2009 Nissan GT-R: Another Challenge Denied

Because I want to keep my job.

When is your modded Evo going to challenge the GT-R? Haven't heard a peep about the GSR in at least 3 weeks... did the mods work or did it blow up?

Caroline, great answer, but how come you can never post anything like JRiz. However you do have some of the most well written posts. I mean who else at Inside Line would write boys with a z?

http://blogs.edmunds.com/roadtests/2009/06/2008-mitsubishi-evo-gsr-alternate-use-for-the-wing.html#more

eville_stu,
I ask the editors that very same question all the time and never get an answer. But, the GSR is up and running. JayKav just picked it up from Road Race Engineering this weekend.

subaru123,
Heh, my fave JRiz photo. Well no one has JRiz's panache so why even try?

I saw a guy about 2 weeks ago pulled over in his brand new GT-R with a Mazdaspeed 3, I'm assuming for street racing. Why would he waste his time, safety and risk the ticket for a Mazda 3.I say good for you Caroline, it's not worth the gas or your job.

jeepsrt,
I'm sayin'! Thanks. Every time I drive the GT-R, it feels like there's a spotlight on it so why court trouble?

I've alwayz felt why run against clearly inferior competition -- it just isn't worth it. You already know you can rip the kid to shredz. Besidez, all he'z going to do is lie about the encounter to his friends -- oh, wait: "friendz."

"Yeah, I saw a chick in a GTR, pulled up on her and WHAM! I hit the bottle and I took her by three car lengths. The GTR ain't shiznit, man!"

"it feels like there's a spotlight on it so why court trouble?"

Ok, silly counterpoint: why drive the GTR at all if you're not going to put it to use?

People like to call the EVO X the poor man's GT-R... so we need to see that comparison of your modded EVO vs the GT-R. Complete with a timed track attack.

The fact that it seemed I always had someone wanting to race me was a big reason I sold my GTR. I do miss it but I dont miss the tuner attention it gets. cheers.

A few years back, when I was 19 or so, my car broke and I didn't have a rental car. I was the luckiest SOB when my dad's stock broker lent me one of his cars: a 2005 Aston Martin DB9.

I'm on the highway in Maryland, and I get challenged by a 1991 Civic Hatchback.

Really?

Props for not racing the guy. Street racers give us proper enthusiasts a bad name.

Thank you for being rational and mature while driving the GT-R on public roads.

Racing is for the track or an AutoX course, not public roads.

I really like the picture for this post, it looks like a faux-miniature composition, almost makes it look like a Hot Wheels or 1:43 scale model of the GT-R :)

outofmoney: that is why i got rid of my WRX. too much attention. people would try to race me practically every day... some times it was worthy competition like lamborghini's, but usually it was just some idiot in a truck or something.

before someone says something, the WRX was making like 500hp... which is why worthy competition would be a Lamborghini.

adavis, you are one lucky sob with one hell of an awesome stock broker!

Anyone in a GT-R needn't bother with 99% of the cars trying to race it anyways.

A GT-R wanted to race me in my 300ZX... that ones slow though... needs a transmission and bigger turbos.

Those with GT-R's, EVO's and other street-legal race cars are asking for tuners to hassle them (as outofmoney mentioned).

Who not have the capability of the GT-R in something that doesn't scream "RACE ME" ?
It would be fun to see Edmunds try a stealth project.

Speaking of a stealth project...

The BMW M3 has been referred to as a stealthy beast before. To make it even more beastly, I'd love to see IL Dinan the heck out of it and see what they can come up with.

Although... I'm not sure how much more power there is to squeeze out of that guy.

How about painting the car in police colors and mount a fake light bar to the dash to give it a undercover cop look that will keep the tuners away.

One of the things I still like about my MS3 is its sleeper persona. It is just way too much fun to annihilate the ricers, rednecks, and mullet heads- especially since they almost always think my dull blue four door wagon is an easy kill.

Way to avoid temptetation Caroline, it takes a lot of control and restraint to avoid giving into an idiot when you know you have the superior car.

While speaking of it, though, there are so many morons on the road these days. Just last week I was on the 5 coming back from a business meeting in San Diego when some guy in a heavily-modded previous generation Si did the same thing to me. I drive an S550; did he really think I was going to race him? My car is black with the sport pacakge, but I haven't modded it in any way. Maybe he thought it was an S65. Either way, he was an idiot.