How much attention does your Nismo get?

Gungrave

I get almost constant looks. Not too many say anything to me though, only a had full of people say anything to me about it. What I find interesting though is that guys look, point, and might say something. Girls on the other hand just look on the "sly." And they almost never spak, more so give the look of "I hope he comes over and talks to me." lol Oh and the occasional wave while driving. The funniest part though is that if I'm in uniform I've actually had a few people ask me if I'm undercover or if I chase the street racers....Yeah lol

MJB

Well, I got pulled over for the first time in my Nismo. I've been here in Texas for almost 2 years now on a TDY deployment with the company I work for. So anyone that's been to Texas knows the police don't play around.

I was on a 4 lane highway headed home, 2 lanes for each direction. Speed limit is 70, I'm probably doing around 80, in 4th gear as I was passing someone. As I'm passing, a Sheriff goes by in the other lane headed the opposite direction. I didn't really think much of it, slowed down and got back into the slow lane. About a half a mile down the road I look in my mirror and I see flashing lights coming up on me FAST. I pretty much knew the deal so I just went ahead and pulled over and waited for him.

Once he saw my WA state plate he pretty much knew I was in the Army or affiliated with them, as Ft. Hood is just right down the road. When he saw the inside of my car he was like "what in the world are you doing to this car"... lol, inside completely stripped. Just let him know I was hopefully going to start tracking it when I get back home to WA. He then told me "well this isn't a race track", semi serious, semi laughing. He looked at my insurance info and ran my license and let me go.

Not having a front plate, and not having any resonators on my Ark exhaust, is the reason I believe he pulled me over. I don't think he clocked me, just assumed I was speeding. He did ask me if I knew why I was being pulled over and I did tell him that I was speeding a little bit.

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09 Nismo #0483 sold. Viper or C7 next time around.

dmhenderson

Driving around the highways in Dallas (especially near DFW) there was literally a visible speed trap every 2-3 miles with cops just sitting on the side of the road. Couldn't help wondering if there were too many cops with nothing to do or what.

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dmhenderson

So today I went to Target to pick up some random christmas supplies and a little kid made his mom stop to see the "racecar". I let him sit in the drivers seat and honk the horn. He couldn't reach the pedals but he was happy to inform me that he was seven years old, his name is Ty and that his brothers are tall so he will be able to drive race cars soon.

I still get a kick out of driving this thing around.

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MJB

Had a V6 Charger pull up next to me at a stop light. Looked like something straight out of DUB magazine.. Had big 22" or 24" chrome wheels, and had Skittles decals all over it.. lol. I've been seeing this trend lately... just seen a Oldsmobile the other day with DUB's and KFC logo on the side of it... Hey whatever floats your boat...

Anyway, this Charger starts revving up at me, I just glanced over and shook my head. I wanted to smoke him soooo bad but it was in the city and its just not worth the risk... So when the light went green of course he took off and then kept antagonizing me by speeding up and then slowing down next to me. Finally he got the hint and left me alone.

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09 Nismo #0483 sold. Viper or C7 next time around.

Rusty

When this happens to me. I just pull out the Mac10 and they leave me alone.

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MJB

Yeah, but once the Libs ban guns then you are screwed

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09 Nismo #0483 sold. Viper or C7 next time around.

Rusty

Hey, it's only a squirt gun. It squirts pb out at 1200 rounds a minute. The libs will have a tough time.

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roplusbee

You know there are about 9-10 NISMOs in our area now. 2 07-08, both red. 7 09-12, 2 red (including mine), 2 white (including yours), 1 black, 1 silver, 1 PG. 2 13s, 1 black, 1white.

There are a grip of failed Donk type cars around here. I just laugh at them. There are a plethora of Z33s gone wrong though, and that is probably why you got "addressed" by the authorities.

I got "addressed" going in Warrior Way by a police officer standing with the gate guards. He asked me where my front license plate was. And I told him the truth, it was behind my seat. He told me to put it in the window and he wouldn't write me a ticket. So I asked him if they fixed the penalty for no front place and his response was priceless. He said that his job is to enforce the law. It's not his fault that the penalty was chopped up when they re-wrote the violations/penalties and that he would still write me a 100 dollar ticket. He then asked me if I wanted to have to pay that fine and hire a lawyer to go to court. I replied, "sure...........if you want to waste both of our precious time. I will print out the penal code and bring the ticket to court with me, but since I don't want you wasting tax dollars.......I will just put it up there." I used a big red angry bird to hold it up there behind the gauges, lol.

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MJB

Hey Rob, I've been seeing them more and more in our area. I sorta wish the Nismo 370 was as exclusive as the Nismo 350. I hardly ever see any of them.

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09 Nismo #0483 sold. Viper or C7 next time around.

NissanGuy23

^yea i was at the king of prussia mall and ran into another 2009 PG nismo, and then saw a black '13 nismo in the adjacent parking lot. There is also a black 350 nismo frequently in that same lot too.

dmhenderson

Drew a small crowd pulling into the dealership for my oil change today (8 free with the car purchase and yes, I made them show me the empty ester oil bottles).

When I came back to pick the car up, they had it parked diagonally in front of the dealership. Free advertising!

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MJB

Had an older beat up Mitushibi Lancer (regular one not Evo) pull up next to me on the freeway yesterday and honked at me. Looked over and was two girls in it, and the driver was motioning forward with her hand. So I dropped into to 3rd and gave it a short burst of speed so they could hear the exhaust. When they finally went passed me they gave me a thumbs up.

Before you ask... no, they were not good looking lol.

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09 Nismo #0483 sold. Viper or C7 next time around.

bigsix

Haha. . . reminds me of myself a little bit: Except I'll place my open palm under my ear like I'm waiting/asking to hear you floor the engine of your awesome ride The last car to grant me the request was an E60 BMW M5 w/ the 5.0 liter V10 - Man, that's a loud engine when opened up !

Gungrave

Heh you know that's the first thing on everyone's mind lol. Second thing would've been did you get them to pull over he they were hot.