I8ABMR

My brother in law got to drive one for a week when he worked for Nissan and he thought it was too ruff as a daily but he drives an SUV normally. What do you think of the daily driveability ?

DHRP

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He's right. The GT-R is not as refined as the IS-F as a daily driver. The transmission is clunky and noisy under low speed, the ride is harsher but if you're an F owner you are used to it. If this was my daily driver I would have kept the F without question.

The upside to the GT-R is its performance and the attention it gets if that's what you are looking for. You will get both good and bad attention. Everyone with a mod on their car wants to race you even sport bikes. You will get thumbs up and comments from young boys and men. They weren't kidding on the GT-R forum calling it a d*ck magnet. Most girls and older folk don't give it more than a glance. I've come out of a restaurant with teenage boys taking selfies with it.

And when I mean bad attention I mean it is a cop magnet too. My first week I got pulled over for "speeding" even though I already spotted him on the opposite side of the highway when pulling out of the gas station. He flipped around after I was already a 1/2 mile ahead and said he had to go 10 mph over the limit to catch up to me . This is one of the reasons I installed a Blackvue 2 camera system the 2nd day I had the car. I've also had some guy in an RX330 flip me the bird for some unknown reason other than I accelerated to 54 mph in a 55 faster than him?

I don't regret the purchase especially when I get to open the car up and it feels like I shot out of a cannon. I would have certainly been content keeping my F but with the incentives on Godzilla it was hard to pass up. If anyone is on the fence I would recommend test driving a GT-R, set the performance aspect of the car aside and focus on the rest of car to decide if it is right for you.

kzlflash

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Off topic, but how do you like the Blackvue camera? Is this your first time with it, or did you previously have this camera in your F?

JDMV8

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That's basic physics, cop. If he drove at the same speed as you (the speed limit, I presume), there's no way to catch up to you but rather maintain a constant distance. The moment he goes 1mph over your speed, he will catch up.
Going 10 mph over is super conservative to catch up to you...what a moron

2URGSE

+1.

OP, get some countermeasures for that car. (looks like you had some on the 'F', although I would go with something else than the Blinder M27)

DHRP

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I didn't have one in the F. I bought the Blackvue DR650GW-2CH. Install was simple and the cameras are small making them discreet. You can connect your smartphone to watch captured footage.

The M27 was a gift so I gave it a shot and installed them. They never let me down. I'm looking to go with ALP and Escort Passport Max 2 on the GT-R. My FOP card is my best countermeasure so to speak

JamesISF

Wow! nice drive! congrats

4TehNguyen

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hear that the transmission in that car is fragile. There is even a recommended transmission parts upgrade list that will solve about 90% of the problems it has. Just something to research into.