Jeremy:
sizing up the car..
What happens when 3 young lads stumble upon the one of the most anticipated cars of 2008?? Well first of all we would have to apologize to the nice people of Bandar Sri Damansara for turning their quiet and peaceful suburb into a noisy track smelling of burnt rubber with our self proclaimed ‘Stigs’ behind of the wheel of the 480 hp monster the 2009 NISSAN GTR (yes all the alphabets were in capital for a reason i.e. to reflect the sheer power of the car)
So we started our day by getting the cars inline to take pictures of the cars. The front pieces as you will see, features the 2008 BMW 7 Series, the Merc CLS and the Nissan GTR. Then the ever pleasing Mr Khair brought the keys to the GTR and said “lets go guys” at which point Ravind’s face just gleamed like a kid on Christmas morning. But he approached me and said “Macha if we damage this car even if we sell ourselves we wont be able to pay for it” and then it hit me, we were about to drive a Rm700,000 super car. YES SUPERCAR.
quite a sight..
Now those who know us would obviously note that we aren’t the most petite of people yet we all squeezed into the two door. I ADMIT it was tight and we didn’t have place to move our heads but having sat in an Aston Martin I would definitely say that the GTR offers slightly more room but you would have to be an Ooompa Loompa to be comfortable in it. But then again anyone who knows anything about the car would say WHO THE HELL CARES ABOUT COMFORT when you have 478 horses that are willing to run at the tap of the accelerator. This is what I felt at the backseat when Ravind floored the throttle and suddenly the car which felt like your everyday two door sports car came alive and almost bit our heads off. Just in a matter of seconds we were doing 140km/h but Malaysian traffic being as awesome as it is made us brake for every other car that was in the way.
godzilla and me...
Then the moment of truth came when Ravind parked the car near a golf club and says “bro she is all yours”. The moment you get into the car you get a sense of the amount of time and brains that were put into the making of the car. The steering wheel had easily 15 buttons on it which I had no idea what to do with but say “aww that looks nice”. The computer on the car was displaying Japanese characters so I had no idea what it was saying on the huge screen. I put on my seat belt (for any of the cops who are reading) and headed to the main road and slammed my foot on the accelerator which made the car make the most beautiful sound that a car freak could ever ask for. The car accelerates effortlessly and hits 150 just like that. The V6 VR38DETT engine that powers the car is superb aided by the six-speed BorgWarner dual clutch semi-automatic transmission which delivers smooth power and control with minimum jerking. Need I even mention the twin turbos??
thats how you look when driving such a beast... beastly..
The braking and cornering on the car is like a dream. The car decelerates from 100-0km/h in 3.3 seconds and we needed that due to the fact that there were people who felt that the Malaysia Boleh spirit was with them in crossing a busy road.
it's safe to say the experience was a pleasant one then?
In summing up, if any of you could afford the car, I would seriously recommend it to you. It’s a beast that could match a Ferrari or a 911 any day at half the price added to the fact that you can use this as an everyday car which you don’t have the liberty of doing with a Ferrari. But what ever you do just, don’t cause anymore injustice in this world by buying it and putting a P sticker on it. Cheers people.
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