See the GTR article at autospeed.com...

[gjb977]

The editor says about his drive the next day in a R34 GTR -

"And with the drive scheduled for the next day, did I have trouble sleeping the night before? Nope. In fact, it filled me with - literally - about as much excitement as I would have had when facing the prospect of driving any car that's new to me. Like a Hyundai Getz, for example."

Now read what he says after his drive...

"But in the way it went around corners - not just in speed but in feedback and communication and predictability - was something I have never before experienced.

Absolutely blindingly good. A true redefiner of benchmarks.

And I sure have never said that before of anything with a 'GT-R' badge.

Finally, here is a car that lives up to the hype."

[Mick Trainer]

Yes and for me Julian is not much of a reference.

[kabab]

LOL autospeed i remember the mass exodus....

[Merli]

Autosuck? Is that still going?

[fatz]

is that guy still allowed out with a pen

jesus

[Roy]

I like Zoom when he was the editor. Still like Zoom, but magazine doesnt have the variey of articles it had under Julian.

[EnricoPalazzo]

Ahh Julian Gayass

[darkstar]

Whats so wrong with Julian? Care to back up why you hate him so much? Am i missing something here or.....?

[gjb977]

He has written a few articles for autospeed.com about GTR's. He hates R32 GTRs. He said R33 GTR's are OK, but nothing to write home about.

This was his first ever article where he gave the GTR some credit.

[Roy]

I think he is actually the founder of Autospeed, and i recall he use to do articles for Fast Fours (back in the early 90s, maybe was even editor) then started up Zoom magazine.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion, he actually owned an R32 GTR so is only conveying his experiences with his car.

He made it pretty clear he prefers AWD cars such as his Liberty/Audi etc over the Nissan/Porsche 4WD Systems.

I have never been in an R32 GTR driven in anger so cant speak for myslef, but its interesting to hear someone elses opinion, even if it goes against the general consensus.

[T0nyGTSt]

Originally posted by gjb977

He has written a few articles for autospeed.com about GTR's.  He hates R32 GTRs.  He said R33 GTR's are OK, but nothing to write home about.

Pretty sure this is michael knowling...

T.

[Guest wilco]

He owed an Aussie Nissan imported R32 GTR, GTR-111 from memory, he is an okay guy just seems to have a lot of people that don't like him.

There seem to be a few speed shops around Adelaide that don't think much of him either, I don't know what he did to deserve the bad rap tho.

Didn't he move to Brisbane or some shit though?

[Roy]

I doubt its the reason ,

...but his magazines/publications do expose certain practices/modifications to be myths, and does encourage the DIY philosophy. Either shops dont get as much business as a result or they have to fix the backyard mess thats been created after reading such an article.

[Pva_Glue]

http://carpoint.ninemsn.com.au/reviews/rev...ory.asp?ID=2160

[Simmo]

I like JE, He tells it how it is! or at least how he thinks it is.

I think the GTR just didn't serve his purpose!

.....and lest face it does a 32 really handle? or is it just fun to drive with power oversteer?

Simmo

[Guest wilco]

Can't forget Julian crashed his R32 twice (that I know of) and complained a lot about the 4x4 f/r transfer, I think he just had a bad experience with his particular car.