RobertJamesB

Thanks for the welcome GUNR35. No I haven't really had any problems at all as such. It is quite a difficult car to reverse even apart from the poor visibility particularly in cold weather as the diffs lock the wheels quite a bit and if you you reverse and turn at the same time it isn't a very smooth ride. I had to do this the other day backing out of a driveway up a hill and turning hard.... it wasn't nice! I find that the car still surprises me a lot with its vicious acceleration. I think my son got it right when he suggested that its not really a smooth acceleration but rather more of a slingshot experience was a better way to describe it. I am interested to read about the supposed improvements in lubrication with the Willall racing oils over the Nissan oils and it seems that they are significantly better and i'm wondering if i could ask Moorooka Nissan to use this at my 10k service ... I wonder if that will void my warranty??

Hi Guys: Thanks for the welcoming note: I have actually got nearly 6000 K's on the GTR now as I drive it to work everyday. My last car was the V10 M5 and I can tell you that the R35 would leave it in its dust! The only issues i have had so far are the strange rattling noises at idle from under the car... I actually recorded them and sent them to nissan HQ in Melbourne and to my surprise they had the top GTR technician in Brisbane a few days later to give a course to the guys up here so I took it to him for a listen. To my relief he took a quick listen to my car and said that this was entirely normal. He then took me into the Nissan HQ in Brisbane and gave me a full presentation on his computer and showed me how the transmission and clutch assembly is actually dry sumped so at idle you do hear the teeth of the engaged gears meshing! He also showed me some great video of rash testing of the GTR and it actually performs very well in these tests. The only other issue appart from the lack of Aux input is the way the rear of the car gets so bloody dirty!!! Only a few hours drive and the rear of the car is filthy... Regarding the inputs , Stuart you seem to be onto a great idea there. I'm also an engineer but I will leave you to figure that stuff out... I was pretty disappointed about the lack of GPS and Aux inputs when I got the car so I have an iphone holder in the car now which basically just charges my iphone. I have the turn by turn application which converts it into a very useful GPS navigation but now my problem is that the insertion of the phone into the holder automatically mutes the sound so I cant hear the spoken directions!! Back to the car however I would look forward to a day at the track so if anyone is doing this then I'll be in. Just remember however that track days are pretty harsh on tyres so we had better be sure there are some spares around if we need them!

Hi Everyone: I'm new to this forum and have had a new R35 for about 3 months now. I think I was the second car in Brisbane so you have probably seen my pearl white R35 around Brissie. I am looking at possibilities of getting my ipod connected to the sound system so that I can use the turn by turn iphone App as my GPS and have already spoken to Audio Express about it and it doesn't sound that easy so anyone with an idea i'm all ears!