My Nissan GTR Driving Experience

G-MAN2004 · 4 Jun 2012 at 18:43

mccarf said:
Guessing off the registration plate I'd say an Ariel Atom

I did think that, but I didn't know it looked that huge from the back!

Or maybe it's just my eyes.

Rroff · 4 Jun 2012 at 18:47

flibbage0 said:
I really want to drive a GT-R

You can drive them on the track at loads of places from about £80-90 upwards. Tho you really need a place where the instructor will let you push it a bit I'm guessing people's experience of it above are a bit colored by the instructor being reserved? quite a lot of them from what I hear don't encourage you to go too fast and the GT-R really comes into its own when your pushing it far beyond most other cars. (Don't be timid with the accelerator in most cases you can stamp it straight to the floor without having to worry about the back coming out).

Peter450 said:
And on a postive note, if your still in love with the GTR in 5 years time, you will probably be able to buy one for 20k or maybe even less

Being able to afford to buy one is one thing, being able to afford to insure and maintain one is another - despite being quite a lot cheaper to buy than most other cars in the same ballpark they don't cost any less really to run from my research. (I really want to own one but the insurance cost alone would wipe out a large chunk of my income).

hurfdurf · 4 Jun 2012 at 19:53

Rroff said:
Being able to afford to buy one is one thing, being able to afford to insure and maintain one is another - despite being quite a lot cheaper to buy than most other cars in the same ballpark they don't cost any less really to run from my research. (I really want to own one but the insurance cost alone would wipe out a large chunk of my income).

Assuming you have a wife and kids and a national average income, I still think a GTR would be doable if you prioritised it enough, take away the wife and kid, and it would be easy.

GingerNinja1989 · 4 Jun 2012 at 20:35

G-MAN2004 said:
I did think that, but I didn't know it looked that huge from the back!

Or maybe it's just my eyes.

It'll be the V8 version with that mahoosive wing.

flibbage0 · 4 Jun 2012 at 21:09

Rroff said:
You can drive them on the track at loads of places from about £80-90 upwards. Tho you really need a place where the instructor will let you push it a bit I'm guessing people's experience of it above are a bit colored by the instructor being reserved? quite a lot of them from what I hear don't encourage you to go too fast and the GT-R really comes into its own when your pushing it far beyond most other cars. (Don't be timid with the accelerator in most cases you can stamp it straight to the floor without having to worry about the back coming out).

Being able to afford to buy one is one thing, being able to afford to insure and maintain one is another - despite being quite a lot cheaper to buy than most other cars in the same ballpark they don't cost any less really to run from my research. (I really want to own one but the insurance cost alone would wipe out a large chunk of my income).

Don't really have the money at the moment, and I'm going to be poorer this winter when I start university (if I get in.)

By the time I'm out of university I will be 23 and be £36k in debt (I know it's a student loan, but still quite a big chunk.) Who knows if these kind of cars will still be around in 10 years time, Happy days

sovietspybob · 4 Jun 2012 at 21:43

So glad i didn't go to uni!

Had a 220bhp jap import at with no debt, no way i could have done that if i'd have gone to uni

Rroff · 5 Jun 2012 at 01:56

hurfdurf said:
Assuming you have a wife and kids and a national average income, I still think a GTR would be doable if you prioritised it enough, take away the wife and kid, and it would be easy.

No wife, no kids, plenty of disposable income... its doable but its still a fair chunk out of my disposable income. (Actually a bit more doable as I just got a quote back for insurance at just under £1500 - last time I looked into it nowhere would insure me on one (R35) for less than £2900 and most wanted closer to 4grand). If you actually drive it much tho your easily looking at about 7-8 grand a year in fuel, tires, servicing, etc. then insurance on top of that.

Malt_Vinegar · 5 Jun 2012 at 07:52

Rroff said:
guessing people's experience of it above are a bit colored by the instructor being reserved? quite a lot of them from what I hear don't encourage you to go too fast and the GT-R really comes into its own when your pushing it far beyond most other cars. (Don't be timid with the accelerator in most cases you can stamp it straight to the floor without having to worry about the back coming out).

And you have made my point for me. It is exactly this which means I do not like it.
Just being able to stamp your foot down in most cases ruins the experience of actually driving the car. I really gave it some, but found it simply un communicative and lacking in feel.
I have an mgb, which I love driving. Its slow, but challenging to drive well and carry speed through corners. If I just want to get somewhere quickly, I will drive my BM.

arcamalpha · 5 Jun 2012 at 07:55

Rroff said:
If you actually drive it much tho your easily looking at about 7-8 grand a year in fuel, tires, servicing, etc. then insurance on top of that.

The majority of that would be fuel though, which you'd put in any car.