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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 12:04 PM
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You dirty dog.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 03:47 PM
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Screw the Skyline, I want to drive a Tugboat, that sounds awesome!!

Anyways, nice pick up on the new ride!
LOL . Great car, def faster than the M3. That Eismann exhaust sounds like a winner too, get it!
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:21 PM
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wow, congrats on the GTR
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:40 PM
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Awesome! I bet you got a killer deal on it as well. Either the guy is senile or he has way more money than he knows what to do with.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 04:58 PM
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Awesome! I bet you got a killer deal on it as well. Either the guy is senile or he has way more money than he knows what to do with.
I'm going to go with the latter.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by charliemike
I'm going to go with the latter.
Fairly young guy that I work with (sort of) has car ADD. He had the GTR, a 2010 750il, a 2010 f350 4x4 dually, and just bought his girlfriend a new Denali.
He's looking at new boats (big ones) so the gtr had to go. I got it for like $17k off sticker.
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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loveeeeeeeeeeeee GTR
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 08:01 PM
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Personally I would have kept the M3, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't own a GTR!!!!
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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 10:27 PM
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Not taking anything away from the GTR but I was offered the keys to a GTR and asked if I wanted to take it out for a spin last Friday night... I turned it down. Looking back at it, I think I should have taken those keys!


I did get a ride in that beast a couple of months ago...

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Old Sep 13, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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Nice

You got some rich friends haha, especially that guy that buys a new covette every 18 months!!!!!!

Man I hope in the future I can do things like this.
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 01:28 PM
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Let's get more pics!
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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That Eisenmann exhaust is pure sex. "Holy shit!" indeed.

Great pickup, one of my colleagues has a GT-R and it is hot-looking in person.
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 05:56 PM
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Post more pics! I never realized how big GT-R's were until I saw these pics:







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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 10:30 PM
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Post more pics! I never realized how big GT-R's were until I saw these pics:
@ your avi
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Old Sep 16, 2010 | 10:34 PM
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Nice pick up man! I envy you :wink:
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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Took a few quick pics out by the lake today.






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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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Nice pics! How do you like the car, now that you've had it for some time.
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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I drove one while I was in Dubai, and i'm not gonna front. I don't like it at all. The car basically drives itself. Congrats on the purchase though.
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 07:53 PM
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Fucking awesome. Congrats once again on the purchase
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by n1njai
I drove one while I was in Dubai, and i'm not gonna front. I don't like it at all. The car basically drives itself. Congrats on the purchase though.
drives itself?
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 10:36 PM
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sweet pics... did you already re-do the tint?
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Old Sep 18, 2010 | 10:58 PM
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Is it fast?
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 05:24 AM
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i didn't realize how fat that car is, looks great.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 05:47 AM
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drives itself?
Yeah, I tried getting sideways, and it autocorrected, hold it too long in one gear and it shifts automatically, idk, the whole feel of the car I didn't like it.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by n1njai
Yeah, I tried getting sideways, and it autocorrected, hold it too long in one gear and it shifts automatically, idk, the whole feel of the car I didn't like it.
That's what the 3 R's are for.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by DarkSithCL
sweet pics... did you already re-do the tint?
Retinted the front to 35% and the backs to 20%. The rear window is still limo is still limo. The tinter is waiting for a really hot sunny day to attempt the rear window by the defroster.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 02:31 PM
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Thoughts after one week.
Styling: One of those really subjective things of course. Silver probably wouldn't have been my first choice but it has really has grown on me. I really like how massive the car is, definitely has a presence about it. People always say how it looks like a z or whatever in pictures but when you see it on the road, not a z. What I would expect that car to look like.

Engine: Shits and gets. Never owned a car before that accelerates like this from a dig. The first 60 feet are just awesome. Tried the launch control once but just flooring it from a a slow roll is almost as good. Gearbox can be whatever you want as far as shifting speed. In auto, I like the way I can hear it shift down as it I come to a stop. Revmatching in manual is awesome.

Interior. Quality seems pretty good. Seats in my M3 were WAAYYYY better imo. I can't believe a car stickering this much doesn't have memory seats. Stereo is pretty good, nav and other gadgets are nice.

Suspension and brakes: Rougher than my M3 but that was expected. Not TOO bad on comfort setting. Steering feel is good but BMW wins that one. One thing that is bothering me is that the steering wheel is a little off from center when going straight. The GT-R tech at the dealer has aligned it 3 time and says the ailgnment is perfect but the steering wheel is still 2 degrees or so to the left. I'm gonna bring it to another dealer or a specialty shop this week to see what's up. Brakes are awesome, of course.

One thing that I was not prepared for was the attention that this thing gets. I thought by now the car has been out for a while that would have died down. A little hottie in a IS 250 almost swerved into me yesterday while trying to take a pic.
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Old Sep 19, 2010 | 02:54 PM
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A little hottie in a IS 250 almost swerved into me yesterday while trying to take a pic.
Any pics of the hottie?
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