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"Fans of the monster car will love this. Four stars" Auto Express The first Japanese Supercar, Skyline GTR R32, had earth-shattering performance and some unique characteristics. It was only offered for sale in Japan and Britain, yet had a worldwide reputation because of the Gran Turismo computer game. This DVD looks at the original R32, drives it back-to-back with the latest R35, and examines the GT-R that's winning races in the FIA GT1 World Championship. Plus, Gran Turismo creator and gaming legend Kazanori Yamauchi explains why the GT-R won such a special place in the affection of gamers, drifters and street-racers and how his GT Academy is bringing virtual racers into the real world of racetrack competition. Explore a legend and discover the latest chapter in the history-making story of a ground-breaking car. More than four decades ago, the Skyline legend was born; 20 years later the seventh generation emerged and changed everything. This was the Nissan Skyline GT-R R32, a massively powerful and technologically advanced machine which amazed with its speed, handling and cutting-edge electronics. Initially a cause for excitement only among specialists, the arrival of the Sony PlayStation game Gran Turismo – a simulator offering an incredibly realistic driving experience – brought the GT-R to the mainstream and helped establish the legend. Now, another two decades later, there is a new chapter in this legend – the arrival of the mouth-watering R35. Gone is the Skyline name – the new breed is purely and simply a GT-R. This absorbing programme traces the story of the GT-R right through to the R35, combining breathtaking track and road action with lingering close-ups, interviews and fact-filled commentary. We ride in-car at the famous race circuits of Spa and the Nurburgring, travel to Tokyo to see possibly the world’s fastest GT-R, a 1200bhp, 200mph street-legal monster, being pushed to the limit and watch the R35 on the speed limit-free roads of the Isle of Man. The DVD also includes a stunning comparison between the Gran Turismo experience of driving a GT-R on the streets of London and the real-life thrill of an R35 on the roads of the English capital. The programme includes interviews with Gran Turismo creator Kazunori Yamauchi and Andy Middlehurst, four-times a saloon car champion with Nissan and now a specialist dealer, as they reveal what makes the GT-R such an exceptional driving experience. We also study the transition of the R35 to the racetrack, following Sumo Power GT Team as it takes on the new-look FIA GT1 World Championship. Team boss Nigel Stepney and drivers Peter Dumbreck and Michael Krumm explain the challenges of transforming the GT-R to the championship’s regulations, as well as the sheer delight of being able to take to the track in the ultimate coupling of power and technology. Plus, you share the experience in a on-board lap of Silverstone filmed from inside the Sumo Power GT machine. "It's nearly 40 years since Nissan unleashed its original Skyline GT-R, and this DVD charts the supercar's history way back to 1972's PGC10 model. But its main focus is on the late 1980s R32 and modern GT-R R35. There's road and track footage, interviews with drivers and experts, plus informed commentary. It does linger on the custom modifications and video game tie-in, yet fans of the monster car will love this. four stars" Auto Express RRP$ 29 My price: $15 Item located in Strathfield South, NSW. Will ship interstate at purchaser's cost. Please feel free to contact me (Cameron) on 0487 187 836.

Hell, I may as well give them a buzz. I mean, they can only say no, eh? Thanks Guys!

Are these the championship rounds (or, in other words, the races during the year) or just the Bathurst 1000 at the end? I already have the entire set of Bathurst 'The Great Race' VHS videos (from 1960 to 1992). It's only the championship rounds (that occurred throughout the year) that I'm after. Any crazed collectors got access to these?

I'll check it out. You know all those times that your mum told you that you were awesome? She was right! ;-) Cheers!

Chevron.com.au appears to be be a big fail. Contacted them but they don't have anything unless it has been provided to them via one of the big TV networks. In other words, they've got sweet bugger all. Any other crazed GT-R fans out there with recordings of their own creation like myself? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Hell, I'd even pay for good quality material! Would dearly like to watch those championship rounds with the R32 kicking ass again! ()

Being the proud owner of an R32 GTR (purchased almost exclusively due to a teenage memory of the 1991 and 1992 victories of the same model at Bathurst) I was recently watching my VHS to digital video conversions of the Bathurst 1000 races, and had a yearning to watch the championship rounds for the same years. Does anybody have access to (or could provide recommendations for how to get) this material? Cheers!

Item sold. Thanks for looking!

Price drop to $50. Can also be used as a hat, if one was so inclined.

R32 GTR Standard Steering Wheel In average condition condition (slightly worn through in right hand thumb grip area) $100 Pickup only (from Strathfield South) Cam - 0487 187 836

In this day of Bathurst races featuring similar-looking cars with similar-looking drivers, I'd like to take the opportunity to congratulate Mark Skaife (one of the two guys responsible for me owning an R32 GT-R - the other one not being a fan of a 'pack of assholes') and Craig Lowndes on their win! Cheers! P.S. Mark, if you're reading this, where do I send you the bill for everything I have spent on my GT-R in the past couple of decades?

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For those of you that wish to hear what the muffler sounded like: This is not my car (unfortunately I didn't think to record it as I didn't anticipate wanting to sell it) but the exhaust note is almost identical.

R32 GT-R Canon Muffler (unknown brand) in EXCELLENT CONDITION to suit 3.5" system. Muffler tip is 4.5 inches. This was originally purchased about six months ago for $290. Current price $150. I am downright finicky when it comes to how my car sounds and this was an excellent muffler with just the right combination of flow and growl (whilst still being able to remain legal but turn heads). Only for sale because I have replaced it with a Varex adjustable muffler (which is surprisingly quiet for a 'straight throw' system). I am already starting to miss the old 'growl'. Snap this up before I end up putting it back on! () Sydney (Beverly Hills) pickup only. Cam - 0409 673 556

What's reversion?

Yeah, wiring and connections may be the next direction to look. Cheers!