Test Drive - New GT-R

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When Nissan offered to let us drive the new GT-R last month Drift Ops was all over that thanks to our good friends at Autojournal. Considering the car was not open to the press yet and was offered only for special clients we felt honored. According to the Nissan rep Wayne was the 4th and I was the 6th person in Canada to ever drive the vehicle at that time.

First thing you notice about the GT-R is its aggressive stance and size. Just biatch is big! How will it handle? With well over 480hp on tap this beast is unreal…no bogging just ramped up acceleration when shifting gears on the paddles. Rev matching is seamless and the amount of power on tap is quite impressive.

Cruising on the highway at 130, drop a gear and open the throttle to 20% and you’ll be doing an impressive flyby and hitting 160 instantly. This thing has so much power on command with little to no lag.

Pro or con…it does feel like a japanese car. Super precise handling, very good driver feedback and feels like you’re driving in a video game. With the command center LCD at your finger tips you can customize the displays to show you pretty much anything u want. It also data logs for future reference.

Transmission, suspension and AWD settings are at your finger tips. Its not just a gimmick, they actually work! Set the suspension to “R” setting and feel your spine compress with every crack in the road!

K enough talking, heres the pics…wayner add urs too I havent seen them yet

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And not one pic of you getting sideways…ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

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You guys sure know how to make us jealous :frowning:

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You must feel special, Special K.

I’d punch babies for one of those. Yes, thats an ‘S’ on the end of babies.

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One motion pic… WEAK and no dyno… double WEAK.

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arg…you lucky bastards

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Only 2 in Canada right now…if I damage that thing I’d have to punch those babies to make a living. No drifting this time :slight_smile:

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You came up 2 Barrie? AND YOU DIDNT CALL INTENSE!!! WHAT KIND OF FRIEND ARE YOU! lol You are a bunch of lucky bastards!

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ok Special K, is the georgan downs in the back ground of that pic? wow you came to barrie and didnt come by? why??? i thought we were close man!!!

but no that is one kick ass car. congrats man!!! looks good.

I wish…

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thats pretty baller

700 of these sold within 48 hours
http://www.fashionfunky.com/2008/04/700_nissan_gtrs_sold_in_48_hou.php

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Congrats on the drive man, very cool.

SG looks like a box of skittles in that pic.

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Damn man thats nuts… I want one soo bad.

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I spent some time with her too thanks to Nissan USA burning it around the mountains of Lake Tahoe and at the Reno Fenway Racetrack. There were 6 GT-Rs there but I really had a soft spot for this one in KH2 Gunmetal. I swear she responded better to my commands with more torque and sharper steering.

Full review to follow in Performance Auto & Sound Magazine and on the new www.pasmag.com

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Come on no videos???

Here’s my little crappy vid. :slight_smile:

In a jist, the car is awesome, great linear powerband, too quiet though and its HUGE! I’d still buy it any day of the week. What a monster.

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hmmmmmmmmm… i likey

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Ya I gots videos but they need editing. Ty @ exhaustnote.com got some good ones.

I wouldn’t buy a GT-R though…I’m waiting for the “bitchslapping the 'ring in 7:25 V-Spec” version.

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/04/08/nissan-gt-r-v-spec-lap-times-stun-observers

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i hate you…

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You know I was headed home from Georgian College 2 maybe 3 weeks ago and I saw a new skyline headed north on the 400. I wonder if this was the same day.
And I wish I knew about this then, I would have came out and snaped some pics.