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Road Test: R35 Gt-r

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While i haven't driven the R35, i have sat in one in Ginza.... and you are spot on about the cabin layout and finish. The 35 has a great layout and the seats/dash display are excellent. The build quality is "tip top" :) :)

Pics from the one i sat it... (and cried over when the ace salesgirl said 'no' to a test drive...)

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Brockas Proficient

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Review was a bit "yawn" to me, nothing I haven't read in countless auto magazines. But at least you used your own photos this time!

IMO this is a better review:

http://www.caradvice.com.au/16897/2009-nissan-gt-r-review/

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Congrats on getting a drive Dan. Nice article. I so know how you feel when you get handed the keys. Lol it's a bit of a moment where you can't reconcile the want to drive vs. the value of someone's pride and joy.

It was worse when a mate in Singapore let me drive his one. Over there it's a $230k USD car so it's tough to go too rough on it. I did anyway...

p.s. the LED lights are simply Nissan options not Nismo items. If they were made by Nismo the price tag would be 1.8million yen. Per side.

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p.s. the LED lights are simply Nissan options not Nismo items. If they were made by Nismo the price tag would be 1.8million yen. Per side.

And they'd void your warranty if you bought your car from Nissan Australia.

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Brokaz: thanks for the feedback, I'll keep that in mind for next time. Hard to really jazz up a brief stint behind the wheel at predominantly legal speeds in a privately owned car. Thought it best to just tell it like it was rather than try and make it out to be something it wasn't.

Scathing: Great image, I love it lol

Sewid: Thanks for clarification, I was a bit curious about that when Carl mentioned it but he assured me it was a Nismo item so we went with it. Keep up the good work over at GTR Blog too, I'm loving it.

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