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sprint-r 07-17-2006 12:54 PM

Famous NSXs
 
List of famous people who have or had an NSX:

Stanley Kirk Burrell
aka "MC Hammer" Musician (Rap, R&B) ------ Toured with NSX owner Robert Van Winkle (below)
Kelvin Burt Racer - ----------------------------Formerly Touring Cars, currently British GT's for Porsche NSX is his daily driver
Tom Cruise Actor (movies)------------------- Black Has since sold it
Richard Dean Anderson Actor(MacGyver)------ Black Ran in Toyota Celebrity Long Beach Grand Prix twice,as well as other races
Michael Dell Founder Chairman & CEO, Dell Computers------- Black Has since traded it for a Mercedes
John DeLorean Former GM exec, founder of DeLorean Motor Company--- Spoke VERY well of the car in an interview
Michael Douglas Actor (movies)
Clyde "The Glide" Drexler Athlete - ---NBA (Houston Rockets) Red
Colin Edwards Racer - Team Yamaha World Superbike----- His dad wrecked it
Larry Ellison Founder & CEO, Oracle Corporation Various------ He has owned something like 7 different NSXs over the years, the most notable being a 1996 NSX-T, unique factory custom built car in Sebring Silver (not officially available in the US in 1996). Sold in 2001 with under 13,000 miles, factory CD, phone, keyless. Extras included 16-17 Fikse FM-5's, new T1S Toyo's, dry cell battery, Zanardi rear bar.
Boomer Esiason Athlete - ------NFL (NY Jets), Sports Commentator, Boomer Esiason Foundation (Cystic Fybrosis) Red
Harrison Ford Actor - -------Movies Black/Ivory '91 Sold at 4k miles
Vincent Damon Furnier aka Alice Cooper Musician ------- (heavy metal) Red/Black '91 Bought used from Curtis Clark, publisher of NSXTRA newsletter. Automatic. Traded in 2000 with 60k miles. Several mods (stereo, wheels, white gauges, intake).
Bill Gates Founder, Chairman & CEO, Microsoft Corporation---------- Not really a big car enthusiast, but owns over 50 exotic and luxury cars
Ron Grant Athlete -------- MLB (Atlanta Braves) Black
Wayne Gardiner Racer --------- Former 500cc World Motorcycle Champ Red
Mel Hall Athlete -------- MLB (NY Yankees) Red
Elton John Musician---------- (Rock Pianist) Red
Michael Johnson Athlete ---------- Sprinter (Olympic gold medalist) Purple NSX-T Seen advertised in DuPont Registry; he may no longer own the car.
Eddie Jordan Former Racer - --------Currently F1 team boss His team runs Honda engines. He has a long-term NSX loaner from Honda UK for promotional purposes.
Michael Jordon Athlete ---------- NBA (Chicago Bulls) Black Doubtful he fits in an NSX very well...
Michael Keaton Actor (movies)-------- Black
Phil Knight Co-founder & CEO --------- Nike, Inc. Black
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Actress (Seinfeld, SNL, movies),--------- former model 1996 Red/Blk NSX-T A black NSX appeared in an episode of Seinfeld in a parody of Pulp Fiction.
George Lucas Director (movies)---------- More than one Bought the first NSX to hit northern CA, a black one. Paid sticker.
Barbara Mandrell Musician (Country Singer)
Marla Maples Ex-wife of Donald Trump (Investor)
Reba McIntyre Musician (Country Singer)
Rick Mears Racer - Indy
Brian Mitchell Athlete - NFL (Washington Redskins) Red
Joe Montana Athelete - NFL
Tracy Morrow-----ika Ice-T Musician/Actor (rap/movies) Black Convertible conversion. Attended Acura-sponsored owners event in CA.
Gordon Murray Technical director McLaren Cars, designer of the McLaren F1
Jack Nicholson Actor (movies) Black
"Terrible" Terry Norris Athlete ----- (Boxer) Black
Tara Palmer-------Tomkinson Model, socialite Short term loaner from Honda UK for promotional purposes
Scottie Pippen Athlete ------- NBA (Chicago Bulls) Custom Custom bright metallic purple paint; he has since sold the car
Victoria Principal Model, Actress (TV)--------- Red 1991 She has since sold the car. In North Carolina in 1999.
Bobby Rahal Racer ------- Indy Black
Robert Redford Actor (movies)--------- Black NSX-T Used to own a red NSX
Mary Lou Retton Athlete ---------- Gymnast (Olympic gold medalist) White/Black 1992 SN 000617. Now owned by Steve Julius in Tempe, AZ. Mechanically stock except for RM exhaust. Chassis highly detailed including polished underside and suspension.
Scott Russell Racer -------- 1994 World Superbike Champion
Pat Sajak Actor ----------- TV, Movies Red
"Neon" Deion Sanders Athlete --------- NFL (Dallas Cowboys) Two: Both Black
Ayrton Senna Racer --------- F1 Two One of the test drivers during NSX development; deceased.
Charlie Sheen Actor --------- Movies Black/Black 1994 Since sold
Sammy Smith Athlete -------- NFL (Denver Broncos) Black
Wesley Snipes Actor --------- Movies
Paul Tracy Racer - -------CART Comptech modified. Mentioned in this interview.
Robert Van Winkle-
aka "Vanilla Ice" Musician/Actor (rap/movies) White '92 or '93. Toured with NSX owner Stanley Kirk Burrell (above)
Jimmy Vasser Racer ----- CART (1996 champion)
Jaleel White Actor ------- TV (Urkel on Family Matters)
Dominique Wilkins Athlete - ------NBA (Atlanta Hawks)
Steve Wozniak Co---------founder, Apple Computer Black, Red, Sebring Silver, White, Kaiser Silver Apparantly a big fan of the car! He traded the Sebring Silver '91 for a Kaiser Silver '99. The '91 silver is now owned by Otto Joe
Chuck Yeager Pilot---------- (Broke sound barrier, etc.) Red
Alex Zanardi Racer --------- F1
Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
Jhon Travolta (actor)

808 NA1 07-17-2006 10:17 PM

Re: Famous NSXs (Las)
 
Great! Looks like you just copied that off the list on Prime. Thanks for enlightening us.

Ponyboy 07-18-2006 07:18 AM

Re: Famous NSXs (Las)
 
Left out:

nsxtasy: if you don't know of him already you will soon. And if he's not correcting your mistake he's bashing you in the head w/ "search the forum, you nitwit" reminders.
ak: aka Alyssa Knightsport (secretly married to infamous mod of Kills forum). Only NSX forum member that can translate Japanese.
ojas: famous w/i NSX forums for actually adding quality content and being helpful. Infrequent visitor. was it something I said, ojas https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif
cwood: Ummm...cwood, I haven't even seen pics of your car in this forum?
dbernert: known for his widebody turbo NSX that he foolishly sold...and for squabbles with nsxtasy.
nsxxtreme: voice of reason rarely heard from.
knightsport: non-NSX owner, founder of ultra-left wing faction of the IRA called "Black-Ops" or somethingorother...posts only when a thread has gotten so low and inane that he considers it a challenge to make it more so. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif Still, he's probably the only guy here that was driven a genuine NSX-R on the track. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif

ak 07-19-2006 10:24 AM

Re: Famous NSXs (Ponyboy)
 
Ponyboy - Likes to post picture of shiny parts while his car is forever immobile.

Ponyboy 07-19-2006 06:14 PM

Re: Famous NSXs (ak)
 
Weak sauce. Definitely weak.

You know the Phoenix will rise again!

Mr.E.G. 07-20-2006 08:24 PM

Re: Famous NSXs (Ponyboy)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ponyboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Left out:

nsxtasy: if you don't know of him already you will soon. And if he's not correcting your mistake he's bashing you in the head w/ "search the forum, you nitwit" reminders.
ak: aka Alyssa Knightsport (secretly married to infamous mod of Kills forum). Only NSX forum member that can translate Japanese.
ojas: famous w/i NSX forums for actually adding quality content and being helpful. Infrequent visitor. was it something I said, ojas https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif
cwood: Ummm...cwood, I haven't even seen pics of your car in this forum?
dbernert: known for his widebody turbo NSX that he foolishly sold...and for squabbles with nsxtasy.
nsxxtreme: voice of reason rarely heard from.
knightsport: non-NSX owner, founder of ultra-left wing faction of the IRA called "Black-Ops" or somethingorother...posts only when a thread has gotten so low and inane that he considers it a challenge to make it more so. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif Still, he's probably the only guy here that was driven a genuine NSX-R on the track. https://honda-tech.com/forums/images/smilies/emsad.gif </TD></TR></TABLE>

are you serious? knightsport drove and nsx-r or are you making a joke?

Ponyboy 07-21-2006 08:01 AM

Re: Famous NSXs (Mr.E.G.)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr.E.G. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">are you serious? knightsport drove and nsx-r or are you making a joke?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Oh, Knight...where are you?

Mr.E.G. 07-21-2006 09:48 AM

Re: Famous NSXs (Ponyboy)
 
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ponyboy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Oh, Knight...where are you?</TD></TR></TABLE>

eat a dick https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emsmilep.gif

i suspected sarcasm but ut seemed like one of those claims that was so outrageous that it had to be true.



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