Nissan GT-R vs 328Ci TS2 (sorry, no video)

[Safar]

Ran into a Nissan GT-R on the motorway yesterday. These are extremely rare around here, second one I've seen and I drive all over the country (they retail at $210k here so you can guess why).

There was an older guy driving it. I came along side and gave him the thumbs up, which promted him to smile and accelerate with a lot of noise. He let me catch up again and there was some more exchange of friendly gestures.

So at that point I decided it'd be decent to see the difference between a really fast car, and mine which isn't fast at all (328 TS2, VANOS seals fixed, on 98 octane, 2.93 diff, 5mt). And of course, make this guy wonder what a guy driving a 10-year BMW was thinking...

We started pulling from 60mph, 3rd gear for me. By the time we hit ~125mph, his brake lights came on and he had about 5-6 car lengths on me. Which, to be fair, was a lot less than I expected.

Decent kit, ESS!
And btw, I need new brakes. We kept toying around a bit and when he really smashed the pedal in the middle, I did worry for just a second!:yikes:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/2007/gtr1z.jpg http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1098/gtr2q.jpg

[sheefo2k]

Wow, I though you would do better then 5 6 cars but awesome. I bet it was fun!!

[Safar]

Sure was fun!
But don't overestimate my car's performance. The TS2 is not supported by cams/headers or anything, and I have a full interior with all the weight you can possibly think of (only weight-saving bit is my CSL trunk). No 3.46 diff, and about a 150bhp/150ftlb handicap.
GT-R is way out of my league so I never expected to keep up. All that considered, the difference after a 100+kph pull wasn't too bad.

[Opt1mus]

Leuk!, spelen met een GTR

Zijn zeker zeldzaam hier, mooie post voor het "gespot" topic in Nl.

Nice car, rare indeed in The Netherlands.
To bad you couldn't keep up :), I'm surprised you could "play" at all on the jammed Dutch roads