NSX Roadtrip – Day 1

June 6, 2017 by crxguy52 2 Comments

Day 1: Fly from Durham, NC to Vancouver, BC
Distance: ~3,000 miles

Because I’ll be driving for most this trip, my lovely copilot (Patience) has agreed to write a travel blog on our trip. See below for our story from her perspective!

Back in April when he sold his 2004 S2000, Victor began searching for his next “investment,” (by this I mean investment in more tools, car parts, time reading forums, and hours spent in the garage). This sparked weeks of searching, sending emails, oscillating between wanting red and wanting black, inspections, paperwork, and one very frustrating wire transfer. Along the way, Victor joined the NSX Prime forum. He commented on a thread about an upcoming mini NSXpo, and a member named John offered to take him for a drive in his 2001 NSX. John turned out to be an excellent friend and great resource in the Great NSX Search.

Victor eventually settled on a red ‘91 NSX in Vancouver, due to the extensive service history and excellent overall condition. Also, just look at it:

John was nice enough to contact Pam, another NSX Club member in Vancouver, and ask her to check out the car in person. Pam very kindly took the car for a test drive and gave it her stamp of approval. Later that day the following conversation happened:

We discussed logistics and settled on a route that was a little longer than necessary, but allowed us to see southern British Columbia and stop in Denver for a day (a quick Google photo search of Banff, BC was really all it took). Total driving time: 51 hours.

We booked a few Airbnb’s, bought our plane tickets, and on June 1st, we arrived in Vancouver around midnight PST. Remember Pam who checked out the car? She really went above and beyond by picking us up from the airport and offering her home to us for the two days we spent in the area. She drove us to her lovely home in Abbotsford, where, jet lagged and exhausted, we very quickly fell asleep.