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Originally Posted by ALPINE_997
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?
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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I own a 997s (also had owned 993 & 996) it is not fair to quote 1 or 2 isolated incident and say the GTR is bad. I know friends that owns GTRs, drive them hard and only change oil every 5-6000kms - NO problem at all for 50,000kms. One Premium edition GTR (all stock except with re-map ECU) went to race track last week. Compare with a heavily modified 997tt, the 997tt (slick tires) is 1:51 vs GTR 1:53 (stock tires) ! I know GTR is faster, but it won't make me want to replace my 997s with a GTR. The satisfaction of driving a Porsche can't be replaced !!