Well the time has come to depart with #50 after five great years of ownership and experiences. I’m selling the car to purchase something a little newer, fewer miles, and less reliable from Germany. Let me start by saying that the car is problem-free and very reliable for daily driving, track duty, and cross country expeditions. I don’t really need to part ways with it so the asking price point is relatively firm.

After regretfully selling my first ’00 FBP R in preparation for my wedding, I continued to search the typical auto web classified sites for ITRs, almost as if it were an impulsive habit and found my ’97 two hours away in Wilmington, NC with 24,450 miles in the possession of the first owner. So, I went down a checked it out and the seller was a very friendly local business owner in his mid-40’s. He told me he simply purchased the car new from Hendrick Acura in Charlotte after originally just intending the buy a “normal” Integra due to how much he enjoyed driving his wife’s second gen.

Needless to say, I bought the car after a 10 minute test drive, no Carfax, and no inspection of any sort, it was a done-deal. The car was perfect and the seller was waaaaay too obsessive for me not to jump on it. BTW, it was never raced and he was getting rid of it to make room for him and his wife’s Road King Harleys.

Also: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=702805&page=1

Long story long, he was a gent who took care of the car, shifted below 3,000k every shift, and took six years to accumulate 24,000 miles.

Five years later the car is in great condition for a ten year old racecar. I would venture to say that there can only be a handful of cleaner, well-cared for ‘97s out there given the original production quantity. I’ve washed it every two weeks on average and kept everything in great working order including with proper maintenance for example, valve adjustments, fluid/filter changes, electrical/ignition components, and so forth.

It’s a very clean car and those who have met me over the years can vouch, especially you Madspeed guys at the beach.

Regretfully, the car has never been tracked or drag raced. I don’t really know or care to know the first thing about street racing. There are two many folks on our roadways that have families that love them dearly. Currently it sits with 95,000 miles. However, the body would reflect around the neighborhood of 30-40,000. It takes a while to find any imperfections in the car's exterior, other than a little curb rash and faded Acura emblems.

The car has been in 20-25 local autocrosses with Tarheel Sports Car Club:

’04 TIR Class 1st place
’05 D Stock 1st place
’06 “X” (formerly Pro) runner-up

My ITR is all stock with the exception of the Axxis pads and K&N filter. The only other aftermarket items that have been installed have been several different tire brands.

Please check out the photos and PM me if you have more questions. Additionally, I have a few items for sale in addition to the purchase price like Millenia Wheels (thx Larkin), two bras (thx Ed), and more crap I’m sure.

Thanks guys & I’ll be updating this thread with more pictures.

Matt
Raleigh, NC























Modified by Utilitarian at 12:00 AM 8/2/2007

Updated 5-31-08


Modified by Utilitarian at 7:16 PM 5/31/2008

 

nice car

 

Thanks man!

 

damn good price.... too bad im in cali

 

Sorry if I missed it in the first glance, but what is the current mileage of that beauty of a 97 you've got there?

I see the mention of the mileage when you bought the car, but I didn't see a current mileage.

Also, does the car have A/C or is it the ultra-rare unequipped model that seems to possibly no longer exist?

Mildly interested. Just recently started entertaining the idea of owning my 2nd ITR. I miss my 00 PY constantly, and I've yet to find a car that I can fall in love with like I did my ITR.

 

83k, I got it at 24k and have daily driven since. It does indeed have a/c, funny you're the first to ask.

thanks,
Matt

 

clean R man

 

Bump for a great seller and one of kind ITR