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Old 03-27-2008, 05:52 PM
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Im not sure where you guys get your info but the Nissan GTR has one of the best times on the nurburgring track in germany, and thats not a straight line. Beating out million dollar cars. Faster then the porche 911 turbo and carrera GT on straight and winding tracks.
You don't happen to own a Skyline do you?

Dont want this to become a slagging match over which car is better than which...

I love the GTR (I've owned an R32 and driven R33's & R34's) & I never said it's only good in straight lines.

As regards 'info' on lap times... the GTR is actually slower than a Carrera GT around the 'Ring.

7:28 - Porsche Carrera GT (official factory time 7:32)
7:38 - 2009 Nissan GTR
7:40 - Porsche 997 Turbo
8:32 - Porsche Boxster S
8:42 - Lotus Exige

Don't forget that one of the prime objectives of the GTR development team was to beat the 911 Turbo around the Nurburgring.

They achived that goal but, at what cost?

The car is stupendously fast, handles well (but not as well as a Lotus!) and is reasonably cheap for the performance (approx. $80k) - but it's heavy (near 4000lbs), soul-less (drives like a Playstation game - many reasons for this) and at the end of the day, looks damned ugly!

Put it on a tighter track (that is more typical of the kind of tracks you & me would drive around) and the GTR would start to become ponderous, heavy & underbraked compared to 'trackday' cars such as Elise & Exige.

The slower lap time around the 'Ring is due to the Lotus hitting it's rev limiter on the straights (small, low horse power engine).

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Also the Elises speed comes from how light it weighs which means big people can slow down the car immensly.
That's the beauty of the Elise

Let's put it this way...

Some people prefer to knock down a house with a wrecking ball & some would prefer a small, well placed explosive charge.

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Old 03-27-2008, 07:32 PM
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Did you ever have a look at the T-rex......not many of them around....fast and only fair weather players.....

http://www.t-rexvehicles.com
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Old 03-27-2008, 08:05 PM
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ok..I just went to my posted website...and that sucker is way cooler then I remembered.
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Old 03-27-2008, 08:10 PM
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Very cool car!

Have you seen these?

A contender for out handling an Elise...

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Old 03-27-2008, 08:52 PM
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Did you ever have a look at the T-rex......not many of them around....fast and only fair weather players.....

http://www.t-rexvehicles.com
And there are canadian.
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Unless your a small man or a women I would skip the lotus not just for size but it looks rediculus seeing a guy driving such a femanine car.

Ok, so I'm not a small guy, about 6 feet and the size of a football player but I'm willing to drop 50 lbs just so I can fit in this car. I figure if I could fit inside my 350Z I'm pretty sure I could squeeze into a Lotus. As for the chick car comment, since when was a streetable race car a chick car .
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Ok, so I'm not a small guy, about 6 feet and the size of a football player but I'm willing to drop 50 lbs just so I can fit in this car. I figure if I could fit inside my 350Z I'm pretty sure I could squeeze into a Lotus. As for the chick car comment, since when was a streetable race car a chick car .
I said it was a femanine car. I just think its funny seeing middle age men driving an elise. Just my opinion.
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Did you get the Lotus yet?? I passed a Orange Elise yesterday on Lougheed Hwy.. I was the one in the black 07 Dakota with a jealous stare LOL
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I said it was a femanine car. I just think its funny seeing middle age men driving an elise. Just my opinion.
I didn't realize 26 was middle aged. Darn I'm old.
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