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Here is food for thought..
There is (1) known motor in the ATL, GA area that has blown - no warranty. Call up Regal Nissan if they will tell you.
There are (2) known transmissions are toast - no warranty. One posted on here and the other was the blown motor as well with Regal Nissan.
Things happen and no one claims perfect cars on either side.
But if you are going to create a everymans supercar - wouldn't you think you would also put the cost of maitenance at the price point you are trying to market to?
5-6K - Brakes - no options at the moment but rotor/brake pad replacement combo.
1-1.5K - Fluid Changes - Every 1800Km if you race the car.
Oil Changes of $240-$300
Motor is around 60K at the moment
Transmission is around 12-18K? or is that more?
Tires are special to the Nissan and is around $2000-$2500?
The car is a bargain for the performance that you get no doubt. But the upkeep is catered to those who buy this car as a weekender or as 2nd or 3rd car. For the everyman that it is catering to it is not their car. The upkeep costs so far will keep many people from A) driving to its full potential and B) looking at other cars.
I don't care about the HP claims, etc. I saw one(stock) dynoed at 440awd HP. What does that translate to? Why I ask this is because of the claimed 10% drivetrain loss nissan claims? What are the real numbers?
To those who tout the M-Moss Act to protect them it won't. There are enough specifics in the warranty disclosures to back Nissan up. The M-Moss Act was designed to protect vagueness of a warranty claim not the specifics of one. They are specifically telling you not to do something. If you lay out details about what you will not cover then the ACT doesn't come down and rescue you.
Here is something interesting I found out about the new PDK with Porsche.
If you continually use the launch feature of the PDK in the new 09 Porsche cars it will continue to deminish the effectiveness of the launch as the temps rise in the fluids. Thus not allowing you to beat the crap out of it. Why doesn't Nissan with all the High-Tech things they have installed on this car use this feature?
It is like hanging out Pamela Andersons Boob and saying you can only touch one but if you touch both of them we will slap your hand and take it away.
Why not build this feature into the GT-R to protect the transmission to also preserve any intense warranty claims resulting from the Launches. People will launch these cars no doubt.
This is not bashing on the GT-R - as I don't care about ring times as I can't drive it that fast and 99% of the people on here never will either.
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