Anyone tried to test drive a GTR?

ianthegreat

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.

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kannibul

It's the top of Nissan's line, they can put it on a pedestal, if that makes them feel better about it.

rcm2525

There are a lot of luxury cars that sell for a lot more than $80k and I'm sure you can test drive those cars.

The GT-R at my dealer was taped off with do not touch signs all over it. But now that I'm a customer I bet they would want to sell me up and let me drive it.

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VCuomo

My thoughts exactly!

G35guy84

Exactly! I don't mean to start anything (and I love Nissan), but give me a break. For the price and power, I would take a Chevy Corvette Z06 with ~30hp MORE for ~5-10K LESS any day. The GT-R may look nice, but is sure is nothing special, especially when it comes to guys who know how to build muscle cars right.

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Micas

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.

alvinmathew88

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!

Micas

Yes, that's the one. The salesman reminded me of a California surfer dude, stuck in the 70's.. cool guy.

FWIW, I see more R8's in Dallas than 370Z's.

Pharmacist

Please do not do drugs. They are bad for your health

You do realize the gtr RAPES the z06 on every single track, in addition to the dragstrip too. that is despite the weight advantage the z06 has. You do realize the gtr is faster than supercars 2-3 times its price, and that it has defeated cars like porsche 911 turbo, gt3, gt2, ferrari f430, lamborghini gallardo, murcielago, mercedes sl65 amg, bmw m3, m6, etc....

koeppelnissan

besides the fact that we can do the best numbers in a gtr due to its setup. None of us would come anywhere near the Z06 numbers, being as we're not professional drivers. the only limits you'll find with a GTR are what you have the balls to do, you'll be spinning out all day in a Z06!

ianthegreat

You got the data on this?

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Room42

Just visited my dealer. My sales guy said that the gt-r buyers come in with cash and drive out (the dealers has financed *one* gt-r sale). That's it. Basically, if you ask for a test drive, you're not serious. Now, you can make the argument that anybody paying that kind of money would want to make sure that individual car's not a dog, but point is they have the money and intent before they ever get behind the wheel.

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nicknick

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".
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.

ianthegreat

Well.. yes and no. Yes, in that the more expensive a car the less we see of it - a la "exotic." A 2010 GTR base price is $80,790. What a fantastic price.

And no... in that high end SUV's fetch $80k+ these days.

BMW X6 M - $88,900
Porsche Panamera S - $89,800
Land Rover Range Rover HSE - $78,425

You mean all those "from A to Z" commercials I've been seeing lately are privately funded!?

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