2008 Nissan Skyline GT-R next to me at the light in St. Pete, FL today

[CASTREX]

Originally Posted by bdc87

Thats what you get for buying an overpriced sports car. For an American car I'd recommend a variant of the Mustang like a Shelby or Saleen the New GT500 is badass. Also lotus has setup here and have the elise,1984lbs 0-60 in 4.9 0-100 in 12.9 and 24mpg.

The GTR is overpriced??? Have you seen how much it cost any of it's direct competition?

For what you get the GTR is concidered a bargain by many.

I wonder how much is an oil change for a Porsche GT3 or a Lambo?

You gotta pay to play... these cars are no daily drivers, no beaters...

Mustang > GTR don't think so...

[CASTREX]

Originally Posted by PK198105

Porsche is 200$

Really????

I'm not talking about a Boxter or Cayman...

Talking about their high end models...

Something like GT3 RS $200 I doubt it. but I could be wrong.

[bdc87]

I was talking about the corvette not the Skyline.

[CASTREX]

Originally Posted by bdc87

I was talking about the corvette not the Skyline.

[2006fronty]

At first I was in awe of the R35 GTR's, but now with people having issues with the transmissions I'm beginning to become skeptical. In order to do the 1/4 mile and 0-60 in the times that Nissan advertised ( 0-60 3.4 sec, and 11.4 1/4 mile I'm pretty sure) you have to turn VDC (traction control) to use the Launch control feature, BUT by turning off the VDC you void the warranty. Some guy apparently used launch control a few times, and now his tranny blew up (the black box recorded VDC being off) . Nissan wants 20K for a new tranny haha. I understand not abusing the launch control feature, but come on. Nissan shouldn't have let EVERY publication brag about the 0-60 and 1/4 mile times if you can't achieve those times without voiding the warranty. Classic Nissan service, on a car that costs $70,000-80,000 is unacceptable. Here's the link, http://www.nagtroc.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=25361 and a funny photoshop I found in that thread

[09TRD]

Originally Posted by PK198105

one of my regular stops is a Porsche dealership. the Carrera GT is about 350$

Porsche stopped building the Carrera GT three model years ago and virtually every one was sold before they arrived at the dealerships.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Carrera_GT

At which Porsche dealership are you seeing these cars?

[deadworld]

ive worked for nissan as tech , nissan infamous for trans issues

[PaidTimeOff]

Saw a red one on the road this past weekend. Looks nice, but I still prefer the looks of the R34. Why the hell would they give you an easy access switch to make the car faster when pushing that switch automatically voids the warranty if something goes wrong? They should have hidden that switch and put a sticker on it warning drivers that flipping the switch will void the trans warranty. And wtf were Nissan thinking not engineering a bulletproof transmission for their most powerful/expensive vehicle? lose money.