Wardski

Nice, gotta love the R8's but I think I'd rather my GT-R "family wagon" ha ha!

You could always get the dealer to do it, that way if they break it, they fix it lol

It is interesting indeed. I just wish we got the same 5 year drivetrain warranty like the US boys. Not fair really...

I'm not surprised. Mark (service manager @ Moorooka) mentioned that they use Allianz for underwriting their warranties, and he said had no idea how Rockingham were able to provide said warranty extensions... I gave him a copy of the email in this thread when I picked up my GTR from service. He said he would have a chat with the Rockingham peoples to find out more because he would love to do it if they could.. That was 4.20pm this arvo..

So dropped the GTR off over @ Moorooka this morning and had a chat with the service manager there. He indicated they do not provide extended warranties, however he was interested to find out the details of how Rockingham Nissan can offer it. Not that I'm overly worried, they also don't seem to be very mod friendly @ Moorooka either so installing Willall parts and maintaining warranty is NEG. Maybe other dealers will take the risk on mods, but its clear Moorooka will not.

Of course mate. I bought my 2010 from WA, shipped to Brisbane, QLD GT-R service centres are universal Aus wide, thats why there are so few of them.

Ask your service dealer!

Hankook tyres on a GT-R? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHA. The GT-R isn't your everyday family wagon mate! If your dad owns a tyre store and you've worked there a while, you should know everything about tyres.. So you would know that every tyre has a wear rating (the higher the wear rating the longer it takes to wear them out), and you would also know that there are not many tyre brands making 20" tyres in 255 and 285 sizes at the correct load rating for the GT-R. Hankook certainly do not make tyres for the GT-R - unless you know something the Hankook website doesn't. So, maybe if you don't know what you're talking about, you should find out more about daddy's business and learn more about what brands of tyres are available in Australia and overseas (http://www.tirerack....e=60101&tab=All) suitable for the GT-R before posting another comment..

Man I wish there were more GTR owners in Bris. Would be good to catch up with some other owners for a coffee and compare notes

Will do!

Welcome mate!. I've had my new 2010 Super Silver (was sitting in a show room in WA for a year) since Dec last year and while doesnt have the little refinements of the 2011, I just love it. I know a lot of people here just want more noise, but when I'm in the Clem7 tunnel under Brissy, windows down it's plenty noisy for me I also have a 2.5yr old in a baby seat in the back - the GT-R is his apparently - so I must only drive it with him in it lol, which makes it a bloody good family supercar IMO Gear changes are clunky at slow speeds, but you get used to it after a while. You'll probably also have the rear brake rattle as well as the fly wheel rattle that they all have when warm, so just ignore that and all is good in the world Out of interest, and if you haven't gone there already, a really good web source on the GT-R is www.nagtroc.org. Sign up and get your name down for a set of V-Spec carbon covers for your key fobs too (in the interior/exterior forum thread). Rexspeed is currently in the process of taking order numbers!

Youtube is your friend

My 2010 goes in for the first service on Monday. I will be asking Nissan!

If this is Australia wide, this is AWESOME!! But whats the catch? Do you have to sign up when you buy new? or just apply for it before the original 3 year wty is up??

Isnt this what REVS is for??

Yep, the EX10 powers the ipod. I was using one in my Subaru STi before I bought the 2010 GT-R. Worked very well, and supports bluetooth streaming from an iOS or Android smartphone too.

My Mini Cooper S Schnitzer came with a can of spray.. My GT-R didn't even have that.. so, I have Nissan Roadside Assist phone number on speed dial ha ha!

Really interested in your review Munro. Keep us all up to date. BTW, what did it cost you all up per quarter delivered & installed?

+1 ^ this

Dunlops are the best "good in all areas" RFT.

Akrapovic make awesome exhausts, infact I have one on my Ducati. It's just the very unreasonable $4.5k for GT-R cat back that puts people off.... GT-R tax at its very best.

I also thought the jack in my 2010 was gone - I think its madness they don't sell the car with one TBH.. Nissan sell a chrome plated GT-R jack for around USD$210 http://www.nissanautosports.com/nissan-gt-r-chrome-jack-with-gt-r-logo-999-prd1.htm

Nice

You're absolutely right. There's not 1 single reason for driving down the price. All of these are contributing factors.

It's obvious that the transmission is the weakest link in the almighty GT-R. With this in mind, we're already seeing <3yr old 2009's go for under $100k, and I expect them to drop down to sub $80k very early next year unless Nissan start issuing extended warranties to cover the higher frequency faults like this. I wouldn't go so far as to say Nissan have been proactive in fixing the known transmission issues, but they have attempted "creative" intermediate fixes along the way, some of which have introduced new issues. For example, the very original 2007 models had the worst tranny issues with a shortened output shaft which resulted in stripping pinion gears.. The shaft was then lengthened and secured with cir-clips. Further down the line, the cir-clips have been found prone to fail as we have seen in the US, even in the latest 2012 models. The gear select solenoid/pistons and pressure sensor failures have been known to fail in all models across the board. In the 2012, Nissan have applied a strengthened shift fork. Some have said this is a great idea, but GT-R tranny builders in the US have commented that the fork will be more susceptable to shear forces as its more rigid and the flexibility is heavily reduced. Only time will tell... What concerns me is that these failures are just as likely to happen in modded GT-R's as they are in stock. There's some interesting reading here (http://www.nagtroc.o...ion-drivetrain/) as well as a Transmission Failure Registry. In my honest oppinion, I think you would have to be mighty unlucky to have a transmission failure in a stock GT-R unless you launched it 10 times every day. However all things aside, with all the negative press covered in a multitude of forums around the world, the crappy little 3yr non-extendable Nissan warranty has to be questioned in terms of "resale", especially when the US gets 5yrs.