GTR Practicality & Noise

[Sixx]

I'm debating making the move to a GT-R. I always enjoyed raw performance from the TVR I used to have, but was killed by the day to day reality of living with it so I left performance cars behind for a few years and I've languished in BMWs and Mercs. The other week I test drove an 08 GTR (they wouldn't let me test a brand new one) and it had been modified with a Y Pipe and having had the middle cat removed - made a beautiful noise but I'm sure the novelty would have worn off after a 200 mile motorway trip!. Can anyone tell me if a standard car is easy to live with from a noise perspective - by that I mean can you drive 100 miles and not be bleeding from the ears - can you actually use the blue tooth phone or are you just screaming at the windscreen....

[GTR Cook]

In standard form the GTR is very quiet, should be fine on a motorway journey.

[Heaveho]

Hi, I drove to Crete and back, the noise isn't the problem, it's the bloody suspension.....

[Sixx]

I assume that when you test at the Ring then Crete will always be a challenge! Must have been a hell of a trip, not sure which would have cost more - the petrol or the chiropractor sessions!

[Schermerhorn]

The GT-R is a GT car and was built for long high speed cross-country blasts. The performance is just another bonus.

[Heaveho]

Schermerhorn said:

The GT-R is a GT car and was built for long high speed cross-country blasts. The performance is just another bonus.

Lol, which countries....France maybe, didn't fare too well for us in Italy or Greece, the only bonus was that using that car made my other half stop complaining about the ride my Evo.

[Schermerhorn]

Heaveho said:

Schermerhorn said:

The GT-R is a GT car and was built for long high speed cross-country blasts. The performance is just another bonus.

Lol, which countries....France maybe, didn't fare too well for us in Italy or Greece, the only bonus was that using that car made my other half stop complaining about the ride my Evo.

The quality of the road has a lot to do with the ride comfort of any car. The roads in Italy and Greece are erm.....'interesting' shall we say

[Heaveho]

Lol, I'm gonna interpret "interesting" as code for "a bloody disgrace". Still at least you can drive as fast as you like in Italy and not stand out, they're all at it! Try that in France, the tossers.