Comments on: Review: 2009 Nissan GT-R

By: jackjimturkey

jackjimturkey — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:00:46 +0000

My mid-life crisis car.

the “Fast and Furious” film franchise is for ‘tards.

beatusmongous: “I think this car is absolutely beautiful and horribly ugly at the same time.” That’s a good way of putting it. It’s a polarizing design,that’s for sure.

History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man

By: melias

melias — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:29:12 +0000

beatus…

I am very lucky. And grateful!

I totally agree with your comments about buying your kid a car. A few years back down in Miami, a wealthy father bought his son a new M3 which he destroyed in short order by fishtailing into a telephone pole as I recall. No prob, the father went out and bought him a Z06 after that, because the dad was prosperous and wanted his son to look good.

This time, the son was street racing and blew a red light, plowing into a car that had a delayed green arrow for left hand turns. As you can guess, the driver in the turning car was killed, the guy the kid was racing got away, and the kid destroyed his second car within a year. The kid was injured but ultimately survived.

This time, the authorities went after the dad.

elias

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:04:44 +0000

Hey, Mark, you’re a lucky bastard. You guys looking to hire?

By: gabedm

gabedm — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:51:13 +0000

freakin’ awesome car.

By: beatusmongous

beatusmongous — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:34:59 +0000

I think this car is absolutely beautiful and horribly ugly at the same time, and I love it. But then, I think the PT Cruiser and the Smart ForTwo look great, too. I have weird taste. I definitely wouldn’t mind having one of these. I’d be able to drop my kids off at school, drive it to work, recover it from the police after the police recover it from the thief via the use of the LoJack, take it to the track and drive really fast, leave with a smile on my face and then go home and cry while I write the check for the payment… So many wonderful and terrible emotions with one single car. That would be great.

“And yes his daddy did buy him the car, don’t hate if your dad had that $$$ you’ll be getting one to,”

Yard Dog, my dad has the cash. But he won’t be buying me one at all. I feel (along with my family) that a gifted purchase of this sort has a tendency to go somewhat unappreciated. Your friend may really love his new car, but if he had to fork out the cash himself, I’d be willing to be that his attitude toward the treatment of the car would be totally different. However, I’m trying to talk my dad into buying either one of these, or an Ariel Atom. He needs one last hot car to enjoy.

By: melias

melias — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:53:33 +0000

JohnnyCanuck,

All of the above!

Mark Elias

By: Got Handling?

Got Handling? — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:09:03 +0000

[edited by Leftlane staff] Got Handling?, there is a difference between constructive criticism and commentary and outright attacks. Do the latter again and you’re banned.

Thank you for your patience regarding photography. We’re fixing it now… had another server issue beyond our immediate control.

By: larsim

larsim — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:28:05 +0000

Yeah, I have to agree with a couple of the posters above…. I just saw one on the road for the first time last week (it was black color) and OMG! It looks waaaaay better than the pics circulating the web. This is one of those cars you just have to see it to appreciate and marvel at iit.

By: yarddog82abn

yarddog82abn — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:49:28 +0000

The son of a customer of mine picked one up 2 weeks ago and with my SCCA Lic., I convince him to bring it out to race track this past weekend, sorry for bragging but I have rented 360 Modenas, Lambos, Turbo 911’s, but I must say this thing is awesome!!! WOW, on the track it is so forgiving, unlike Lambos, and it is high tech but easy to use. I’m a gear head, and yes I do faver U.S. cars, but this is a step above the “norm”, at over $100K It’s not cheap, but you do get your $$$$ worth’s…

And yes his daddy did buy him the car, don’t hate if your dad had that $$$ you’ll be getting one to,

By: drchiem

drchiem — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:33:48 +0000

I saw this bad boyz couple weeks ago, holy crap you have to see it in person to appreciated it. It’s look very aggressive and super fast. The down side for this baby was if you have 100K then you are still 15K short. The nissan in my city mark sticker price for this GTR was 115K. Not a good news for Nissan.

By: coolguy8157

coolguy8157 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:31:35 +0000

This is one of the sperfast cars with all the tech toys and sporty as well at the same time…..Only wish if they make more of these…

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:06:29 +0000

melias: I sit here trying to uncover what deep, underlying spiritual connotation you meant for us to ponder by including the photo of the rusted out hulk in the field. Is this some sort of visual metaphor meant to illustrate just how far the state of all things automotive has come, or are you merely trying to bring things into their proper perspective by showing us something most of us could actually afford?

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:57:46 +0000

however i dont understand what is so $3000 good about that silver paintjob

By: A4

A4 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:55:36 +0000

ive already seen 3 on the road they look incredible, especially in black with the gunmetal rims, i think they could use a pair of OEM foglights, or “driving lights” integrated into that front bumper though.

By: Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3

Lariat Luxury Locomotive Liner No.3 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:44:13 +0000

This car has flipped the performance automotive world on its ear—and with good reason. A six-banger with AWD that puts may in its category, and above, to shame if not for its keen technology, then its price.

By: Fromes

Fromes — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:29:26 +0000

actually saw one on the road for the first time the other day, It was following a brand new dodge viper, they ended up both pulling in to a nissan dealership, wonder if it was some sort of demo for the dealer?

any way, a sick car, and it looks much better in person then it does in photos, its to bad there hard to find and sell for way way more then the 80,000 sticker price