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05-09-2008, 09:27 PM
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Road & Track: GT-R DVD Special
- Brief review
- Magazine staff opinions on the car
- Interview with Kazutoshi Mizuno
- A couple of hotlaps through the Buttonwillow Raceway Park with Steve Millen commenting on the ride!
Part 1:
Part 2:
MSN review of Nissan GT-R (2008 onwards model):
http://cars.uk.msn.com/Reviews/artic...mentid=8248757
R35 GTR J-spec in USA
followed a R35 gtr in orange county CA,
he stalled an automatic gtr neutral to first without enough gas... car is really fast though...
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05-09-2008, 09:36 PM
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0-60 in 10 seconds
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05-09-2008, 09:36 PM
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Ah. Cars and Coffee. That's probably the place where I'll see my first GT-R on the road.
-Edmonds
So on this day, the 2009 Nissan GT-R does not beat the Porsche 911 Turbo, which recorded an 11.6-second quarter-mile at 118.5 mph during an '07 test. But it's still faster than every other production car on the planet.
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Huh? Slower than other cars but still fasther than every other production car on the planet?
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05-09-2008, 10:28 PM
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^ gotta love baseless-sweeping statements.
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05-09-2008, 10:38 PM
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Huh? Slower than other cars but still fasther than every other production car on the planet?
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Other then of course the z06 (127 mph trap) with times in the low 11s stock on run flats, the 911, and about 50 other cars.
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05-09-2008, 11:19 PM
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wtf are they complaining road noise.....road and track really need to hire someone with more common sense.
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05-13-2008, 02:29 PM
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Wow - what an excuse filled writeup.
Road America was the first road course time trial on the 2008 One Lap menu, and also the defining run for the GT-R. At 3900 pounds, it’s a car that likes long straights and fast corners. It isn’t nearly as happy on circuits with tight corners, where understeer limits its responses.
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And this seems to go against everything everyong else says about the car.. now it can't handle tight short circuts.. but loves long circuits?
Hmmm... something is fishy yet again... because all the Japanese tests show the GT-R crushing any opposition on short courses.
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05-13-2008, 03:04 PM
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You can see quite clearly that the AWD system is trying to push out the rear to compensate for the understeer in the tight circuit. That will heat up the tires much faster than a car that doesn't do that kinda trick.
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05-13-2008, 03:16 PM
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05-13-2008, 03:35 PM
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Targa Tasmania and now this. The road-going GT-R's aren't having very much competetive success for being the car that's supposed to be easier to take to the limit. 11th overall is pretty good, but not very godzilla-like.
Conclusion: fast but not Jesus yet again.
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05-13-2008, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 79TA
Targa Tasmania and now this. The road-going GT-R's aren't having very much competetive success for being the car that's supposed to be easier to take to the limit. 11th overall is pretty good, but not very godzilla-like.
Conclusion: fast but not Jesus yet again.
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The tuner's will have to play jesus again all over
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05-13-2008, 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by RC45
And this seems to go against everything everyong else says about the car.. now it can't handle tight short circuts.. but loves long circuits?
Hmmm... something is fishy yet again... because all the Japanese tests show the GT-R crushing any opposition on short courses.
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as tested by Best Motoring:
Tsukuba (2km):
Sleggera ~ 1:01.599
GTR ~ 1:01.94
http://www.fastestlaps.com/track3.html
Twin Ring Motegi (4,8km):
Sleggera ~ 2:10:024
GTR ~ 2:07:600
http://www.fastestlaps.com/track13.html
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05-13-2008, 07:05 PM
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Originally Posted by toffytofik
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Were these times/tests back top back on track at the same time? If not, then such close times on such a short circuit are meaningless if taken at different times.
Explain the video displays of the GT-R pushing 911T's into the dirt then?
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