So There I Was Driving An R35 Gt-r....

[31GUN]

Yes, there I was driving an R35 GT-R all last weekend at the Oran Park V8 supertaxis, mostly around the pits, but I got 1 lap of the gp circuit.

Aaaanyway, spotted a young gent by the name of Dan, who, apparently, has something to do with this site.

So he's now had a drive too.

Nissan Australia loaned it to the Nissan Historic Race Team for a bit of solidarity, we had a few Gibson cars competing there in the GrpA/GrpC historics.

Nissan Exa turbo, Bluebird turbo, PJ DR30 Skyline, 2 x HR31 Skylines, & the #1 Winfield GT-R Godzilla.

It was a pre production Australian spec car. Red premium with the leather, Bose stereo and good tyres.

A couple of facts.

It does have launch control, but if you use it too many times, some things will no longer be covered by warranty.

It has no speed limiter.

It is really easy to drive- you could send your granny to the shops for milk in it.

It's really fast. Really!

This particular car will end up being crushed.

I already offered another red car to be crushed if I could keep this one. No dice.

This is a pic of me looking really smug

Hooks

Edited December 12, 2008 by 31GUN

[DAS KAMU]

crushed huh

cant it be parted out?

have nissan no souls?

[SilverECR33]

It has no speed limiter.

Acording to Top gear UK "It does infact have a speed limiter, but the Sat nav tells the ECU that its at a race track. and simply turns the limiter off"

[Ultimategtr]

I say steal it! haha

[R33GTRKid]

wtf would they crush it? I mean really, with all the starving kids around the world, why do they not raffle it as a non road going car and give the proceeds to charity.

Nissan FTL

[SLY-25T]

Acording to Top gear UK "It does infact have a speed limiter, but the Sat nav tells the ECU that its at a race track. and simply turns the limiter off"

i thought that was race tracks in japan only? unless they put all racetracks from the world on :s

aaaaaaaaaaaand y do they have 2 crush it? ill swap em if they want?

[LSX-438]

Acording to Top gear UK "It does infact have a speed limiter, but the Sat nav tells the ECU that its at a race track. and simply turns the limiter off"

I dont think the aussie cars will have this feature - they just wont have a (180km/hr) limiter at all.

[WTF-33R]

i thought that was race tracks in japan only? unless they put all racetracks from the world on :s

aaaaaaaaaaaand y do they have 2 crush it? ill swap em if they want?

Having delt with pre-production cars that get registered and sold in the past best thing to do with them is crush them, they are usually test mules for the press to drive and a full of flaws, things are put together differently and usually slapped together, parts catelogues and tech info dont recognise the VIN and makes it a pain to work on. Sad, unforunte but true

[GT-R OZ]

Cobb will take care of the speed limiter regardless so I don't think it really matters does it? Hey GUN31 did the guys at Nissan Aust. tell you what they thought was 'too many times' as far as using the LC was? And the parts that would not be covered if you did use it too many times? I'm assuming the tranny?

Edited December 12, 2008 by GT-R OZ

[sewid]

Acording to Top gear UK "It does infact have a speed limiter, but the Sat nav tells the ECU that its at a race track. and simply turns the limiter off"

That is true in Japan models. For models sold outside Japan there is no 180kmh speed limiter.

That was most certainly an Australian spec GT-R as you can tell it's the only market where popup HID washers are seen so far. Not checked if the Euro one has them too but I suspect it might.

[sh@un]

so here i iz hating your guts right now...

[Snowman]

Acording to Top gear UK "It does infact have a speed limiter, but the Sat nav tells the ECU that its at a race track. and simply turns the limiter off"

That will be an awesome trick given the Australian car doesn't even have Sat Nav!!

I think you'll find the Oz car just doesn't have a limiter....

[Gts-t]

Im going to say it will have a limiter it willjust be higher say 260km/hr

then again i am talking out my ass

Nice job getting to drive that around though, im not jealous or anything

[kralster]

wtf would they crush it? I mean really, with all the starving kids around the world, why do they not raffle it as a non road going car and give the proceeds to charity.

Nissan FTL

By that logic we should all be driving the cheapest car available, probably something 50 years old. And instead of posting this using my 22 inch monitor i'd be using an old CGA 12 inch.

[31GUN]

No speed limiter according to the Nissan guy.

He even suggested putting it on a dry lake to see how fast.

As for how many launches? Don't know.

All he said was overseas they are getting bent bits and broken bits because of this.

I would hazard a guess that they have not decided how many yet, and of course the ecu records all launches.

Craig Lowndes was really interested in the car too. Came and looked at it twice. (should have offered HIM a drive)

Hooks

[jay1]

nice sounds good

[Beer Baron]

you are a sexxy beast hooks. and can't believe you didn't give me a drive. I was there on sunday. butthole.

still i can't be too upset i'm unpacking one out of it's container tomorrow or wednesday. the last one i'm importing.

good work mate and glad you like it.

[31GUN]

Like it! I love it!

I want one real bad.

Hooks

[Majanal]

Yes Hooks, I do owe you big time my friend... I was shaking after driving it... AWESOME car... I'm still talking about it...

Now to remember how to post pictures... and if only the skid pan was empty... I think we could have cracked 2.5 g acceleration from a rolling start... lol. (I would have been happy to spend all day trying...)

[nickcorr]

This particular car will end up being crushed.

I already offered another red car to be crushed if I could keep this one. No dice.

Don't blame Nissan!!! This is a tax office directive. Basically, the vehicles can be brought in and used for a year. After that year, they have to be destroyed, and on production of proof that the vehicle has been crushed, they get a nice tax refund on the car... Has been going on for years with lots of really nice cars going to the crusher. Aston's, Jag's etc....

The pre build and product test cars often do not have complience plates and therefore cannot be sold anyway.

In another twist, Vic Roads have also changed their rules and PT cars can now only be driven by employees of that manufacturer. They now have a Marketing Eval type rego.