Originally Posted by Micas (Post 295908)

Sorry, but the GT-R is a special car. Yes, the Z06 is a beast and in a different way a special car on it's own.

That said, I have also noticed that car dealers tend to rope off their high end cars, whatever they are. I remember when the S2000's landed, and the Honda dealers were very anal about a $32k car. No test drives, and so on. It was a bit ridiculous.

There's a Porsche/Audi dealer in DF/W that I visited, pretty much just to get a look at an R8. The Audi guys had that mentality. Then I went to the Porsche show room and 20 minutes later I was driving a turbo 997. I doubt they'd let me sit in, much less drive, a Carrera GT. Attitude is relative to the top of the line.

There's a huge difference in the attitude of salesmen at high-end lots. It's not very surprising that the Nissan dealers are uptight about the GT-R. They've got a car with a great deal of mystique and it's probably natural that they treat their average customers as the unworthy heathans.

Originally Posted by alvinmathew88 (Post 310958)

Which Porsche/Audi dealership? Is it the one in Plano, if so, my parents own the Shell right next door, and im really good friends with the owner. I see the R8s come to the gas station all the time!

Originally Posted by ianthegreat (Post 295165)

The car isn't even THAT expensive. Don't get me wrong, I can't afford it.. but not letting people sit in it, give me a break!

I can understand the no test drive unless you are serious deal, but let's be honest.. it's not a ferrari.

Originally Posted by nicknick (Post 312156)

Yes, so what does "its not a ferrari" mean? Does a car have to be a certain price before people acknowledge it as an exotic and go "oh ah".

Originally Posted by nicknick (Post 312156)

the GTR is a great car with the performance and quality to match and better some exotics. It really annoys me when people judge cars by badges and big buck marketing campaigns.