used c6 z06 for about 45k.

 

Im not an owner, but the thing I hate most is the way it looks. The GTR is sooooooooooo ugly! Get a used Z06 for 20K less, is just as fast, and looks way better.

 

If you get a nail in one tire nissan says you cant plug it and you just cant change 1 tire you have to change all four if this happens. around 2500 for all tires i heard. a guy at my dealer got charged 2700 for his tires adn they said a complimentary 4 wheel aligmnet. *** he only had around 5k miles

 

I'd have to say I hate the price and the fact that its technically an automatic. On top of all the maintenance fees your gonna pay and how much you are gonna have to pay for performance parts (19k for a Nismo exhaust), you would be better off either building a fully built Z or like the other guys were saying, getting a vette. At least you can get a vette in a stick. Affordable supercar my ***.

 

Guy seriously. Read one of the 3000 GTR reviews or try cars.com. You're asking super basic info about the car that can easily be answered. It is a dual clutch sequential tranny btw.

 

But make that into a 1/2 mile or full mile and I wonder who would win zo6? by just a tad? lol

 

A GTR vs Z06 IMO is a no brain comparison. GTR all day! GTR can be driven in rain sleet or snow. The Z06 not so much. That alone would say my decision livingon the eastcoast..

 

I love vettes but if you read what i posted above...this is why i cant get the vette....so i gotta look at other options...

 

GT-Rs on Ebay and some $3k below MSRP, look in FL, AR, TX, as economy is dead so dealers can't sell cars of any kind.
Black and silver cars seem to hold price but Red, White have some discount, The $3k optional silver looks cheap and no depth in paint and will not be offered in 2010 model...wonder why? CARMAX sells at MSRP as will most stealerships now, If I buy one I will not do business with stealerships that quoted me $20k over including the one I bought 2 350zs from. You vote with your dollar $

 

hmm interesting...well if i were to get a GTR...it would be white with maybe sume gold Volks and thats it...but i hear more bad things then good things about this car.....

 

Be prepared to take it in the *** for maintanence costs to stay within warranty. Lube not included.

 

well just in general....what mainanence is needed for the GTR besides oil change ?.....

 

By the letter, yes you are supposed to replace more than just one tire, but there are owners who have not only just replaced one tire, but also plugged/patched them. Plug/patch was on the tread portion and not on the shoulder.

I assume Nissan wrote this because you don't want an Owner being so cost concious that he tries to save $500 and then drive 170 mph.


Yup, maintenance costs can get pretty brutal for this car. Brake rotors/pads are expected to last a maximum of about 30,000 miles......less if the car is tracked.


Ride quality can be brutal even compared to a sports car like a C6 Z06.


Rear leg room sucks.


If I had to buy a car in today's market I would strongly consider a C6 Z06. With GM in the crisis they are now you should be able to get a good price and good loan % rate. I would guess you can get a pretty good maintenance and servicing package from your Chevy dealer too.

 

Yearly POS (Performance Optimization Service) where they check out the car. This is free for the 1,000 mile POS and the Year 1 to 3, but after that it's your dime.

Brakes I mentioned above, but hopefully there are much cheaper replacement parts in a couple of years.

Tires are big bucks and are not supposed to be rotated by dismounting and remounting so you don't even save money that way.

Replacement fluids are big bucks. Alternatives are starting to come out, but while cheaper than oem, they are not cheap either.

 

You can scrape the **** out of the GT-R's underside of the front lip too.

 

No, this rule applied to most AWD cars. AWD cars have computers that are reading wheel speed constantly, and cars with irregular tread depths can cause the differential to wear out much faster. A differential on an AWD car is not cheap, you can ask this of any owner with a STI or EVO.

Fact is, that tracking any car is expensive! Not just the GT-R. If you just buy this car to drive daily like you would a Vette, the maintenance costs are probably about the same. It's not required to take your car to the dealer to get brakes changed or fluids changed. It is required however to use the GT-R transmission fluid to avoid any Warranty voids. Hell, even using a different brand on a 350z could potentially void your warranty as it could cause a transmission fail as well.

 

i thought the GTR was a little bit higher stance and ground clearance compared to a vette?....thats why the GTR was my second on my list of cars to look at...

 

The vettes have a rubber piece that hangs real low and that's probably what scrapes, they were well aware it would hit that's why it flexes a lot. It's just rubber.

My choices would go in this order. GTR, M3, Vette.

The other two cars are noticieably different and people love them. The Z06 can easily be mistaken for regular C6. The other two just seem so bad ***...

 

+1

 

I do see what you are saying about the tires. I'm sorry but I wasn't clear in saying that by the letter of the manual you go out and get a hole in a tire with 55 miles on the odometer..........by the letter of the owner's manual you are supposed to change the tires, but not a lot of guys are going to change all 4 corners. The guys I had mentioned did not have too many miles on their tires if I recall correctly.

Time will tell if the market for replacement/maintenance GT-R parts will drop, but one thing I think for sure is it will not drop as low as replacement/maintenance parts for Vettes (C6 & Z06, not talking ZR-1) just because of the production numbers. It's pretty nutty how much is being asked for something simple like a cat-back exhaust pipe for a GT-R right now. As stated before hopefully the options for fluids expands further in the future and that the prices come down to reasonable levels, however right now it seems like anything GT-R comes with a premium.

Point taken about tracking any car, especially one as heavy as the GT-R.


OP I haven't measured the clearance on the lip of the GT-R and yes it's probably higher than the Z06, but don't think that it's high by any means. The clearance is lower than an '04 G coupe for sure (or maybe the overhang from the front wheels is longer, anyhow more scrapage with the GT-R).