Dr Forinor

Oh, I forgot to mention (for the likes of Jim who also wanted to know what the experience of buying Nissan's flagship would be like), when I went for the Optimisation Service, my courtesy car was a '10 plate with 90miles on the clock, 370Z Roadster :D

Don't tell anyone! :lol: :lol: :lol: Sorry mate but that got me in stitches!!!!

For some reason I doubt it, I dont think you can get a fine enough point in the spray with a consistently high pressure to be able to target the holes properly, but I will certainly give it a go. I'm always down at the jetwash to clean the car. I'm assuming the jetwash pressure is about the same as something you would have at home, say a Karcher or whatever?

Shall search for a suitably sized tool to do the job and see how I get on :)

Yeh, its not fully blocking the holes but not far from it. Fair enough, I thought that but was hoping for an easier, less time consuming method. Ah well, serves us right for having such brakes eh :lol:

You'll know Kev, best way to get rid of brake dust from the drilled holes in the brakes?

Yeh from that point of view, it's very close to a N/A engine, but its so quick that "meh", dont really care haha :lol: Well a Cobb AccessPort and a Y pipe will give the best bang for buck power gains and everyone says it's the perfect starter pack for tuning the car. So yeh, already have a wee list of stuff I want :cuckoo:

With the Optimisation Service now all done, I was able to put the foot down! :D :D The "problem" with the car is the power delivery is linear. Now I have "problem" in inverted commmas, 'cos obviously it's not a problem but you dont get the classic "oo ya f@cker" turbo hit when it boosts, but really, its not a problem cos its "put the foot down and WOOHOO!!!" Shift light on the rev counter, nice touch, you can even set your shift light to start flashing at a chosen rpm anywhere between 3k and 6k. The one thing I wasnt able to try but wanted to before the optimisation was the suspension in Race mode. From Comfort to Race, there is a fair bit of diference. The whole car is so much tighter, the brakes feel slightly more responsive, the car gives you more confidence in Race than in Comfort. Still learning so will keep updating :)

You have a Nissan GT-R! You don't need to! People normally PAY to come and drive a GT-R! :) Haha, I would still love to drive other supercars :tongue:

Thats excellent mate, good on ya! I would love to eventually be able to do something like that! :D

Cheers VR6 :D

Standard discs are drilled, which dont seem to take too long to develop the legendary cracks around the holes from what i read about other people's experiences. Yeh many people seem to love the "J-hook" (as they call them there) Alcon discs. I think I will be going to AP discs to start with, will certainly keep the Pagid pads in mind and have a looksee what others are using with their AP discs and the success they are having :D

Brembo 15inch discs front and back, 6pot fronts, 4pot back, so not weedy by any means, but hauling down a car that weighs in excess of 1800kg... Haha, funny you ask how I want to improve the pedal 'cos it's all of those things, initial bite (although I think I may be being a bit picky here) but definitely more pedal feel would be very welcomed. Overall power, yes, would like improvements. The first thing everyone on the GTR forum seem to do when upgrading brakes is go for either the AP Racing discs or Alcon discs (obviously a lot more expensive than AP), so that will be on the cards soon enough... :D

I havent been in a DSG VAG car but I do want to experience it, to see the difference. In Race mode the gearshift is fine, in "Normal" mode its a little slow, but the whole point of the Normal mode is pootering around toown, no urgent need to shift instantly so I think from that angle it's doing a good job. The British really are geniuses when they put their minds to it! But when you do put it into R mode, and use the paddles, its such a joy to use. I was a bit apprehensive about the paddles as I've never used them before and wasn't sure how I'd get on with them. But it really did not take long at all to get extremely comfortable with them. The only thing I haven't been able to do that I've been wanting to do is put the suspension in R mode, until the Optimisation Service the suspension settings has to stay in Comfort mode. So it'll be interesting to see what that's like and how much more chuckable the car becomes. Hehe, yeh I remember you saying you dont like the exhausts, funnily enough I do. But now I can't tell if I'm being biased anymore or not :tongue: There are many things that can be easily improved, from little things to big things. The brakes can be improved, they are good "enough" as standard, but definitely room for improvement, thats probably the first thing that can make a difference to the car in terms of improving in the "supercar" respect. And WOW they get hot after a few hard braking sessions! :D Other things such as LED sidelights as opposed to sh!tty low light sidelights next to the bright headlights, a little silly, and improvements in the lighting around the doors, boot etc etc, better speakers blah blah, again none that really improve the "supercar-ness" of it, just nitpicking really. The screen and everything that uses the screen (ie SatNav etc etc, i-Drive style) is a joy to use. You have all the toys that you could possibly want in a supercar. A friend jumped in and started asking "has it got this, has it got that" and I felt like saying, "mate, you're looking for the S Class". Cant wait till after the Optimisation Service! :norty:

-Neil-: Wasn't me mate, I'm up in Scotland. Waahey Kev, how ya doing mate? Long time no speak! You must be busy? Hehe, there was a day (when the roads were, "fair moist" lets say) and I couldnt take it any longer, so I thought, right 2nd gear, let's have a wee play. Foot went down (still not fully mind you) and woohoo the back end can be easily provoked, hahaha :D :lol: :lol: Boy what an adrenaline rush that was!!! I have the "optimisation service" this Saturday, a 2.5hr service where they check the car to make sure everything has bedded in, the bushes, check the alignment, the oils etc etc and readjust the car. And after this Saturday, I can give it the beans!! 8) The car really is amazing! I get into my sister's 06 plate Audi A3 after getting out of the GTR and think "Ya know, the quality could be better", thats gotta say something!

The trip computer says 16mpg, so yeh, sounds about right hahaha :lol:

Oh, in case any of you are wondering, I seem to be getting around 200-220miles per full tank, and a full tank is 71 litres... :shock: :lol:

I wish I had extensive experience with other supercars. Anything I say about this car is all in comparison to lesser cars and effectively doesnt do it any justice. The only other proper supercar I have driven is a 996 Turbo, which is definitely up there but that was a while ago and it more of a short drive, didn't spend any real time with it to be able to compare properly. This car in Comfort mode (I know all the magazine reviews say its too stiff) but for me it seems fine. It seems to soak up the roughness just fine and still has very precise body control. The gear shifting in Race mode is something to be experienced, WHACK and you're there! In Normal mode it does take its time sometimes, but in Race mode it seems to be more obedient. The Traction control, well I've left that in Normal, not got a big enough sack to play daring games with it just yet :lol:

Nah, they didnt include the model with it, that was a friend's and he brought it along for the "photoshoot". The pictures were taken by a friend and he gave me them. Once I give it a proper clean, then will take more pictures myself and spend longer taking pictures.

And lost your license by the following morning? ;) Well, erm, I already have an ASBO on it.... :censored:

Yeh, agreed it was pretty quick and that was me trying to restrain myself, this car just BEGS to be driven!!! Technically yes I can give it hell haha :lol: :norty:

Hit 1000miles tonight :D

Erm, right, how do I do that now? Should I just zip em up and email em to you or what? Cos the size of each pic is around 3Mb?

More than happy mate, more than happy :)

Those prices aren't strictly true now, maintenance costs are expensive but not as bad as that link shows. If you want, can keep you updated as to when & how much whatever costs me?