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Why Im Not Looking Forward To A Aussie Release Of The R35

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Ive been thinking alot about the new R35 and how much of an awesome car it is. Something that ive been wondering is how many fat bald middle aged men are going to buy them and think they rule the road over all the other "import" skylines.

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Styline GTR Rising Star

Styline GTR

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Just a fact and ya gotta accept it!!!!! They Will Rule the Road!!!! But its the Car that will! Not the person behind it!!!!! I couldn't care if it was getting driven by an 80 year old granny!

ITS STILL A NICE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!

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well just mod yours to be faster. its mostly going to be the middle age man that can afford them so yea gotta deal with that. heck if i was 40 something and could buy it i would....

madbung Grand Master

madbung

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Awesome car, but I think most will still go for a porsche, lambo, ferrari, aston or masseratti over the GTR........why? because they're better at pulling a mid-life crisis young gold digging wife.

sewid Grand Master

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Yes. Not sure why you would start a thread about this and i'm going to merge it with this thread in a little while but yeah the new GTR actually does trounce all but the best sorted Skylines out on the road today.

You're going to need a well setup GTR over 500 hp with a decent work in handling and brakes to come close to a R35 on the track unfortunately.

funkymonkey Grand Master

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you'd be surprised. a lot of people on here over the age of 25 should be able to factor it into their budgets, work out a loan, refinance their house, pimp the wife/gf to get the money together. if I didn't think that buying a new car off the showroom floor is the biggest waste of money I'd be all for it.

andz Mentor

andz

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many times i say to myself..."what a waste of a car"

but then again, we'll get old one day

and the 18yo could say the same about me (31) driving the GTR

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also its not a luxury sedan, like say a GS300 or SC300 or an M3 or M5. its a Nissan sports car at the end of the day, and people that can afford cars in that price range aren't gonna be snooty rich folk who buy it for status, they're gonna be entusiasts, and grown ups with a childhood need for thrills.

Face it, when you go for a wife swapping party, and you have to drop your keys in the hat, would you rather drop one with a mercedes or lexus keytag or a nissan one?

R34 Mentor

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many times i say to myself..."what a waste of a car"

I think the same everytime I see a young guy with no F#cken idea and even less ability demonstrating it to all and sundry whilst driving a Skyline.

(Is ageism a word)

Jim Richards is a Grandpa and could whip all our asses.

Age has nothing to do with it

Sorry this really is a dumb thread

Anyone who shells out $150k on a R35 is obviously into the car not the badge.

Yes, I'm a grumpy old bast#rd today :(

R34 Mentor

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also its not a luxury sedan, like say a GS300 or SC300 or an M3 or M5. its a Nissan sports car at the end of the day, and people that can afford cars in that price range aren't gonna be snooty rich folk who buy it for status, they're gonna be entusiasts, and grown ups with a childhood need for thrills.

Face it, when you go for a wife swapping party, and you have to drop your keys in the hat, would you rather drop one with a mercedes or lexus keytag or a nissan one?

I refuse to go to wife swapping partys

No one drives my Skyline

sic200 Community Regular

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Ive been thinking alot about the new R35 and how much of an awesome car it is. Something that ive been wondering is how many fat bald middle aged men are going to buy them and think they rule the road over all the other "import" skylines.

one day you'll be a fat old bastard, and you'll want a fast car... what's wrong with that? i was unaware there was an age limit to having a nice car... you gotta spend heaps of money to get out of the group that have r33 skylines and think THEY are the shit.

GTR-32U Mentor

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My concern is how will it affect the value of other skylines here ? Will R34s drop big time in value ? I see this car pushing the price of skylines down...Correct me if you think I am wrong

nisskid Grand Master

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Ive been thinking alot about the new R35 and how much of an awesome car it is. Something that ive been wondering is how many fat bald middle aged men are going to buy them and think they rule the road over all the other "import" skylines.

so? lol

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Something that ive been wondering is how many fat bald middle aged men are going to buy them and think they rule the road over all the other "import" skylines.

I'm not fat / bald or middle aged ... and I can't wait to get mine. You will find that this car is good enough to steal sales from the likes of the BMW M3 and other premium sports cars. I don't think the people buying this car will be doing so to try and pretend that they "rule the road" ... that's more the domain of the young and stupid. This car will be bought by successful people with a passion for motoring ... I'd bet many have never owned a Nissan before (I haven't).

The R35 has enough room for my wife and the kids and has an extremelly usable boot. It's completely practical and an absolute weapon that can be taken on track days and will kill almost anything else out there in factory form. I'm buying it for the complete package that it is, and no other reason.

Sl!m Grand Master

Sl!m

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Who would you prefer to get it.. a middle aged aussie guy who probably wont mod it too much..

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MTV and Pimp my ride who will probably stick some thing like a ice cream maker in the boot, shitty chrome wheels and neons on the car..

Im worried about the US release not the Aussie one..

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