Anyone tried to test drive a GTR?
 

Has anyone here tried to take a GTR for a test drive? Do they allow test drives on the GTR, or do you need to show you're serious somehow?

They want to keep the mileage down on them so you pretty much need to be ready to buy to go off on a test. They aren't going to let anyone come off the street test one if they are "thinking about buying one." That's just one of the cars that you know if you're going to buy or not before you even go to the dealership.

That said, my dealership let me sit in one. lol.

I also sat in one. Test drive, not happening. Buy one! :tup:

but how would they know if you are serious or not? for example if i go up to a dealership and say i want to buy a GTR, how would they sort the serious buyers vs. the tire kickers out?

From what my dealer told me when I bought my Z: The dealers won't let you test drive a GT-R unless you go in there, tell them you are serious, and they run a credit check/run partial financing approval to guarantee that you are serious about buying the car. They won't let just anyone test drive it. They have sold one to a local DJ, and if I remember correctly to a mid-20's kid that had made it big in IT/Software development. Hell, the dealer wouldn't even let the salesmen sit in the GT-R, and I think they said the owner of the dealership is the only one that goes on test drives with the potential buyer.

No test drives at the dealership i went to. They have the GT-R taped off like a crime scene. Won't even let me sit in it. :crying:

they had 2 GT-R's at a dealer by me..a black and white..everything was covered inside, seats, floors, etc. doors locked and they wont unlock em. the sales guy told me that those are on a no test drive status. he said that the people the buy those don't even bother driving em..they just come in with the $$ and take it.

he said 1 guy came in with a tow guy following him and bought the car cash and put it right on the tow truck when he bought it. the tow guy said his full time job is to tow cars to whereever this guy wants.

are you guys serious? i have seen a GT-R at two different dealerships. The doors were left wide open, and people just walked by and didn't even bother to look at it. Probably they know they couldn't afford but at least theydidn't lock the doors.

I saw two high school kids come in and spend like 15mins checking out the car. The opened the hood, trunk, sat in the car, and the manager/salesmen stood right there and didn't even care.

Same here! I'm surprised it wasn't roped off with the Velvet red rope all around! lol

My dealer treated the Nismo I bought about the same as the GTR. Every time I went in there, they would ask people to step away from it if they were leaning on it, touching the glass/paint, etc.

I got kind of mad one day I was in there though, because one of the salesmen was leaning on the spoiler of the Nismo (weeks before I bought it). How could someone be so inconsiderate? I can see touching the paint or glass, or even kicking the door panel while sitting in it...but propping yourself up on the spoiler of a 40k car that "someone" (me, haha) might eventually buy? Ugh.

They wouldn't let me even sit in the GTR, even though they tried to sell it to me. Kinda bummed, oh well.

That salesman probably drives a Daewood, Bastard! how dare he sit his Ass a new Z like it's a Fuckin sentra. Sorry to hear that Matt, crap like that's gets me going...

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Sat in one, as far as the test drive goes, the general fleet manager told me that the ONLY person that got to drive the car was the managers there when they first got it, and they only had about 2 blocks to test drive it. And also they told me they have to run a credit check and you have to potentially have atleast 25% of the car pay in a form of a cashier's check or cash *which is about 20 to 30K* to show them that you're interested before they let you test drive one. So with that being said, you have to have a good credit score and a lot of liquid cash to show before they let you take it off the lot to test it.

Pretty much what everyone else here said. No test drive unless you put a deposit down and make a deal on the car. And yes, the few Gt-R dealers here have them locked and taped off like a crime scene. No one gets to drive it, not even the managers. Heck, it was hard enough finding someone that allowed me to test drive the 370z

Spoke with a GT-R owner at a track day. He said they wouldn't let him test drive one despite him committing to the purchase. He just bought it 'blind' without a test drive. Fortunately it's a pretty fabulous car to drive that I haven't heard anyone complain about purchasing :).

I did a test drive last week and this car is fast. Is it worth 2 1/4 times the 370Z? Maybe!
One of the things I noticed between the two cars is how much more I felt connected to the Z. (Jinba ittai)
There is a new, less than 30 miles, black, GT-R for sale in a Connecticut Nissan dealership for 75K if anyone is interested.


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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.

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

My dealer salesman asked me if I wanted to try a GTR on a test-drive on a visit to the dealereship a while back. (I had already had my 370 for a few months when this happened.) I really wanted to, but declined. Here's my reason....

If you were the purchaser of the GTR that had been test drove, wouldn't you have serious concerns about how the miles (that had accumulated on the car) had been driven? I know that when I test drive a performance car, I try and see just what it's capable of. I did it with the two 370's that I test drove (read: I drove the snot out of them). So, judging by just my experience test driving the car, I sure wouldn't want one that had been agressively driven.

(But, I still want to try one. Just try not to buy the one that I test drove :inoutroflpuke: )

They must've been really desperate for sales. That or the car was used, or a dud. No self respecting dealership will let people go for a joy ride in their flagship supercar. On the other hand, you wouldn't happen to have the dealer's address, would you? ;)

I'll let you drive the GTR when you pick up your Z from me!

i'd get a 370 from you just to drive the gt-r. :happydance:

Yes, the car was new (they had three of them). The dealership was Sherwood Nissan.

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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.:tup:

just find a friend with a car costing 80K+ and walk in, grab a sales guy..tell him you want to trade that in for the GT-R but you want to test drive it first. i think it might work..they'll see you're already in the price range of the gt-r :tup:

after the test drive..just tell em u didnt like it and out you go.

:iagree: My thoughts exactly!

Same here, gtr has it's owned gated community in nj(upper saddle river)

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.

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.

Please do not do drugs. They are bad for your health :shakes head:

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....

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!

+1 rep :icon18:

I honestly think what they are doing to protect the super car in the show room is right because seriously, why would they want people racking up miles on the super car when you're not serious about buying it? It's a flagship GT-R which makes the car special. I think there are others that are more "exotic" or expensive, but I know the GT-R is special and I know I won't be able to afford one so I don't even want to test drive one no matter how much I WANT to test drive it, I want to make the actual OWNER of that car feel like the car is brand new off the show room.

When I bought my Z the dealer offered to let me test drive the one they had behind velvet ropes on the showroom floor.

I declined.

i had to buy my gtr blind--no test drive, nothing. i alraedy knew everything about the car (more than any of the salesmen), so i was sure this was the car. its funny becuase i had been able to drive every car under the sun (f430, gt3rs, turbo, maserati, gallardo, and r8). they just handed me the keys and expected it back by tomorrow...with the gtr, they looked at me like some kinda punk...damn nissan. it was behind the velvet rope with do not touch signs on it. overall had a crappy experience at teh dealership, but whatever...Nissan is just REALLY proud of this car. thats y ur "not allowed" to mod the gtr lol. its a great car tho. and modding is the easiest thing in the world. picked up 100whp with just a midpipe and a tune.

Here in the UK, the dealers are coming to terms with having a GT-R on thier forecourts. Selling a supercar like this is a massive endeavor for any manufacturer let alone one used to selling Sentras and Muranos. So dealers are going to be a little picky as to who drives the car. My advice is to ring the dealer chat to them about the car, name drop Ferrari, Porsche etc then (towards the end of the month, they will want to reach/exceed their monthly sales target so will bend over backwards for you) go in guns blazing, walk the walk, talk the talk and if your still not getting any love from the dealer, threaten to go to the next nearest dealer.

With todays economic climate they just want to sell cars

Good luck

I don't think anyone test drives the GT-R at the dealership I went to. It's inside the showroom. They only had that one. Don't think they're about to go through all the trouble to get it out and on the road.

Picked up 100whp with just a midpipe and tune?Yeah okay????

Sorry, I wouldn't have! hehehe

Koeppel Nissan in Queens, NY offered me a test drive in a GT-R if I bought a Z.

FYI, NYC OG!

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