RE: Three Years Free Servicing For Nissan GT-R

[Guvernator]

Frimley111R said:

tomellingham said:

Great offer, have to admit the servicing costs were what put me off getting one.

Seriously? Its a very complex and expensive car; what did you expect?

For me this seems like a poor way to generate new sales. People in the market for new GTR's surely (??) aren't going to expect £150 services. They're not buying MINI's or Fiestas.

An organised trip to the Nurburgring or a Factory tour (where possible etc) seems more of a pull IMO.

I don' think anyone is expecting Fiesta service pricing on a GTR but some of the service costs are ridiculous and it's a major sticking point for a lot of potential owners. It might have Ferrari beating performance but a modern Ferrari costs the best part of £200k. The GTR is billed as the "Everyman's Supercar Slayer" so it's a bit rich to expect Ferrari level service schedules and pricing for a £60k Nissan, no matter how good it is. This is a good move on Nissan's part to alleviate some of those worries.

[jellison]

zakelwe said:

jellison said:

If Only TVR could have done this - might still be in business (or maybe not based on the SP6).

Make you wanna get a GTR - Nice cars, But Christ they are BIG!

That's the one thing that puts me off them, the rear end looks similar in size to Dawn French's. If you put 4 red tea plates on Dawn's arse they would be indistinguishable.

Why is it so big? You can't knock the performance though.

Yep on in our car park at work - Huge thing! Compared to the 3rd Gen GTR.


Personally I get rid of all the 4x4 trickery (maybe need bigger stickers rears though), ala how they have to race them in the Current GT1.

[Stu R]

jellison said:

zakelwe said:

jellison said:

If Only TVR could have done this - might still be in business (or maybe not based on the SP6).

Make you wanna get a GTR - Nice cars, But Christ they are BIG!

That's the one thing that puts me off them, the rear end looks similar in size to Dawn French's. If you put 4 red tea plates on Dawn's arse they would be indistinguishable.

Why is it so big? You can't knock the performance though.

Yep on in our car park at work - Huge thing! Compared to the 3rd Gen GTR.


Personally I get rid of all the 4x4 trickery (maybe need bigger stickers rears though), ala how they have to race them in the Current GT1.

Have you driven one out of curiosity? They really do a superb job of hiding their enormous bulk and mass when they're hurtled. I found it quite surreal compared to my R33 GTR, which by R32 GTR standards was deemed a bit of a bloater.

[Zed Ed]

jon- said:

And to think, Sony only cover my playstation for the first year

You deserve more credit for this post

[Stu R]

Zed Ed said:

jon- said:

And to think, Sony only cover my playstation for the first year

You deserve more credit for this post

Agreed, missed that one - brilliant

[Pesty]

Sorry I am confused. Probably me being thick as usual but

article said:

There is a catch, however - this is free only to customers who choose to buy via Nissan's personal contract financing package.

People who choose to buy 2011 GT-R via any other means (or already own a 2011 car) can get hold of the new package, which covers you for three years or 27k miles.

What am I missing? first there is a catch but then everyone can get the package. I assume by package you mean 'free' servicing because thats what we are talking about isnt it?

[jellison]

Stu R said:

jellison said:

zakelwe said:

jellison said:

If Only TVR could have done this - might still be in business (or maybe not based on the SP6).

Make you wanna get a GTR - Nice cars, But Christ they are BIG!

That's the one thing that puts me off them, the rear end looks similar in size to Dawn French's. If you put 4 red tea plates on Dawn's arse they would be indistinguishable.

Why is it so big? You can't knock the performance though.

Yep on in our car park at work - Huge thing! Compared to the 3rd Gen GTR.


Personally I get rid of all the 4x4 trickery (maybe need bigger stickers rears though), ala how they have to race them in the Current GT1.

Have you driven one out of curiosity? They really do a superb job of hiding their enormous bulk and mass when they're hurtled. I found it quite surreal compared to my R33 GTR, which by R32 GTR standards was deemed a bit of a bloater.

Nope - but then there alot of fast cars I and most on here will never have driven.

Personally I like my cars to be alot Crazier, that something that does it all for you with computers. Any half reasonable pilot can go fast in a 4x4 Rally or GTR type toy.

I like less grip - i.e. you are involved and have to contribute alot more at legal (and highly illegal) speeds that in such things.

But that is just me.

I do enjoy watching them in GT1 racing (ESPN) though, but all slicked up and RWD, they may even be non-turbo with a V8 (think no turbos due to all that equalisation bull) - I'll check.

[Dagnut]

Computers doing the work.
Not real drivers car.
Too Heavy.
Cheap jap interior.
911.
fake ring times.
Chocolatey gearbox


Now all the rubbish is out of the can way get on with the topic?

[Stu R]

jellison said:

Stu R said:

jellison said:

zakelwe said:

jellison said:

If Only TVR could have done this - might still be in business (or maybe not based on the SP6).

Make you wanna get a GTR - Nice cars, But Christ they are BIG!

That's the one thing that puts me off them, the rear end looks similar in size to Dawn French's. If you put 4 red tea plates on Dawn's arse they would be indistinguishable.

Why is it so big? You can't knock the performance though.

Yep on in our car park at work - Huge thing! Compared to the 3rd Gen GTR.


Personally I get rid of all the 4x4 trickery (maybe need bigger stickers rears though), ala how they have to race them in the Current GT1.

Have you driven one out of curiosity? They really do a superb job of hiding their enormous bulk and mass when they're hurtled. I found it quite surreal compared to my R33 GTR, which by R32 GTR standards was deemed a bit of a bloater.

Nope - but then there alot of fast cars I and most on here will never have driven.

Personally I like my cars to be alot Crazier, that something that does it all for you with computers. Any half reasonable pilot can go fast in a 4x4 Rally or GTR type toy.

I like less grip - i.e. you are involved and have to contribute alot more at legal (and highly illegal) speeds that in such things.

But that is just me.

I do enjoy watching them in GT1 racing (ESPN) though, but all slicked up and RWD, they may even be non-turbo with a V8 (think no turbos due to all that equalisation bull) - I'll check.

Cool It wasn't a loaded question or anything, I was just genuinely interested to see - knowing your predilection for cars of a certain... temperament - what you thought of them if you had

[Arun_D]

jellison said:

I do enjoy watching them in GT1 racing (ESPN) though, but all slicked up and RWD, they may even be non-turbo with a V8 (think no turbos due to all that equalisation bull) - I'll check.

Yep

[sideways sid]

Stu R said:

Zed Ed said:

jon- said:

And to think, Sony only cover my playstation for the first year

You deserve more credit for this post

Agreed, missed that one - brilliant

Agreed. Excellent! Astonishing innit...

[sideways sid]

Hellbound said:

goron59 said:

Not good. If you've got to use a finance plan, you're already p1ssing money down the drain.

I agree to a point. If you're using a 0% deal then you're not pi$$ing as much money away as you can do with some of these ridiculously uncompetitive in-house deals most major manufacturers offer. But, if you're buying a new car, you should be prepared to pi$$ away a substantial chunk of that over the first 3 years or so anyway.

So if you're a cash buyer, take the car on Finance, get the keys and the Free Servicing, then just settle up with the Finance company within the 16-day 'cooling off period'. Job done.

[blindswelledrat]

Frimley111R said:

An organised trip to the Nurburgring or a Factory tour (where possible etc) seems more of a pull IMO.

Which is what you got with your order 2 years ago when the cars were £50k!
It was a brilliant lure. You got loads of other gimmicky but cool things as well, completely randomly. One day you would just get a GT-R tape measure through the post and think "WTF?" for the note attatched saying it was to measure your head for your free GTR Arai helmet for you Silverstone trackday etc
Bearing in mind the servicing for 3 years would be just over £2k or so, whn I bought mine the difference in the interest rates between Nissans and Oracles added up to more than that anyway. Its a bit rubbish.

[car95]

When are car manufacturers going to understand that we want everything free! For nothing!

(Maybe in return for streaming adverts into the car? )


Seems to me this could tip someone into taking the Nissan finance package, but it's unlikely to tip someone into to buying the car as opposed to something else. Although, this sort of announcement does get publicity!

[Pingman]

tomellingham said:

Great offer, have to admit the servicing costs were what put me off getting one.

How much IS the servicing on a beast like the GTR?

[britsportscars]

car95 said:

(Maybe in return for streaming adverts into the car? )

Don't give them any ideas...

[blindswelledrat]

Pingman said:

tomellingham said:

Great offer, have to admit the servicing costs were what put me off getting one.

How much IS the servicing on a beast like the GTR?

Not as much as people seem to think!

6,000Mile / 6 Month (G1) Service £149.98 Inc. VAT
12,000Mile / 12 Month (G2) Service with Optimisation Inspection £326.99 Inc. VAT
18,000 Mile / 18 Month (G1) Service £556.56 Inc. VAT

[superman84]

blindswelledrat said:

Not as much as people seem to think!

6,000Mile / 6 Month (G1) Service £149.98 Inc. VAT
12,000Mile / 12 Month (G2) Service with Optimisation Inspection £326.99 Inc. VAT
18,000 Mile / 18 Month (G1) Service £556.56 Inc. VAT

Not sure what all the fuss is about then! I guess tyres and brake pads/disks will be expensive to replace.

[BT52]

2011 cars are every 12 months, not every 6 and this offer only applies to 2011 cars, so not as much of a saving as you might expect.

[blindswelledrat]

superman84 said:

Not sure what all the fuss is about then! I guess tyres and brake pads/disks will be expensive to replace.

WHen they first came out a set of official discs and pads were £4k and the tyres were £500 each.
Ive no doubt there are lots of options availabe now that are nowhere near that kind of price but certainly when figures like that are touted around its enough to put you off.