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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Stealth on December 01, 2008, 10:39:28 pm
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Today i took ownership of the best handling (but not fastest in a straight line - pretty darn close though) car i've ever owned... a Nissan GT-R.
What a car! :D
i love it.
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Dude...that car is amazing. Pictures...I demand pictures :D
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I'd be hesitant to say that neither of us are corporate shills and that Stealth knows his high performance cars.
What do you know of the GT-R?
Its the car that Clarkson hurt his neck in test driving :)
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Isn't that the one that was supposedly faster than a 911 on Nurburgring?
Are you strong enough to master its power? Or will it master you?
From what I've seen/heard of Stealth, probably the former.
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Nice one Stealth, lets see it!
Isn't that the one that was supposedly faster than a 911 on Nurburgring?
Are you strong enough to master its power? Or will it master you?
From what I've seen/heard of Stealth, probably the former.
I think there was a load of fuss because a 911 was faster but it turned out to be a GT2 or some such. A fairer test would have been a 911 Turbo, which is claimed to be slower and costs about 80k against 40-odd ish (?) for the GTR. But then it is a Porsche. And that's from a life-long Nissan fan-boi. ;)
Honestly though who really cares ?
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Don't crash this one either! :drevil: ;7 :lol:
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Don't crash this one either! :drevil: ;7 :lol:
That's a sick joke -_-
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Don't crash this one either! :drevil: ;7 :lol:
That's a sick joke -_-
Why? No-one died, and it's not as sick as his custom title! :p
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gonna be a fun car to drive at the speed limit hehehhehehehehhe.
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GT-R? Which one?
The non-street-legal Skyline GT-R or the not-yet-released GT-R? If the former, I hope for your sake you don't touch the engine :nervous:.
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the GT-R has been released for weeks.
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and i'll post pictures as soon as i get home.
kind of embarassed to say this, but tomorrow i pick up my new car... the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. as awesome as the GTR is, i just can't afford to have two cars this 'nice', and 4 doors is just way more practical for me :(
it's OK, the CTS-V still beat the M5 and C/E63AMG, so it's all good.
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and i'll post pictures as soon as i get home.
kind of embarassed to say this, but tomorrow i pick up my new car... the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. as awesome as the GTR is, i just can't afford to have two cars this 'nice', and 4 doors is just way more practical for me :(
it's OK, the CTS-V still beat the M5 and C/E63AMG, so it's all good.
So what's happening to the GT-R?
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and i'll post pictures as soon as i get home.
kind of embarassed to say this, but tomorrow i pick up my new car... the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. as awesome as the GTR is, i just can't afford to have two cars this 'nice', and 4 doors is just way more practical for me :(
it's OK, the CTS-V still beat the M5 and C/E63AMG, so it's all good.
What do yo do anyway that means you can afford any of these cars?
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So what's happening to the GT-R?
trading it back in.
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So what's happening to the GT-R?
trading it back in.
3 days after you got it in the first place? That's fast.
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well didn't think i'd get a CTS-V; i'd put a deposit down (very small), but thought it would be MONTHS from now. when i got a call fromthe dealership 2 days later, i had to make a tough decision :(
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disappointed in you.
seroiusly?
CTS?
the NEW new looking caddy's are so ugly.
espcially the cts coupe, its rear NEEDS 24 -odd inch wheels, and wheelarches to support it.
and you traded in a GT-R!??!
disappointed in you
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and i'll post pictures as soon as i get home.
kind of embarassed to say this, but tomorrow i pick up my new car... the 2009 Cadillac CTS-V. as awesome as the GTR is, i just can't afford to have two cars this 'nice', and 4 doors is just way more practical for me :(
it's OK, the CTS-V still beat the M5 and C/E63AMG, so it's all good.
What do yo do anyway that means you can afford any of these cars?
You can afford just about anything by managing your finances correctly.
Anyways--those CTS-V's are nice cars. What options did you get? What color?
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disappointed in you.
seroiusly?
CTS?
the NEW new looking caddy's are so ugly.
espcially the cts coupe, its rear NEEDS 24 -odd inch wheels, and wheelarches to support it.
and you traded in a GT-R!??!
disappointed in you
Thanks, i appreciate it, but like i said, good luck fitting 4 people in the car... i use the car for business meetings and trips and lunches, and it just doens't work man :/
i intend to own both cars in the future, but for now i have to think practical.
and 556HP, fastest and best handling sedan in the world, is still semi-practical :D
pictures to come.
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if you had to buy a 4-door car with a budget, what would you go for?
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if you had to buy a 4-door car with a budget, what would you go for?
I believe I even posted a picture of my choice a few threads ago... :p
BTW- that Caddy RWD?
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if you had to buy a 4-door car with a budget, what would you go for?
I believe I even posted a picture of my choice a few threads ago... :p
BTW- that Caddy RWD?
I would assume so--it's a great-handling sedan. I've never heard a front-wheel drive sled be called that. (and if you search wikipedia for cadillac cts-v you'll see it is rwd)
Anyways--the Caddy is a nice car. What did you do to your older Caddy?
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God damn... That CTS-V is insanely gorgeous. Can I have one? I'll be your best friend!
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4 door car with a budget - well you can get caliber srt4s for like $24k. if you had an even more limited budget, then i'd say an altima or an accord :)
when you say older caddy, are you referring to my 1980 or my 2005 V?
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4 door car with a budget - well you can get caliber srt4s for like $24k. if you had an even more limited budget, then i'd say an altima or an accord :)
when you say older caddy, are you referring to my 1980 or my 2005 V?
The 2005. Anyways--I know one car I'll never sell is the (eventually will be mine) 1956 DeVille sedan.
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yup. keep looking forward to it. those old school cadillacs are in a class of their own :)
the 2005 i still have... it's for sale, but the value on these cars have gone down the toilet...
what was a $54,000 car not even 4 years ago, is now, with under 40k miles, worth maybe $23,000... :(
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yup. keep looking forward to it. those old school cadillacs are in a class of their own :)
the 2005 i still have... it's for sale, but the value on these cars have gone down the toilet...
what was a $54,000 car not even 4 years ago, is now, with under 40k miles, worth maybe $23,000... :(
Sucks. I am considering buying just a normal car though. I figure $6500-7000 total for a 2000 Volvo C70 coupe for the car, tax, title, and insurance.
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Well its not a GT-R but the CTS-V is also a very awesome car and indeed it is a fair bit more practical being four doors and all that. Well done!
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That's pretty damn sexy. Sure beats the hell out of my Escort. :p
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CTS-V looks nice though Yank motors are a little brash for european tastes.
I've always found these 4 door supercars a bit puzzling. Y 'know, CTS-V, Audi RS4/5/6, M5, top end Evo/STi etc etc ? On face value it's a pratical 4-door but then it has a big-power engine, with big fat tyres and all the associated running costs so it's not really all that pratical.
On the other hand it's a supercar but with none of the drama or awesome shape of a coupe/supercar. So it's neither one thing nor the other.
Personally, I'd have something totally urbane for day to day (Focus, Astra, Corolla etc, something unsporty and un-pretencious) and have someting full-on for highdays and holidays. Like, I dunno, an Exige ? Or the GTR ? Or a higher-end Corvette ?
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(and if you search wikipedia for cadillac cts-v you'll see it is rwd)
IIRC the DTS is wrong front wheel drive, hence the question.
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CTS-V looks nice though Yank motors are a little brash for european tastes.
I've always found these 4 door supercars a bit puzzling. Y 'know, CTS-V, Audi RS4/5/6, M5, top end Evo/STi etc etc ? On face value it's a pratical 4-door but then it has a big-power engine, with big fat tyres and all the associated running costs so it's not really all that pratical.
On the other hand it's a supercar but with none of the drama or awesome shape of a coupe/supercar. So it's neither one thing nor the other.
Personally, I'd have something totally urbane for day to day (Focus, Astra, Corolla etc, something unsporty and un-pretencious) and have someting full-on for highdays and holidays. Like, I dunno, an Exige ? Or the GTR ? Or a higher-end Corvette ?
I know what you mean but some of these cars are very pleasant handling just as an every day vehicle and then you can unleash the monster underneath if you want/need to do it. For some people having a bit of a sleeper is perfect.
Not that this is a real comparison but my Corolla XRS looks mostly like an every day Corolla but if I put the pedal down its going to surprise people (for a Corolla). I kind of enjoy the fact that its got just enough torque and HP for its weight to get moving at a decent rate (for a car that costs as little as it does). I'm not under any illusions that it even compares to something like a GT-R versus CTS-V but I think the basic concept is the same. The GT-R LOOKs like its ready to tear up the track while the CTS-V, to the uninformed, just looks like a slightly aggressively styled but largely average 4 door sedan. I've seen a few older CTS's drive around and I may have seen a CTS-V months ago and I pointed it out to whoever I was with and they really didn't see anything in it. Which I think is awesome actually given how well it can move.
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yeah they look like normal cars, but out-perform 99.9% of cars on the road, which i think is pretty cool