One Thing I Cant Stand About The New Gtr

[gucio]

Look what Titan Motorsport has done for the Supra, really good quality parts at cheap prices.

http://www.titanmotorsports.com/

no need to wait 4 weeks to get stuff from japan, just get it from america and it comes in a week or so.

I hope the same thing happens with the GTR.

[ferni]

Think of all the spare parts we will be able to buy in a few years when these american kids write off their GTR Half cuts anyone? Free trade agreement between aus and usa?

[MBS206]

Ah dood...

It's actually the Aussies who pronounce Nissan incorrectly.

It is properly pronounced neesssaaan...

Ni being pronounced knee.

ssan being pronounced saaaan (or sarn, or if you ever learnt japanese in high school... Son)

[Silver-Arrowz]

I'm probably glad they're getting it. Every yank I spoke to in the US that knew what a GTR was would have this idea that it was an indestructible car that terrorised the world with an iron claw or something. Sure I loved my old GTR but no way I'd look at it in the same light as a Porsche.

[Angus Smart]

Look what Titan Motorsport has done for the Supra, really good quality parts at cheap prices.

http://www.titanmotorsports.com/

no need to wait 4 weeks to get stuff from japan, just get it from america and it comes in a week or so.

I hope the same thing happens with the GTR.

i beleive my friend (owns a workshop) had some idiot getting things from the states for his supra, only to find the shit didnt fit correctly i think the steering rack or something was in the way

[Angus Smart]

Ah dood...

It's actually the Aussies who pronounce Nissan incorrectly.

It is properly pronounced neesssaaan...

Ni being pronounced knee.

ssan being pronounced saaaan (or sarn, or if you ever learnt japanese in high school... Son)

yer yer i know, its more the yanky nasal i dislike having just got back from there 2 weeks ago i'm well over it!

[HackerX]

i beleive my friend (owns a workshop) had some idiot getting things from the states for his supra, only to find the shit didnt fit correctly i think the steering rack or something was in the way

Your friend bought steering components (or components near the steering) from a country that has their steering wheels on the wrong side and wonders why they didn't fit correctly?

[Angus Smart]

Your friend bought steering components (or components near the steering) from a country that has their steering wheels on the wrong side and wonders why they didn't fit correctly?

read what i wrote again.

[jaik]

It seems to be a Nissan-wide thing. The Z's paint is rubbish as well. It chips so much easier than other cars in its class, and at 1500kg its not like they should be worried about saving a kg or two by using fewer coats.

The paint on my V35 is superb. I have a sticker on the back window that says "5 Year Coat" - which I assume means it has some sort of protective coating on it or its warrantied for 5 years? Everytime i wash the car its a rewarding experience... the top coat dries quickly without spots and the silver looks deep and glittery. I actually polished and waxed the entire car one day with Maguires stuff and I can honestly say the quality of the paint looked no different, with no extra evident shine etc compared to before i did it. I even did half the roof at a time and you could not tell which side was shinier.

Rock on Kneesarn paint!

JK

[funkymonkey]

isn't the 5 year coating just an added clear coat on top to con people out of an extra couple of grand when purchasing the car?

[edspaged2]

the fact the yanks are getting it.

"neeeesannnnnnn" GTR i wished they called it the infinity gtr

well, at least we still claim titles to the R31, 32, 33 and R34 models and they have a hard time getting them.

apparently Nee-Saan is a more accurate way to pronounce it- just ask Baron

doesn't stop it sounding like aids to us when Seppos say it though

Funny how they cant pronounce Honda correctly and its their 'tuner' choice of car. "hahnduh" lol!!

[jaik]

isn't the 5 year coating just an added clear coat on top to con people out of an extra couple of grand when purchasing the car?

Well im not complaining, i wasnt the one that got conned I rate it either way

JK

[Duncan]

exactly ferni and scathing, its great news that this will be sold in the US.

consider an intercooler kit for a 33 gtst. In 2001 you would pay about $2k for one fm HKS in Japan. Today you pay $300 for one from china that is twice the size.

The sooner there are cheap aftermarket bits for the r35 the better. And the bigger the market (ie US) the sooner we will have bits. Also means we will have an english workshop manual for sure which is something sorely missed for a lot of imports.

$AUD is even stronger against $USD than the yen, so it is all good. And we have free trade so only GST on imports from there

[bryno]

Slightly off topic.. was looking through that titan motorsport website and saw this for sale... expensive skyline

Proves that with greater coverage comes reduced prices.. Don't think I'd get US$26k if I sold my gtst.. GTR released on a scale this big can only be a good thing

[M///POWER]

My bosses 19 year old cousin is over from America and comes from an upper class (millions not tens of millions) family and was telling me about some of his friends and guys he went to school with. One he was telling me yesterday was that a friend of his was promised any car of his choice paid for by his parents when he got into college, his choice was of course a Neeesaaan (he says it that way aswell, im trying to teach him otherwise) R35 GTR. It was weird, i actually felt pissed off and betrayed (jealous) that anyone, especially some rich bastard who has never had to work gets an R35 for his first car. It was either the GTR or a Porsche....

Kudos to the parents but hey such is life, there will always be some 17-18 year old that gets given a luxury/sports vehicle as a gift for busting there chops off to have good education. I personally don't care if they get given a F430 just as long as the kid can appreciate what he or she is given.

Now on topic, it is wise of Nissan to capitalize in a market that craves for these sorts of vehicles so its simple economics DEMAND. My car in the U.S is so effing cheap in price compared to what we Aussies pay here, but its economies of a scale, they have a huge market so the price is adjusted. The U.S pricing of the R35 is supposed to be 70k (but since its new dealers are asking for 10k over sticker price) and we in Aus are being told that the price is estimated to be arpound 150k. We just got to make more babies so our population grows and we have a larger market. START POPPING EM OUT I SAY!!!

[m3gtr]

Bloody hell, all this pronunciation talk has me frothing.

日 ( NI ) 産 ( SAN )- NISSAN.

Ni stands for day. San stands for born.

So one could surmise and this is of course open to interpretation, that it translates into "Born on this day"

But Nissan used to be known as...

Nippon Sangyo - which translates into "Japanese Production": This may well have been the origins of the Nissan brand name.

[TezGT-R]

The only thing I can't stand about the new GT-R is THERE'S NOT ONE IN MY DRIVEWAY.

[MFC05]

I dont understand what all the fuss is about Nissan releasing the GTR in the State. The United Stated is still an economic powerhouse with 300 million people as if Nissan would release the new GTR over here before the US.The feasability study probs show its more profitable over there dont we all Nissan lovers want Nissan to make good profit margins so they can desgin and built better cars ?

[limpus]

I just got back from the states not too long ago and i must say that although the american accent is irritating...the feral aussie bogan accent is just as bad...cringeworthy even...

Don't get me wrong...i'm singaporean and our english is terrible too...and don't even get me started on indians...

Bottom line...there are car enthusiasts there too and they deserve decent cars as well...

[niZmO_Man]

Lol how about Indians with shitty American accents?