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Nissan GT-R
Hey, everyone. I don't come around here much since I sold my Sentra. Coming here reminds me of my Sentra and I miss and love my beloved Sentra. I haven't seen my mother since I was 10 and I still miss my Sentra more.
Anyway, moving on to a more relevant topic. While at work today, a kind gentleman stopped by to show us his latest acquisition - his new GT-R.
Sorry for the pictures - they're from my cell phone. The key fob is pretty cool. Since the red button both starts and stops the engine, there's no need for a key. But you wouldn't entrust the entire fob to a valet, would you...? Nooooo. So the smart folks at Nissan packaged a clever little valet key right into the key fob. Pretty nifty, I think.
So without further adieu...
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yeah the push button starts been out for a bit now my managers g37 has that feature
anywho.....sick ass gtr! those rotors are like the size of my rims lol
hott ass car, but im sorry to say, im kinda getting sick of all the hype over this car haha
so far, i have personally seen and sat in 4 gtr's.. 2 white ones, a red and black one... the most intriguing part of every car i think, is the whole onboard computer diagnostics... sooooo sick
The ironic thing is that the engine start button has been around for years and years. When the full ignition was invented and subsequently circumvented the need for a start button, that was thought to be a luxury and a convenience. Now, years later, we're headed back in the direction from whence we came.Originally Posted by SER_2NR
I didn't get a chance to ride in or drive the car, but two guys with whom I work took it for a spin and they were impressed. Impressed enough to think the GT-R would eat an F430 - and our shop is full of F430s (and other Ferraris, Lamborghinis, a Koenigsegg, etc.). The GT-R seems bigger in person - and its lines are similar to that of a Z. But to hear die-hard tifosi sacrifice Ferrari's latest V8 flagship to a five-figure Japanese 2+2*, I gotta think that the hype is warranted.
*The seats in the back are useless unless your name is Lieutenant Dan from the movie Forrest Gump.
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yea gtr, whooptee doo, show me a zr1 please. and yea push button aint nothin new.
Jones & Wuk-Up
The Corvette has been around longer than Burger King. The GT-R is Nissan's first attempt at a sports car - an upper echelon sports car - whose price tag is still attainable by the masses. The Corvette employs Ferrari-esque materials; i.e., carbon fiber, carbon ceramic brakes, etc. The Nissan mounts the Chevy doggy style on the Nürburgring and is still cured enough to carry groceries home (with steel brakes whose cost is only a fraction of those of the big block GM icon).
On paper, the Chevy outclasses the GT-R in every category. But on the track, the "inferior" GT-R busts on the Corvette Monica Lewinsky blue dress cigar style. People keep comparing the two because the performance numbers are similar - but Nissan did so much more with so much less than GM could manage in 55 years. With all the readouts that the GT-R has, if you look for input on the Corvette, the screen just goes blank before it say this:
PWN3D
Now here are some more pictures of the GT-R - much better than my cell phone pictures. These pictures are courtesy of Michael Lussos of Freezing Speed.
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are u advertising this car because u have it for sale or something?!?! lolol
No. Aside from knowing the guy who owns it, I have no vested interested in the car. It's not even for sale. But I think that Corvettes are overrated, and I think what Nissan has done is groundbreaking. It's a Ferrari eater at the fraction of a cost of an AMG Mercedes.
When you put all of the details on paper - what this car uses as opposed to what that car uses, how this is put together, how that one is put together - the GT-R is inferior. It's a woeful hodge-podge of a sports car, employing antiquated materials. But when you actually drive it, it out-performs cars that cost three times as much. There's no gas guzzler tax. It's a veritable Batman on wheels. Bruce Wayne when you want to go get groceries or blend in at a movie theater parking lot. But the Dark Knight when some pompous Corvette rears its ugly big block in the next lane over on the highway. It's a best-kept secret; something you never saw coming. A nail in your tire before a road trip; a stain on your tie before a meeting; a menstrual cycle beginning on prom night. It owns everything. And this is coming from the biggest die-hard Ferrari fan you could ever hope to avoid.
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^--- lol "a menstrual cycle beginning on prom night"
well um just like you don't like the corvette, i don't like the gtr, sorry to see that you used so much time to respond to my post, but i could actually care less. I sure do hope you get to own, your own gtr one day cause u seem to be all over this car good luck.
I actually have no interest in the GT-R. It's an automotive marvel - something they should've instead called the Nissan Serta - 'cause the fuckin' thing is THE sleeper of the 21st century. But I don't aspire to own one. I, myself, prefer to own one of every Ferrari ever made (I haven't really made much head way with that goal).
It's cool that you don't like the Nissan - that's what makes the world so diverse. But just like I think Carmen Electra is beautiful but have no interest in knowing her carnally, I have no interest in owning a GT-R even though it's an automotive milestone. It's cool that people don't like it - I just think it should be acknowledged for what it is.
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we will see in the upcoming months, cause the people who own one will be called out by all the big boys, and i sure hope it stands up to the hype. all of the previous numbers don't mean jack in the streets, especially when a gt2, or a z06, or even a lp460 pull behind you... yea its a good bang for the buck i just hope it don't fall on its face cause everyone is waiting to see if it lives up to the hype.
The guy who owns the GT-R pictured above IS a big boy: Murcielago LP640 Roadster, 599 GTB Fiorano, 430 Scuderia - and I'm barely scratching the surface of his collection. There is no "living up to the hype" - hell, there isn't any hype. Because the buzz isn't merely buzz - it's more like really accurate enthusiasm. The GT-R will smoke an F430 - and that's a direct quote from a man who owns both.
You've seen the Clarkson video on the GT-R, right...? Peep that ish and get acquainted with a whole new level of "holy crap!". If the GT-R could sing, it would be like, "I don't wear it 'cuz Pharrell, I wear it 'cuz I'm fa rrreeeal..." If the GT-R were an animal, it would be a liger. If the GT-R could be on a dollar bill, they'd have to make a completely new bill that would be equivalent to $7.30 - 'cause the shit is craaaaaaaaaaazy...!!!
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hmmm forget the hype. would those GTR wheels fit a maxima?? i hope not. i feel a new maxima crave starting.
ummm everything fits on a maxima lol
haha werd. one way or another. nah im just hating cuz nutting from other nissans fits a sentra.
lmao
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