So... F type R / GT-R MY14

[ui]ICEMAN;26024213 said:
Your loss then :)

My F430 spider is the most exciting car I've owned in the last decade, way more entertaining and dramatic than even the MP4-12c.
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pioneer2000 said:
Amazed to hear that in fairness!
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Look at how much fun this guy is having in his MP4 without breaking the speed limit :p


Click click click click, annoying sound!
 
I would imagine that there is a vast gulf in the running costs difference between a used 430 and a GTR/FTR

86JR said:
I would be a bit embarresed going to a business meeting in a loud Japanese car that a lot of people think are for grown up boyracers.
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ah yes. The enjoyment a car brings is all about 'image' and what other people think of you.
How is your new Audi?
 
86JR said:
I wouldn't buy either. I have driven a standard GTR and I liked it a lot though it was muted and if I owned one it would need atleast a Y pipe. What I did find though and Harris also comments on this, is the GTR is a bit big, it is like a grand tourer with supercar power especially when tuned, but would you want to do what GT's are designed to do (tour continents) in a GTR? I wouldn't. Plus the image; it is what drug dealers in big cities drive and I would be a bit embarresed going to a business meeting in a loud Japanese car that a lot of people think are for grown up boyracers.

The F type does not appeal to me at all.

For the £85k or so that the F type costs I would buy something like this:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif.../2/body-type/coupe/postcode/pl144JK?logcode=p

Old Gen compared to the 458 I know but much cheaper and you have the advantage of having indicators on proper stalks!
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I WOULD BUY NEITHER A F TYPE OR GTR

I WOULD BUY A USED CAR


nice 1 m8, u wud luk sik in tht
 
Not that either of my GT-R's were particularly cheap to run but the F cars are in a different league.

Servicing on my GT-R's was about half as expensive as the Ferrari and the replacement parts are actually very cheap in comparison but still frighteningly expensive.

New brake rotors and pads for the GT-R in the US (OEM) $10k
New rotors and pads for my F430 (ceramic) $44k

New gearbox GT-R $14k
New gearbox F430 $38k (I know because mine had one the week after I bought it)

I enjoyed both of my GT-R's but the seats absolutely killed my back. Nissan sought to make the most adjustable seat ever and yet I couldn't get comfortable in either of mine.

Basically, while the price of entry is similar for a used F430 or a new GT-R/F-Type, the cost of owning them isn't even remotely similar. The F cars are unfortunately on another level maintenance wise and you'd have to be very careful if you bought one on a "budget".
 
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rjkoneill said:
I would imagine that there is a vast gulf in the running costs difference between a used 430 and a GTR/FTR



ah yes. The enjoyment a car brings is all about 'image' and what other people think of you.
How is your new Audi?
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Not all about image. But one of the factors that comes into an £85k purchase.

NathWraith said:
I WOULD BUY NEITHER A F TYPE OR GTR

I WOULD BUY A USED CAR


nice 1 m8, u wud luk sik in tht
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Are you guys both attached to the same body or something?

Or given you are "Staff" do you sit across the table and go "86JR just posted something, let's flame him, you go first!"

I ask because you constantly reply to my posts, with drivel, in the same order, at the same time.
 
[ui]ICEMAN;26024414 said:
Not that either of my GT-R's were particularly cheap to run but the F cars are in a different league.

Servicing on my GT-R's was about half as expensive as the Ferrari and the replacement parts are actually very cheap in comparison but still frighteningly expensive.

New brake rotors and pads for the GT-R in the US (OEM) $10k
New rotors and pads for my F430 (ceramic) $44k

New gearbox GT-R $14k
New gearbox F430 $38k (I know because mine had one the week after I bought it)

I enjoyed both of my GT-R's but the seats absolutely killed my back. Nissan sought to make the most adjustable seat ever and yet I couldn't get comfortable in either of mine.

Basically, while the price of entry is similar for a used F430 or a new GT-R/F-Type, the cost of owning them isn't even remotely similar. The F cars are unfortunately on another level maintenance wise and you'd have to be very careful if you bought one on a "budget".
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If you can afford an £85k car then surely you can afford to run it though? I mean people in general.
 
There is a huge difference between an 85k car and an 85k car with huge running costs. I know a lot of people that drive or can afford new GT-Rs and cars of similar ilk but dream of owning a Ferrari. An 85k car is just that, an 85k car, my 430 was $264k new, my 13 GT-R that I bought brand new was $97k. $200k car running costs are unsurprisingly a lot higher than $85-100k cars.
 
^JP^ said:
Had the GTR (2012 MY13), tuned to 650bhp, got board of the ride/noise/build quality and to get the most out of it you have to drive well above the speed limits or take it to a track.
And anyone who think it drives itself is just wrong.
Just watch this video with Chris Harris comparing it to an M5, pay attention to him after the 3min mark.
I think most of the drives itself or no "personality" comments are from people who have driven it in Forza or GT5. :rolleyes:


I looked at an F-Type but in the end wanted a manual gearbox, probably for the last time the way car manufactures are going so went with the R8 V10 Coupe.

I think it has the plus points of both cars and then some.
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Would take the M5. I'm not biased but am v trustworthy.
 
Wouldn't complain at either but I've watched an old guy do launch videos in his GTR on youtube and the child inside me loves it :D
 
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