Being A GT-R Owner Sux A$S Sometimes!
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Being A GT-R Owner Sux A$S Sometimes!
Long story short, I noticed the tire pressure constantly dropping in the rear left tire, i fill it up with air, then in a day it will go down by 10 psi or so...
so, i took it to the dealer, and guess what, there was a nail in the rear tyre.
ok, fair enough, my bad...
when i asked about how much it will cost to repair it?
they said, we cant patch it, we have to replace the entire tyre.. over a tiny nail puncture?!
I asked how much that will cost, and i got quoted something around $735 !!!
WTF!!
WAIT THATS NOT THE BAD PART YET!!
this a$shole from headquarters comes up to me, and says that they have STRICT orders from japan to replace ALL 4 TYRES because by replacing just one, the balance of the car might be compromised, cause of the other tyres tread and all...
mind u, the gt-r's only done about 2000 miles now...
so, one nail! one lousy nail was gonna cost me about $3,000 !!
and to make things worse, he said that if i dont do that...
here it comes....
MY WARRANTY MIGHT GET VOIDED !!
i wasnt gonna take this, i went down to HQ... Spoke to one of the supervisors there, and he said he'll see what he can do to help me out..
I actually told him that i dont want the gt-r anymore, and he can just take it, cause im not gonna settle with a car thats gonna give me this many headaches over one small nail!
i ended up just replacing the one tyre...
but seriously!! wtf!!
listen nissan, i know the gt-r is your crown jewel and all, but its not a Mclaren F1 ! i hate it when car companies do this to their customers...
Meh... rant over...
If ur considering buying a GT-R, its not all Shine and Glory, be prepared to treat ur car like its a reventon, or else, u might pay dearly....
peace !
so, i took it to the dealer, and guess what, there was a nail in the rear tyre.
ok, fair enough, my bad...
when i asked about how much it will cost to repair it?
they said, we cant patch it, we have to replace the entire tyre.. over a tiny nail puncture?!
I asked how much that will cost, and i got quoted something around $735 !!!
WTF!!
WAIT THATS NOT THE BAD PART YET!!
this a$shole from headquarters comes up to me, and says that they have STRICT orders from japan to replace ALL 4 TYRES because by replacing just one, the balance of the car might be compromised, cause of the other tyres tread and all...
mind u, the gt-r's only done about 2000 miles now...
so, one nail! one lousy nail was gonna cost me about $3,000 !!
and to make things worse, he said that if i dont do that...
here it comes....
MY WARRANTY MIGHT GET VOIDED !!
i wasnt gonna take this, i went down to HQ... Spoke to one of the supervisors there, and he said he'll see what he can do to help me out..
I actually told him that i dont want the gt-r anymore, and he can just take it, cause im not gonna settle with a car thats gonna give me this many headaches over one small nail!
i ended up just replacing the one tyre...
but seriously!! wtf!!
listen nissan, i know the gt-r is your crown jewel and all, but its not a Mclaren F1 ! i hate it when car companies do this to their customers...
Meh... rant over...
If ur considering buying a GT-R, its not all Shine and Glory, be prepared to treat ur car like its a reventon, or else, u might pay dearly....
peace !
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The car is not worth that much to me. Give me a 350Z and 500hp and I would be happier. Enjoy your GT-R but it is not a car I want to own. No manual Tranny = not my type of car.
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To make things even worse... I told the guys down at the dealer ship:
If i bring the tyre (same one) can u replace it
They Blatantly said: "No, We have to clear our inventory! And if u dont use one of the tyre we have, we wont cover u" !! wtf !!
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do this, dont do this, do this, dont do this, if u do this we will void u, if u dont do this we will void u...
its like ur worried more about the warranty than actually getting driving pleasure...
everytime u go a bit hard on the car, u end up on this guilt trip!
thats not why u buy this car, u get it to enjoy it!
porsche basically tells its customers, go out, abuse ur cars...
sux with nissan...
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Have you checked about seeing if your tires have road hazards on them? I thought they didn't come with it from factory but my moms Toyota Camry came with a 1 year road hazard reimbursement warranty when she got a nail in her tire. And trying to tell you, its required for you to replace all 4 tires, and could void warranty...what a joke. Have you even tried looking online for a cheaper alternative (Although dealer should take care of you being you ONLY have 2k miles on it..)
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Have you checked about seeing if your tires have road hazards on them? I thought they didn't come with it from factory but my moms Toyota Camry came with a 1 year road hazard reimbursement warranty when she got a nail in her tire. And trying to tell you, its required for you to replace all 4 tires, and could void warranty...what a joke. Have you even tried looking online for a cheaper alternative (Although dealer should take care of you being you ONLY have 2k miles on it..)
they play the "if u can afford a gt-r, u can afford to change ur tyres" card
which in my opinon is B.S.
No, unfortunately the gt-rs tyres dont have the hazard warranty thing...
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my safety > money... so i went with replacing 1 tyre and still keeping my warranty...
but the fact that they made a huge fuss about replacing all 4 and they cant do anything else cause those were their orders from japan, is just B.S...
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and i didnt know till i had to check, but the gt-rs tyres arent ur standard off the shelf potenzas
that even made it worse, cause every other tyre shop i went said that they had to order it in! no one has stock of those tyres except the dealers...
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its not just my dealer... dealers all over the globe r starting **** with thier customers over the GT-Rs warranties and all...