder it so that it would function perfectly for a fraction of the cost of a new one, even when a new one was still available. There were also plenty of parts that weren't discontinued of course, but if it happened that the one you needed was discontinued and there wasn't an aftermarket option available, then you were in a tough situation.
The main thing as I said was that the FiST was just so fun to drive that it fulfilled my need to have a fun and great car to drive. The NSX was becoming more of an art object than a car in some ways. After owning it for 11 years I just felt like I had done it, and I let it go.

I thought Santa was real! Damn you all!

Beautiful NSX. My 2nd car, a 1985 4wd tercel wagon, is kind of the same way. Most parts are still relatively easy to find because the platform(AE86) was used for a long time, but there are a handful of unique to the 4wd tercel parts that are basically impossible to find now. I've driven almost 800 miles to a junkyard to find a $5 part before. I love the car but if anything happens to the transmission there's next to nothing I can do to fix it because parts are rare. I know people who have 3+ parts cars for these because junkyards only keep them around for a few weeks before scrapping them now.

Love the colour and wheels.

Santa Claus is real.
Parts for old cars are not real.

I'm glad you came to the conclusion to keep your fiesta and your m3.

I think it takes some courage to 'let go' of our prized cars. I don't know how some people do it, even thought its often the healthy thing to do. Its hard enough to not get tempted to get another car. I just look at it as a healthier alternative to hoarding.