1998 Acura NSX-T
When it comes to writing features, there’s a formula. You read the tech sheet and talk to the owner and based on the two, come up with a semi-interesting intro. Emphasis on the “semi.” Because truthfully, you don’t know the owner, the car or the build-up, and a few sentences can’t quantify their story. It’s like reading the first two lines of Cliff Notes-God bless ‘em, by the way-to try and grasp War and Peace.
Doubt you’d go all in if it showed up as the category for the final Jeopardy! question. But the exact opposite happened with this Spa Yellow ‘98 Acura NSX-T. The owner, Will Law, in charge of Business Development for DME and Project Car staffer, is a close friend and I couldn’t come up with a singular hook. There are way too many stories.
Most involving Will helping me with my cars; the consumption of Mexican food; his dog Maggie who suffers from excited bladder control; or his uncanny resemblance to Homer Simpson. As for the tech sheet for inspiration, Will can’t type or spell for the life of him. He’s hunted and pecked his keyboard for so long it looks like a half-eaten fish taco. Thankfully, for Will, grammar or the complete mastery of the English language isn’t a criteria for a feature; only the quality of the car itself.
And for Will, building quality cars is an experience he’s more than familiar with. Having owned more cars than some used car dealerships-many built cleaner than an aisle full of Procter and Gamble detergents-a very understanding family, years in the industry and the first to have slapped a S15 front end on a S14 240SX, it’s a surprise Will hasn’t had more of his cars in magazines. I think it has something to do with his inability to focus on anything for more than a minute.