Where is the infamous # 00001 At? i wonder if it had any issues, or who kept it

 

I would imagine that this would a demo car for American Honda to use at Auto Shows around the country.

 

Most probably. I think I have one of the earliest here at #134.

 

Yeh definitely, i think yours is the earliest ive seen. and i thought 5000 series was early

have you had any issues with yours since yours is one of the first batch.?

 

Also, with the current VINs coming in at or around 19500, I am guessing the TSX will reach 20,000 by the end of this year. Who's the lucky bastard that gonna get 20,000?

 

Lol.

should of waited ? lol

 

Not really. Like everyone else, I have had rattle problems which seem to have just faded away.

Aside from that not much, maybe some slightly rough seat rails but not more.

 

Of course that's Canada-series VIN. "pro-rated" with the US volumes, it puts you around #500. Still freakin' early! I have #26xx, built in June, which suggest maybe they built more Cdn cars first?

 

Doh! I knew I should have waited for the end of December rush.

But seriously, the extra 45 days of driving it was worth it.

 

#00001 are always unavailable.

the reason? they are crashed and experiemented. weeee ;D

 

mines is #352

I know there are earlier build models before mines, but I think mines is like the first ones around here that was purchased a month after they came out....not sure on that though.

 

00001 is usually kept by the company... for museum.

 

Damn, you even have me beat. I thought I had the lowest with #167. #1 is probably in the possession of Honda somewhere. I had #1 for the 2001 cycle of S2000s. I thought i was cool. What a dumbass I was.

 

Depends if kiteboy is right with his saying that there are two distinct VIN numbers for Canada and the US, then you'd be before me by proportion...

 

#370 bought on 5/7/03. My 1999 Prelude is #369.

 

00001 was definately a prototype to test assembly and fit.

00001 is in pieces and likely scraped, 00002 was likely run into a wall and destroyed for federal testing. Well, actually I bet 00001-00015 were all torn down. and the next 20 were likely crash tested. So if you are sub 100, I don't know how that car skipped it's fate of testing.

In reality the first few hundred were all sold in Japan and destroyed long before we even knew what a TSX was. So the US vins may have never even started with 1 for tracking reasons.

 

I have a 23** and mine was built in late march. I have a US model.