USA Today article about Nissan GT-R
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Title of the article is:
"Nissan GT-R is impressive, but for $77,000 it should be perfect"
So for the price of a Maybach or Rolls those cars should fly right?
here's the link:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...#uslPageReturn
I don't know but it seems to me like this guy doesn't really know what he's talking about and is just talking out of his ***.
"Nissan GT-R is impressive, but for $77,000 it should be perfect"
So for the price of a Maybach or Rolls those cars should fly right?
here's the link:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/...#uslPageReturn
I don't know but it seems to me like this guy doesn't really know what he's talking about and is just talking out of his ***.
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The writer expects every car to have a smooth comfortable ride. The TTS he tested had a relatively smoother ride because it can't do what the GT-R is capable of. He should have listed a car that is on par with the GT-R on the performance level but much better ride for daily use at the same price, he could't find one. Expecting a high performance sports car of this caliber to have a smooth ride is like expecting an astrophysicist to be able to perform a kidney transplant operation for someone: irrelevant. Buick, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota are providing cars that have smooth ride even on rough surface, he should stick with them. You don't need a racetrack to tell the difference between a 3.3 and 4.9 seconds 0-60.
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I think Jamres R. Healey is a bit old to be driving a GTR, his arthritis makes it difficult to push the electric window switch. The fact that he went on about the luxuries - in a GTR, doesn't exactly make sense. You don't buy a GTR because you want a ride that can adapt to all situations to create remarkable comfort for you. Yeah, I'm sure what you want when travelling 300km/h + is suspension that is more interested in your comfort than performance.
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The writer expects every car to have a smooth comfortable ride. The TTS he tested had a relatively smoother ride because it can't do what the GT-R is capable of. He should have listed a car that is on par with the GT-R on the performance level but much better ride for daily use at the same price, he could't find one. Expecting a high performance sports car of this caliber to have a smooth ride is like expecting an astrophysicist to be able to perform a kidney transplant operation for someone: irrelevant. Buick, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota are providing cars that have smooth ride even on rough surface, he should stick with them. You don't need a racetrack to tell the difference between a 3.3 and 4.9 seconds 0-60.
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Buick, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota are providing cars that have smooth ride even on rough surface
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There are plenty of cars this guy can buy that offer the luxury he's looking for, and still have super-car performance.
He could pick up a...
Bentley Continental GT - 552 HP W12 $179K
Ferrari 599 GTB - 612 HP V12 $303K
Porsche 997 GT3 - 415 HP flat-6 $106K
The Bentley and Ferrari offer the luxury he's looking for. Too bad they're twice/4 times the price (respectively).
The Porsche offers similar perfomance, and it's only $30K more expensive.
Anyone who drives a GT-R and complains about the stiff ride...is an idiot. Sorry for the name-calling but, that's life. You're just stupid. Please live with it.
P.S. I'm NOT a GT-R nut. I don't own one, I don't desire one, I won't even do a U-turn if I see one parked somewhere. But, I do respect what Nissan has done with that car. The performance/technology-per-dollar for that car is simply amazing.
He could pick up a...
Bentley Continental GT - 552 HP W12 $179K
Ferrari 599 GTB - 612 HP V12 $303K
Porsche 997 GT3 - 415 HP flat-6 $106K
The Bentley and Ferrari offer the luxury he's looking for. Too bad they're twice/4 times the price (respectively).
The Porsche offers similar perfomance, and it's only $30K more expensive.
Anyone who drives a GT-R and complains about the stiff ride...is an idiot. Sorry for the name-calling but, that's life. You're just stupid. Please live with it.
P.S. I'm NOT a GT-R nut. I don't own one, I don't desire one, I won't even do a U-turn if I see one parked somewhere. But, I do respect what Nissan has done with that car. The performance/technology-per-dollar for that car is simply amazing.
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Who needs the old soft car-sick-inducing, sloppy handing, nose diving under braking, understeering ride of the old Buicks.![Smilie](https://www.clublexus.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
GTR's around here don't attract much attention except from enthusiasts, but that stealth effect has it advantages.
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GTR's around here don't attract much attention except from enthusiasts, but that stealth effect has it advantages.
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