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  On 18/02/2011 at 4:20 AM, glaze said:

Obv, having back surgery a few years back doesnt help either!! Thats pretty irritating most days for me, so hence I have a love hate relationship with the GTR:(

The left knee gives me grief sometimes in traffic jams, but my gtr really is a weekender, i take the tram to school.

Yeh I know they are the best street weapons forn the price for sure!!! Grant, I think I am feeling more like a cruiser these days, must be getting Old:(

  On 18/02/2011 at 5:29 AM, xALmoN said:

The left knee gives me grief sometimes in traffic jams, but my gtr really is a weekender, i take the tram to school.

Eventually you'll get over chicken leg syndrome :thumbsup:

  On 18/02/2011 at 5:50 AM, R31Nismoid said:

Clearly not as competitive as you thought :P

Over time you get used to kicking a bag of sand (which some heavy twin plates are like) :D

Oh well, the os giken is pretty comfy, for what it is.

mines a daily and love it and i was thinking about leaving it for cruises and weekends and getting another car that i can use daily but then my gtr will never get driven because i dont drive on the weekends i drink lol.

You wouldnt know what inconvinience was ------try going through life with an old porsche , like i did for 5 years ,

sure it looks great but always in the workshop , no boot at all , no 3rd n 4th seat ,

also no room for 1 farkin boogie board , no golf clubs either . thumbsup.gif I love my 2nd GTR there is no inconvienience at ALL

I only wish the stock 33 gtr suspension was softer. Any suggestions on soft replacement suspension? I only use the car as a daily.

Oh and having to fill up twice a week because of 3 hrs of driving daily is quite annoying haha

OT, but how did no-one pick up on this???

  On 18/02/2011 at 12:40 AM, R31Nismoid said:

Same for my GTS-R. No issues

bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

:rofl:

  On 18/02/2011 at 12:41 PM, joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo said:

OT, but how did no-one pick up on this???

bahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

:rofl:

:D

With the fact its a hungry and expensive beast ya dickhead :domokun:

  On 18/02/2011 at 10:49 AM, glaze said:

Apparently kicking a sand bag is not great for my back:(

You need Nismo Coppermix clutch then...

They are the business.

Its about 5x easier than my OS twin to use.

You're back from Singapore. Welcome back!

  On 18/02/2011 at 1:20 AM, xALmoN said:

fuel just disappears though, other than that, i've got no complaints!

It fits azn sized passengers perfectly! and that's all i ferry around anyway.

I used to use mine for everything and mates will vouch it did just about everything. Daily driver, tow a 17ft boat, tow dirt bikes in the bush plus camping, attempted to 4x4 it but it needed a front LSD for grip, it did plenty of track days in Vic and NSW and was quick for for what it was and $ spent.

What more do you need out of a car? Seems practical to me................

All with a OS Giken triple and never had a problem driving it. I think some of you need to man up and stop being princesses! Back problems are a good excuss though. The clutch isn't that heavy boys.

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