Is this the dream?!

[TooMany2cvs]

768 said:

TooMany2cvs said:

FWIW, the GTR leaves me utterly cold. I really could not give a flying toss about it, and it certainly wouldn't be anywhere near a fantasy lottery-win garage. It's just blingy techno-wk.

It's top trumps ability is a bit more than bling techno-wk.

Meh. Enough techno-wk, and big numbers follow along. And the GTR is techno-wk-overload.

768 said:

I wouldn't mind one, it's better than anything on my drive today. They're not even lottery money either.

Sure. But I can think of one HELL of a lot of more deserving recipients of that money...

The cheapest in the Pistonheads classified is a £26k reshelled write-off. Mmmm-hmm... SO tempting. Ignoring that, £37k.

Well, bugger me, I could spend ALL DAY trying to narrow it down to about a dozen MUCH more deserving homes of my £37k...

[interloper]

walm said:

Apparently there are a bunch of guys on the GTR forum who are trying to re-badge their cars.


With this...

I have to admit I much prefer the name Datsun, it just sounds chunky somehow, Nissan on the other hand is rather wishy washy.

Although I am a bit of a Luddite and get all excited by Webbers and mechanicals etc, there is a spot in my fantasy garage for a current GTR. Mostly because its properly Japanese and a bit special (and the whole twin prop shafts, gearbox in the rear set up is damned funky).

[Biker's Nemesis]

A month or so ago I ended up following a Lamborghini Countach along the A1 in traffic, I got past him then gave him the thumbs up so he comes along side sticks his thumb up and burys his foot into the carpet a few times.

I can't tell you how much this made me smile. ( I had a poster of one on my bedroom wall as a kid)

The guy is a PH'r and replied to my post in the NE spotted thread.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[mikebradford]

Regardless of if you like GTRs or not, i like that the OP had a moment he enjoyed. Simply because another road user choose to go slightly out of his way.

If this happened more often, many peoples mundane journeys would be brightened up.

With regard to the whole GTR chavy thing.
Im in the camp i really like them, but probably wouldn't buy one if i was in a position too.
Number plates are fun for me and i simply dont get to emotional over them, like some appear to.

[rxe]

Not my particular dream, but I'd happily drive one, and thank god there are enough people about who want to do so. Otherwise we'd all be driving Matiz things and life would be dull.

I'd rather buy a field than spend big money on a car....

[culpz]

Shnozz said:

Not everyone aspires to a GTR, lottery win or otherwise. The mixed results of this thread display that.

It's quite simple.

Don't understand the attitude behind it that's all darling. Hard day in the office?

I should have put "IMO" in that sentence but i assumed it was implied.

Edited by culpz on Thursday 25th August 08:13

Edited by culpz on Thursday 25th August 08:15

[VladD]

interloper said:

I have to admit I much prefer the name Datsun, it just sounds chunky somehow, Nissan on the other hand is rather wishy washy.

That's especially true when pronounced by Americans as knee-saan.

[Shnozz]

culpz said:

Shnozz said:

Not everyone aspires to a GTR, lottery win or otherwise. The mixed results of this thread display that.

It's quite simple.

Don't understand the attitude behind it that's all darling. Hard day in the office?

I should have put "IMO" in that sentence but i assumed it was implied.

Great day thanks sweetie, I don't have to work in an office.

The "attitude" is simply folk have different tastes.

Glad you cleared it up though as you were just coming across as thick. IMO.

[C7 JFW]

I too have had moments like this with a GT-R doing a fly-by my S2000 - it was bloody marvellous and felt like the very essence of what makes us PistonHeads - our passion and appreciation for car culture.

Is a GT-R a dream car for me? Yes.

I'd love some other more exotic things, granted, but I'd certainly consider it a dreamy car.

[culpz]

Shnozz said:

Great day thanks sweetie, I don't have to work in an office.

The "attitude" is simply folk have different tastes.

Glad you cleared it up though as you were just coming across as thick. IMO.

I can quite easily grasp that opinions differ from one person to the next. Great assumption work there though. You were coming across as a bellend. IMO.

[VladD]

culpz said:

Shnozz said:

Great day thanks sweetie, I don't have to work in an office.

The "attitude" is simply folk have different tastes.

Glad you cleared it up though as you were just coming across as thick. IMO.

I can quite easily grasp that opinions differ from one person to the next. Great assumption work there though. You were coming across as a bellend. IMO.

And let's hope that this really is the end to this little love in chaps.

[walm]

culpz said:

I can quite easily grasp that opinions differ from one person to the next.

Really?
Because you give the exact opposite impression with this line:

culpz said:

I think anyone who likes cars would probably say that if they won the lottery then this would be a definite contender on a "to-buy" list.

And that's after explicit posts to the contrary right above it!!

[walm]

VladD said:

And let's hope that this really is the end to this little love in chaps.

Sorry.

[culpz]

walm said:

culpz said:

I can quite easily grasp that opinions differ from one person to the next.

Really?
Because you give the exact opposite impression with this line:

culpz said:

I think anyone who likes cars would probably say that if they won the lottery then this would be a definite contender on a "to-buy" list.

And that's after explicit posts to the contrary right above it!!

Again, the "IMO" was implied, or so i thought. Then I get the usual arrogant response for stating my opinion, just because someone takes what i say out of context. Which is exactly what i'm getting questioned about now funnily enough. This forum is a shambles.

[Dave Hedgehog]

interloper said:

walm said:

Apparently there are a bunch of guys on the GTR forum who are trying to re-badge their cars.


With this...

I have to admit I much prefer the name Datsun, it just sounds chunky somehow, Nissan on the other hand is rather wishy washy.

Although I am a bit of a Luddite and get all excited by Webbers and mechanicals etc, there is a spot in my fantasy garage for a current GTR. Mostly because its properly Japanese and a bit special (and the whole twin prop shafts, gearbox in the rear set up is damned funky).

i wish vauxhall badged the maloo and VXR8 holden, i would be very interested in them if they did

[WJNB]

Phon_E87 said:

Such a snob!
What's "class" even got to do with it, Mr La-de-da?

Japanese cars:
No heritage.
No character.
Anything Japanese has stigma for some age groups & demographics.
Japanese identified with heartless cynicism & greed attempting to challenge established global brands.
A love of plastic & automation.
No perception of design, vulgar clumsiness considered good enough to appeal to those without taste.
If you have made it in the world you don't turn up at the worlds best hotels corporate headquarters or grand homes in a Jap. car. They are for the masses.

[AshBurrows]

WJNB said:

Japanese cars:
No heritage.
No character.
Anything Japanese has stigma for some age groups & demographics.
Japanese identified with heartless cynicism & greed attempting to challenge established global brands.
A love of plastic & automation.
No perception of design, vulgar clumsiness considered good enough to appeal to those without taste.
If you have made it in the world you don't turn up at the worlds best hotels corporate headquarters or grand homes in a Jap. car. They are for the masses.

lol

[jamieduff1981]

culpz said:

walm said:

culpz said:

I can quite easily grasp that opinions differ from one person to the next.

Really?
Because you give the exact opposite impression with this line:

culpz said:

I think anyone who likes cars would probably say that if they won the lottery then this would be a definite contender on a "to-buy" list.

And that's after explicit posts to the contrary right above it!!

Again, the "IMO" was implied, or so i thought. Then I get the usual arrogant response for stating my opinion, just because someone takes what i say out of context. Which is exactly what i'm getting questioned about now funnily enough. This forum is a shambles.

I think you have issues!

You think that anyone who likes cars would probably say that if they won the lottery then this would be a definite contender on a "to-buy" list.

So in your opinion, I should probably say that I'd want to buy a GTR. That is exactly what you're saying.

I like cars and waste a lot of money on them. I like different sorts of cars; ones that need a lot of driver interaction to get the best out of them in a grass-roots sort of way. I can appreciate a GTR for what it is and what it can do, but I don't want one. Many others who have posted on this thread have reached the same conclusion for their own reasons.

In your opinion, we probably all want a GTR - and we're all arrogant and the forum is a shambles because we don't.

[LordHaveMurci]

jamieduff1981 said:

I think you have issues!

You think that anyone who likes cars would probably say that if they won the lottery then this would be a definite contender on a "to-buy" list.

So in your opinion, I should probably say that I'd want to buy a GTR. That is exactly what you're saying.

I like cars and waste a lot of money on them. I like different sorts of cars; ones that need a lot of driver interaction to get the best out of them in a grass-roots sort of way. I can appreciate a GTR for what it is and what it can do, but I don't want one. Many others who have posted on this thread have reached the same conclusion for their own reasons.

In your opinion, we probably all want a GTR - and we're all arrogant and the forum is a shambles because we don't.

You obviously drive a Matiz then

[culpz]

jamieduff1981 said:

I think you have issues!

Yeah, of what car magazine?