Anyone own a Nissan GT-R ?
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Are they delicate, do the tyres really last just 7000miles ? is 23mpg really 'the best' you could hope for?
Is there any other pitfalls to long term ownership ? (i won't be using it as a daily..)
i have around £30k for a weekend car and have noticed the GT-R has popped into this bracket so on my radar.. (981 boxster S, early R8 and possibly an RS3 are the other contenders) - i have around 6 months to make up my mind so starting the research phase now)
Is there any other pitfalls to long term ownership ? (i won't be using it as a daily..)
i have around £30k for a weekend car and have noticed the GT-R has popped into this bracket so on my radar.. (981 boxster S, early R8 and possibly an RS3 are the other contenders) - i have around 6 months to make up my mind so starting the research phase now)
PixelpeepS3 said:
Are they delicate, do the tyres really last just 7000miles ? is 23mpg really 'the best' you could hope for?
Is there any other pitfalls to long term ownership ? (i won't be using it as a daily..)
i have around £30k for a weekend car and have noticed the GT-R has popped into this bracket so on my radar.. (981 boxster S, early R8 and possibly an RS3 are the other contenders) - i have around 6 months to make up my mind so starting the research phase now)
I honestly think the RS3/TTRS/M2/A45's are going to be your best shout in that price bracket, especially after your first line in that paragraph. You'd be lucky to see 23mpg outside of the motorway, plus it wouldn't surprise me if the tyres did less than 7k.Is there any other pitfalls to long term ownership ? (i won't be using it as a daily..)
i have around £30k for a weekend car and have noticed the GT-R has popped into this bracket so on my radar.. (981 boxster S, early R8 and possibly an RS3 are the other contenders) - i have around 6 months to make up my mind so starting the research phase now)
A GTR would be fantastic. As long as it is unmodded or has been worked on by a very reputable dealer such as lichfields.
Expect 20 mpg, tyres can last 12k miles depending on which ones are on it and how the car is driven.
As we said there are lot of other options at this sort of money, a GTR is a very special bit of kit though.
Expect 20 mpg, tyres can last 12k miles depending on which ones are on it and how the car is driven.
As we said there are lot of other options at this sort of money, a GTR is a very special bit of kit though.
I would have thought that key here would be your homework on the car.
I would not be worried about how many tyres it goes through or MPG. You are buying a supercar. The aforementioned eating of tyres and low mpg comes as standard. If you are worried about budget on tyres having to be replaced then as said, a lot more can go wrong with a car of this nature than tyres or poor mpg.
Take your time to review the providence of the car. See where its been serviced and how frequently, ring them if you can and check the work that was done and what they know about the car. But make sure you have budget aside to at least replace perishable items early on to give the car a bit of a refresh and a remaining fund for any larger items that may go wrong later down the line.
The lower end bracket of cars like this you'll often find a bit of a hidden history but nothing to be overtly scared of, if that is, you are going in eyes wide open. Check out the likes of co-part for example for unregistered salvage nad repossession cars that will be lower down the price bracket than a 2nd hand dealer car. there are ways and means of jumping into this category. But say again, eyes wide open.
That all said. They are at their heart a nissan. Servicing doesn't need to be major. Oil change circa £150-200. £500 for a service inc. brake fluid. £700 inc. diff oil. Plugs maybe an extra £300 ish on top.
The bell housing as mentioned about is common fault, Figure about £900-£1000 for that.
Check out the Litchfield website for a whole host of GTR info -
http://www.litchfieldmotors.com/nissan-gtr/faq
Give them a ring - when i had my impreza with them they were nothing short of brilliant, always happy to chat and help.
there are certainly options at this price bracket. A few i'd consider are already mentioned above, but one that hasn't been and a lovely Japanese performance car in its own right is this -
Lexus RC F 5.0.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
A very different but very good car in its own right. I'd certainly consider one for that kind of money.
I would not be worried about how many tyres it goes through or MPG. You are buying a supercar. The aforementioned eating of tyres and low mpg comes as standard. If you are worried about budget on tyres having to be replaced then as said, a lot more can go wrong with a car of this nature than tyres or poor mpg.
Take your time to review the providence of the car. See where its been serviced and how frequently, ring them if you can and check the work that was done and what they know about the car. But make sure you have budget aside to at least replace perishable items early on to give the car a bit of a refresh and a remaining fund for any larger items that may go wrong later down the line.
The lower end bracket of cars like this you'll often find a bit of a hidden history but nothing to be overtly scared of, if that is, you are going in eyes wide open. Check out the likes of co-part for example for unregistered salvage nad repossession cars that will be lower down the price bracket than a 2nd hand dealer car. there are ways and means of jumping into this category. But say again, eyes wide open.
That all said. They are at their heart a nissan. Servicing doesn't need to be major. Oil change circa £150-200. £500 for a service inc. brake fluid. £700 inc. diff oil. Plugs maybe an extra £300 ish on top.
The bell housing as mentioned about is common fault, Figure about £900-£1000 for that.
Check out the Litchfield website for a whole host of GTR info -
http://www.litchfieldmotors.com/nissan-gtr/faq
Give them a ring - when i had my impreza with them they were nothing short of brilliant, always happy to chat and help.
there are certainly options at this price bracket. A few i'd consider are already mentioned above, but one that hasn't been and a lovely Japanese performance car in its own right is this -
Lexus RC F 5.0.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
A very different but very good car in its own right. I'd certainly consider one for that kind of money.
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