Wendell Salas

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July 23, 2006, on Acura NSX Review:
I just wanted to add some more info to this forum. I have a stock 2006 Mustang GT and had the pleasure of coming up against a gentelman in what looked like a mid to late 90's NSX. We raced each other for about 50 miles through a section of I-25 in Colorado, USA at speeds ranging between 80 and 150 mph. I knew that the NSX is thought to be a pretty nice sports car and I was pleasently surprised to find out that I was able to match his acceleration between 80 and 130 mph. Above 130 aerodynamics begins to play a greater roll and the NSX had the advantage there. The reasons that I say I "had the pleasure" and "was pleasantly surprised" in my comments above is because 1) it was a lot of fun racing this guy, and 2) from finding out how much that guy probably spent on his NSX vs. what I spent on my Mustang. Damn! $85,000!?! You gotta be kidding me! Sure, it's a nice looking car, but come on! I can buy 3 Mustang GT's for what he probably paid for his NSX. Either, there have been some...