# 2008 Nissan GTR - Finally a chance **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 9, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682 "2008-03-09T09:11:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![FEAST\_JAPAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@FEAST\_JAPAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FEAST_JAPAN)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/1 "2008-03-09T09:11:37Z")
It was a Wednesday morning, roughly 10 AM, and on my way to Futako Tamagawa station. Waiting at the station were some good friends. Dino D, Miguel Varella Cid and Newera employee Dai. Dino being the man of the month had just been handed the keys of two very fine automobiles. One a 2008 Nissan GTR and the second, a 2008 Lexus IS-F Fuji Speedway Edition. From Futako Tamagawa we headed into Kawasaki where we jumped on the Tomei expressway. Right from the highway onramp I was utterly shocked by the pure, yet raw power the 3.8 put out. Not a hint of boost lag nor even a whisper of recirculation from the factory valves. Tough to put the feeling on paper here, so below is a short launch of what I’m on about. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCcVtml8ISU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCcVtml8ISU) Just raw power and shifted like a machine gun. Random photos of the new GTR. ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9783.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9783.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9768.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9768.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9740.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9740.jpg) The IS-F has been out is the US for nearly a year now…I believe. This model is a low production Fuji Speedway Edition. Interior loaded with high quality stitched embroideries of an F and more F graphics through out the exterior. Really fine lines on this machine and the ring of that 4 cam V8 is one to remember. Short video here in its glory. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJqPdB\_8Gg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcJqPdB_8Gg) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmgc0MZKU4](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccmgc0MZKU4) Some random photos of the IS-F ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9728.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9728.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9751.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9751.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9746.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9746.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9764.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9764.jpg) While up at the turn pike all four of us were greeted by Rosso magazine staff. They had an all new Aston Martin DBS. Couple images of this mad house brit machine. ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9733.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9733.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9732.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9732.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9734.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9734.jpg) And a few more random photos from my outing. ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9748-grey.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9748-grey.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9760.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9760.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9795.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9795.jpg) ![http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9799.jpg](http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e363/FEASTEXPORTER/Fuji%20Turnpike%2003-2008/IMGP9799.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![d3x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@d3x](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d3x)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/2 "2008-03-09T09:14:27Z")
wow… to say i envy you is an understatement ---
**Author:** ![Adictd2b00st](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/adictd2b00st/32/7625_2.png) [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/3 "2008-03-09T09:14:41Z")
can i come with you next time? hahah good stuff as always :tup: ---
**Author:** ![psphinx81](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9a140/32.png) [@psphinx81](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/psphinx81)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/4 "2008-03-09T09:32:08Z")
wow. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/5 "2008-03-09T09:34:00Z")
whoa. cool thread. what exactly do you do? magazine photographer? ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/6 "2008-03-09T09:34:48Z")
whoa. cool thread. what exactly do you do? magazine photographer? ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 9:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/7 "2008-03-09T09:38:10Z")
Very cool :tup: ---
**Author:** ![JCuz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jcuz/32/7338_2.png) [@JCuz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JCuz)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/8 "2008-03-09T13:06:54Z")
nice, a+ ---
**Author:** ![jkucz28](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jkucz28/32/7503_2.png) [@jkucz28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jkucz28)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/9 "2008-03-09T13:24:57Z")
must be nice to live in a country with nice cars. ---
**Author:** ![AShort](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ashort/32/4947_2.png) [@AShort](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AShort)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/10 "2008-03-09T13:29:36Z")
kick ass ---
**Author:** ![66impalass](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/66impalass/32/7429_2.png) [@66impalass](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/66impalass)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/11 "2008-03-09T13:30:31Z")
DBS :drool: ---
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/12 "2008-03-09T13:31:03Z")
very cool… do u have the finished shots with the off camera lighting? ---
**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/13 "2008-03-09T13:32:38Z")
sweet pics adam! adam exports auto. stuff from japan to canda and the US. and he is a BIG help:tspry: ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/14 "2008-03-09T15:07:29Z")
dayum ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/15 "2008-03-09T16:54:58Z")
god i want that GTR so fucking bad… ---
**Author:** ![Devioustsi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/devioustsi/32/7406_2.png) [@Devioustsi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Devioustsi)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 5:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/16 "2008-03-09T17:45:25Z")
115mph speed limiter is weak sauce but the car is bad ass. ---
**Author:** ![FEAST\_JAPAN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cc9497/32.png) [@FEAST\_JAPAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FEAST_JAPAN)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/17 "2008-03-10T00:28:19Z")
> [@Devioustsi](#): > > 115mph speed limiter is weak sauce but the car is bad ass. For a long time now all cars sold in Japan were sold with 180KPH limiters attached. Usually a fuel cut off point. The GTR specifically has already had a speed defence unit developed which throws the GPS out of wack., hence the limiter is gone. Mine’s, MCR and a few other shops are sellling the new defence product. ---
**Author:** ![91MR2](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91mr2/32/7217_2.png) [@91MR2](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91MR2)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/18 "2008-03-10T01:11:11Z")
Best threads of 2008 = Feast Japan. Love it… ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/2008-nissan-gtr-finally-a-chance/44682/19 "2008-03-10T05:30:21Z")
VERY nice… I like it