I will admit to scouring the country for a cheap blue/tan GS350 :-) paid $26K for it back in January, it had 21K miles on it. FYI this is the secret of the Lexus sedan world: off-lease GS and LS cars are stupid cheap if you look around. This car was less than half price for essentially brand new.

As a former FI’d S2K owner, I’d suggest buying a Vette instead. More grip, better handling, more power. Plus interior room and transmission options.

The black ‘11 GS460 behind the NSX has since been replaced by a ‘15 GS350 in blue/tan.

Having owned both an S2000 and now NSX, my advice for those on a budget: buy a good driver-quality S2000 and force air into it. You’re getting 90% of the NSX’s performance, handling, quality shifter etc for 1/3 the price. The main difference is how people react to the car. With the S it’s /respectfulheadnod “nice…

While we’re dreaming, let’s say it lasts 300K+ miles too without major engine maintenance.

How does a chicken restaurant run out of chicken?

You need to stop thinking your way through this dilemma. This isn’t algebra

Lexus GX, not RX. And it’s just a V8 4Runner (same frame) with a lot of different sheet metal. Suspension parts, armor etc all bolt on with little to no modification. It’s the bumpers / roof racks etc that are harder to get.

The Lexus RX is starting to catch on with off roaders

There is lots of areas where it helps, and make no mistake, electric cars and their drivelines are much simpler than mechanical drive lines.

The original NSX was hardtop-only for its first 4 years, we’re at year 4 on the current NSX.  If the decision has been made to targa it, I’d expect it to have been made before the C8 was seen as a rival.

Launch Control, which I’ll probably use 10 times over the life of the car, that I don’t have on my current car. How many more parts are on the hybrid version than not?

When I drove the NSX, they gave us a presentation about the model and history. 2 of the slides on the presentation were about parts availability and how they store the parts. All parts for the NSX are stored in a climate controlled warehouse and are packaged in an air-tight bag and then placed in a box for extra…

Problem 2. If hybrid batteries were such shit, the Prius wouldn’t be the #1 taxi in the world. You have a massive warranty, and also the fact that Acura does not want this car to get a reputation for being unreliable, so they will probably look after a lot of stuff for a LONG time.

As its name suggests, the TJ Cruiser may be marketed as a spiritual successor to the FJ Cruiser, the heavily 4Runner-based retro-styled SUV marketed to younger buyers. What the TJ would have that the FJ largely lacked is practicality.

Grappling with this exact problem right now.  They’ll have to targa the new NSX first, but when they do I’m in the market.  Will be upgrading from a ‘00 NSX.  I don’t like American / German cars.  And yet, the C8 makes the new NSX the “more money than sense” choice here.

Trust me when I tell you the NSX is a far superior machine.
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If I had the means, I’d take one over a Turbo any day of the week.

“I know what I have.”

What? A human with a file cannot make a simple“flat” surface. A mill can. A lathe can. A CNC router can.

So you are saying we should only punch below our weight class, and leave the big fat kids alone.