Sorry guys-- I couldn't resist the hype: just ordered a GT-R
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05-25-2008 | 07:05 PM
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I vote Liz.
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05-25-2008 | 07:45 PM
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///M Kevin: it will be Super Silver over Black
Turbodickie: Impressive deal. I have not heard of that in SF Bay Area-- and I did some homework (maybe not enough).
I think the Hugh/Liz perspective might prove accurate, but I am really looking forward to having some fun with the new tranny. Every guy has a secret fantasy of doing two clutches at once.
;-)
I can't imagine selling the Turbo, but I might sell my E60 M5 and keeping both coupes if I like the GT-R and the kids fit in back (they have outgrown the 997TT rear "seats").
-Chris
Turbodickie: Impressive deal. I have not heard of that in SF Bay Area-- and I did some homework (maybe not enough).
I think the Hugh/Liz perspective might prove accurate, but I am really looking forward to having some fun with the new tranny. Every guy has a secret fantasy of doing two clutches at once.
;-)
I can't imagine selling the Turbo, but I might sell my E60 M5 and keeping both coupes if I like the GT-R and the kids fit in back (they have outgrown the 997TT rear "seats").
-Chris
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05-25-2008 | 08:00 PM
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Congrats...and subscribing. 
Me, I'm waiting for the discounted "pre-owned" GTR's to hit the market. Somebody paid $50k for my s2000 back in 2000, and I paid sticker when he sold it with roughly 4k miles.
Doing two clutches at once...that's awesome....never thought of it that way.
Me, I'm waiting for the discounted "pre-owned" GTR's to hit the market. Somebody paid $50k for my s2000 back in 2000, and I paid sticker when he sold it with roughly 4k miles.
Doing two clutches at once...that's awesome....never thought of it that way.
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05-25-2008 | 09:03 PM
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I think you will love it. It will be great to actually see someone own both. Like I confessed in an earlier thread, I am likely to do the same thing and pick one up. But only because I already have a 997TT. I still think getting the GT-R instead of the 997TT is a mistake.
Good luck to you and enjoy it in good health.
Good luck to you and enjoy it in good health.
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05-25-2008 | 10:41 PM
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Congrats. Can't wait for the write up.
I'm willing to bet that you will have an absolute blast with the GT-R... and you will point out many of the things that the press has already said (better planted than the Turbo, makes the 911 feel like an old design, GT-R a great device for going FAST).
...but to echo what others have just said above, the luster of the car will fade, and the Turbo will still be a Turbo (i.e., a "special" car).
Not taking anything away from the GT-R. But I think it will be remembered more for how it pushed the technology goalposts forward, than for being a car that people truly loved and aspired to (outside of the hardcore GT-R community).
Kind of like the NSX actually. Nowadays, its no big deal. But remember that when it hit the scene, it gave Ferrari and Porsche a fright, and supercars of today have more owed to the NSX than Honda gets credit for
...
Oh, and that Liz Hurley analogy is brilliant
I'm willing to bet that you will have an absolute blast with the GT-R... and you will point out many of the things that the press has already said (better planted than the Turbo, makes the 911 feel like an old design, GT-R a great device for going FAST).
...but to echo what others have just said above, the luster of the car will fade, and the Turbo will still be a Turbo (i.e., a "special" car).
Not taking anything away from the GT-R. But I think it will be remembered more for how it pushed the technology goalposts forward, than for being a car that people truly loved and aspired to (outside of the hardcore GT-R community).
Kind of like the NSX actually. Nowadays, its no big deal. But remember that when it hit the scene, it gave Ferrari and Porsche a fright, and supercars of today have more owed to the NSX than Honda gets credit for
...
Oh, and that Liz Hurley analogy is brilliant
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05-26-2008 | 10:38 AM
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Congrats. Can't wait for the write up.
I'm willing to bet that you will have an absolute blast with the GT-R... and you will point out many of the things that the press has already said (better planted than the Turbo, makes the 911 feel like an old design, GT-R a great device for going FAST).
...but to echo what others have just said above, the luster of the car will fade, and the Turbo will still be a Turbo (i.e., a "special" car).
Not taking anything away from the GT-R. But I think it will be remembered more for how it pushed the technology goalposts forward, than for being a car that people truly loved and aspired to (outside of the hardcore GT-R community).
Kind of like the NSX actually. Nowadays, its no big deal. But remember that when it hit the scene, it gave Ferrari and Porsche a fright, and supercars of today have more owed to the NSX than Honda gets credit for
...
Oh, and that Liz Hurley analogy is brilliant
I'm willing to bet that you will have an absolute blast with the GT-R... and you will point out many of the things that the press has already said (better planted than the Turbo, makes the 911 feel like an old design, GT-R a great device for going FAST).
...but to echo what others have just said above, the luster of the car will fade, and the Turbo will still be a Turbo (i.e., a "special" car).
Not taking anything away from the GT-R. But I think it will be remembered more for how it pushed the technology goalposts forward, than for being a car that people truly loved and aspired to (outside of the hardcore GT-R community).
Kind of like the NSX actually. Nowadays, its no big deal. But remember that when it hit the scene, it gave Ferrari and Porsche a fright, and supercars of today have more owed to the NSX than Honda gets credit for
...
Oh, and that Liz Hurley analogy is brilliant
I agree with you!
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05-26-2008 | 01:49 PM
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If you get bored with the GTR, you can upgrade to V-Spec when it comes out.
http://www.drivers-republic.com/news...e_14_05_08.cfm
http://www.drivers-republic.com/news...e_14_05_08.cfm
V-Spec should move the GTR even further ahead of its rivals. Suzuki thinks the car should be as much as 10-seconds quicker than the standard car around the 'Ring.
Last edited by Akira; 05-26-2008 at 07:35 PM.
