This served as an opportunity to witness the GT-R's striking at-the-limit composure. Blasting across the bumpy painted lines between cones, you get the sense that this is truly a special car. Its chassis remains composed and it goes exactly where it's pointed despite the ugly surface. There's none of the puckering that comes with driving a Vette or Viper this fast through a slalom. Nor is there the sense that the rear-mounted engine of a 911 Turbo is eventually going to find its way to the front.
The GT-R is versatile, with plenty of control latitude, and the difference between the limit of grip and the limit of control is huge. It's probably the most easily controlled car we've slid sideways between the cones. More importantly, its abilities are far more accessible for the average driver than those of its competition.
At 72.9 mph, it's quicker here than the Z06 and 911 Turbo but can't quite match the huge-tired Viper (74.2 mph). Still, it will be interesting to see how these numbers compare when all three cars are tested at the same place and time.
Wow, I need a smoke. That was gooooood. This thing is a monster for the money...
in Zak's Top Gear magazine The Stig said the new GT-R was the best all around sports car he's ever driven. "it doesn't pass the goal posts, it obliterates them"
I still think it's ungainly looking, but with a recommendation like that from The Stig...
That thing is definitely a dream. Maybe one day when we're all millionaire's! Damn impressive engineering in that thing. It definitely deserves the name GT-R.
Sabre (Julian) 92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
Agreed. what I find amazing is that the sucker weighs that much and is still able to perform like it does. That thing has some junk in the trunk!!!!
Sabre (Julian) 92.5% Stock 04 STI
Good choice putting $4,000 rims on your 1990 Honda Civic. That's like Betty White going out and getting her tits done.
I love it...I was feeling sickly on the john last night from some bad food but staring at an article in R&T on the GT-R made me feel better also, the new Porsche GT2 looks pretty sweet but way too expensive.
2004 SG Model A PearlBlackObsidian (RIP) 2008 SG Model D BlueRallyWorld
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story." -Barney Stinson
"Nothing shuts my pie-hole but pie." -Shawn Spencer
sirwilliam wrote:I love it...I was feeling sickly on the john last night from some bad food but staring at an article in R&T on the GT-R made me feel better
sirwilliam wrote:I love it...I was feeling sickly on the john last night from some bad food but staring at an article in R&T on the GT-R made me feel better
thanks for that
NP that's what I am here for! I don't hold anything back and bring you all the action in depth!
2004 SG Model A PearlBlackObsidian (RIP) 2008 SG Model D BlueRallyWorld
"When I get sad, I stop being sad and be awesome instead. True story." -Barney Stinson
"Nothing shuts my pie-hole but pie." -Shawn Spencer
I wonder what a 3-year lease split 7-ways on this thing would be like...
Or, I bet the resale on these things would be pretty good. Get one person to buy it, and have 9 others chip in for payments for a couple of years, the sell it off.
Purchase price of ~$75k, interest and insurance for two years = $90k
Sell it for $45K. $90k- $45k=$45k
$45K split to 10 people over two years ~$190/mo. That is about $200 for three days of driving.
Hello, we are a car club after all.
Hell, I'd rent it for that!
Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears
zaxrex wrote:I wonder what a 3-year lease split 7-ways on this thing would be like...
Or, I bet the resale on these things would be pretty good. Get one person to buy it, and have 9 others chip in for payments for a couple of years, the sell it off.
Purchase price of ~$75k, interest and insurance for two years = $90k
Sell it for $45K. $90k- $45k=$45k
$45K split to 10 people over two years ~$190/mo. That is about $200 for three days of driving.
Hello, we are a car club after all.
Hell, I'd rent it for that!
LOL that'd be pretty awesome hehe. Aww man ZAK you broke the clutch again!!!
Libra Monkee wrote:Holy speedification Batman! If only I had the money.
Dude, even if you had the money, you'd need another $30k for the dealer markup. I wanna find the cocksuckers that pay those markups, beat them senseless, and take their money.
(did anyone notice that the car went fastest when the torque went ass-ward?)
also, the new Porsche GT2 looks pretty sweet but way too expensive. 
