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2009 Nissan GT-R: Friendly

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You meet nice people when you drive the Nissan GT-R.

This car is not just an attention getter. It gets attention from the car enthusiast crowd.

Take, for example, Paul. I was out this weekend to buy some patio furniture. As soon as I pulled into the parking lot of a popular outdoor furniture store in Santa Monica, Paul was all over our GT-R. He's read everything about the car and couldn't believe an actual GT-R pulled into his parking lot.

paul-z06.jpg It turns out Paul has one of only two Z06 convertibles by Genaddi.

I only had my camera phone with me so you can't see the beauty of his Corvette's red paint. But that's Paul in his supercharged Vette.

He let me sit in it and rev the engine so I could hear its sweet sound. Naturally, I let Paul sit in the GT-R, being such a fan and all.

Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor @ 4,226 miles

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7 Comments

carfreak8394 says:

10:43 PM, 08/13/08

That first picture is awesome!

dougtheeng says:

05:37 AM, 08/14/08

Patio furniture shopping in the GT-R? I guess the store delivers.

Its nice to see some love between different sports car owners. Based on the arguments on these blogs, I was more expecting the Z06 owner to challenge you to a street race and then tell you that you wasted your money on the car.

crowb says:

07:12 AM, 08/14/08

I bet Paul was more interested in Donna. Did he get them digits, girl?

dkubes says:

10:33 AM, 08/14/08

Since when is the Z06 supercharged? Modified, I take it?

crowb says:

11:44 AM, 08/14/08

dkubes,

From Donna's post: "It turns out Paul has one of only two Z06 convertibles by Genaddi"

Sounds like the supercharger was part of the Genaddi treatment.

banhugh says:

04:24 PM, 08/14/08

Nice photo of the patio dealer I assume. Did you squeeze any discount with it?

banhugh says:

04:25 PM, 08/14/08

It seems that patio furniture pay really good!

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