2008 Best Car Series: (Round 3) Nissan GT-R vs Audi R8

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gator of kana
The reason why Americans like fast cars so much is because we hardly ever see a even sporty car in traffic. If you were in America you see that everybody pretty much drives the same thing which is boring. What cars you ask, Well there are plenty of Dodge Rams, Neons, Calibers. Many Chevrolet Impalas, Cobalts. A lot of Corollas, Camrys, Prius. Honda Civic sedans and Accords. Ford Focus, Mustangs. And LOTS and LOTS of SUVs. homeforsummer you should be lucky that you are in the UK because the cars you see everybody drive down there is much better and dynamic than it is here in America
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It depends where you live, both over there and here. There are plenty of flash cars in my home town (probably see a dozen Porsches a day, hundreds of big SUVs, Mercs, and more... even the odd R8) but far fewer where I go to uni. Likewise, when I visited the States for a month last year I didn't see many vehicles of note travelling through the midwest, but in Santa Monica I saw more Lamborghinis and Ferraris than I did when I went to Monaco.

I love fast cars, but that doesn't stop me appreciating slower ones equally, or even more in some cases 👍 And it's nothing to do with how common they are!
 
Kent
Looks like BMWs could be more common in the US than some members thought. :sly:
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But if you compare the US and the UK considering population, it pretty much kills gator's "dynamic argument".
 
ROAD_DOGG33J
I don't know what to say...other than

*facepalm*
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The grass is always greener. I'm sure there are some Europeans who would like to see some of our "normal" cars on a regular basis. Well, maybe not. But you get the point...
 
YSSMAN
The grass is always greener. I'm sure there are some Europeans who would like to see some of our "normal" cars on a regular basis. Well, maybe not. But you get the point...
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Yeah what person from Europe goes "GEE I HOPE I SEE A FORD F350 TODAY!"
 
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I expected it to be close... I personally could have voted either way.

Hmmm... American cars I'd like to see more of on our roads? The Neon SRT4... the Corvette (didja see MegaFactories on National Geographic? Amazing stuff going on in the Corvette factory...), maybe the Camaro (we have a few Mustangs already)... It would be awesome if we could get one of them thar V8 diesel trucks... y'know... the ones with more torque than the USS Enterprise... :lol:

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The Audi is expensive, given... but it's more of an occassion than the GT-R (for non-car people)... thus, IMHO, those two factors balance out. I still voted the GT-R because it delivered on what it promised... world-beating performance (when it was released, mind... and the cars outpacing it are the "hardcore" versions of its competitors... cars which the upcoming V-Spec may address) at a reasonable price.
 
Jim Prower
So, have I made my point? There's just as many people looking to tune the R8 as there is the GT-R. So one can't discount one for being a tuner car when the other is, as well.
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Wolfe
Besides, there's no such thing as "performance rice." Just "damn that's ugly," if you happen to be of that opinion. Those GT-Rs are as much "rice" as your Holdens are economy subcompacts. There's no subjectivity. It's just the wrong term.
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I'll keep calling some cars rice whether they perform or not, because to me that's what they are. (Not referring to those tuned GT-Rs now).
 
[sarcasm]Oh noes.. bling posers have found this poll and vote for R8! [/sarcasm] it's far from over, Gator.. relax. The thing is that GT-R is something that was expected from Nissan, but R8 was something Audi hasn't done before, which increases it's appeal.. But GT-R's appeal is in the bang for buck-factor, just like Z06's.
 
R8 for definate, much better looking, sounding, and ask yourself how many times are Audi gonna do this in comparison to Nissan.
 
Man I hope the Nissan wins. As far as I'm concerned, it's the *best* car of the last few years (yes I am a Skyline fanboy :sly:).
 
I voted for the Nissan but not bothered if the R8 wins in the end, they're both cars I'd love to have a go in!

YSSMAN
I'm sure there are some Europeans who would like to see some of our "normal" cars on a regular basis. Well, maybe not. But you get the point...
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I wouldn't mind actually, as long as we still had our cars too! I must admit it's much nicer hearing big V8s pull away from traffic lights than it is diesels...
 
This is excitingly close, and that's coming from someone who rarely invests any sort of emotional interest in discussion in general. Both this and the other Semi-final are great to watch. I'd love R8 and 500 in the final. I already know who I'd vote for, but the overall winner will be just as exciting to anticipate and this round!
 
Is it true that nissan make GTR owners sign a disclaimer about transmission noise, thats the transmission is sorta seen as a consumable, and that the car need servicing every 6000 miles?
 
exigeracer
It seems so.
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wow looks like the GTR isnt all that much of a performance bargain if you have to buy a new transmission every couple thousand miles. Apparently japanese tuners say that even on low milegale GTR's there is already alot of gearbox wear present.

Think I will stick to the 911 which only needs servicing every 20,000.
 
Reventón;3161749
Yes b/c all we drive in America are big trucks. :rolleyes: I'd expect this stereotype from anywhere but another us citizen.
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Well there just so happens to be about 5 or 6 diesel trucks on my street.

What I meant by that was, If I were to live in the UK I really wouldn't be rooting for anything from America to driving on the road there. Most of our stuff is just too big to fit over there.
 
forza2.0
wow looks like the GTR isnt all that much of a performance bargain if you have to buy a new transmission every couple thousand miles. Apparently japanese tuners say that even on low milegale GTR's there is already alot of gearbox wear present.

Think I will stick to the 911 which only needs servicing every 20,000.
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Proof, please.
 
Nissan tries to restrict the level of tuning to the GT-R because they are trying to make the gearbox last since past models have also had this problem
 
gator of kana
Nissan tries to restrict the level of tuning to the GT-R because they are trying to make the gearbox last since past models have also had this problem
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So what you're saying is Nissan sucks at making transmissions? Another reason I wouldn't want one.
 
bergauk
So what you're saying is Nissan sucks at making transmissions? Another reason I wouldn't want one.
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No it's like that on some other cars too because they can't handle all that power. It builds up more heat and cooling won't be efficient enough for the gearbox, why do you think the Veyron has 10 radiators
 
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Because it needs them? My dads truck gets exhaust heat of 450 degrees standard, and 1000 degrees at the max and I don't see the transmission breaking.. If they had durability issues they should have worked that out before they released it.
 
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forza2.0
wow looks like the GTR isnt all that much of a performance bargain if you have to buy a new transmission every couple thousand miles. Apparently japanese tuners say that even on low milegale GTR's there is already alot of gearbox wear present.

Think I will stick to the 911 which only needs servicing every 20,000.
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\/ My thoughts exactly, Nissan tried too hard to make it perform better than people expected and now they're paying for it. Personally I wouldn't trust any gearbox that technologically advanced, the old school tough saying stands for me with gearboxes.

ROAD_DOGG33J
I'm guessing that part of the cause is their supposed "less drivetrain loss."
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Everyone is forgetting these are just reports coming in from tuners, if it was a wide spread problem you would see the internet raising holy hell about it. I don't even know if anyone has taken there GT-R though enough miles to start experiencing problems.

Look I don't like the GT-R but the transmission thing is a bit absurd unless we can find something other then a blog to go by.
 

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