Had a chance to try my friend's new car

[kyoru]

So my buddy put down a down payment for this baby a long time ago when I was still working for him full time. I dropped in today at his shop to talk about some work and he happened to have pick it up last Tuesday.

After finishing up some business he took me out for a rip in it and I test drove it around the block a bit.

Now I haven't really driven a real sports car before, so riding in this thing was definitely a new experience for me and I could not stop smiling during the entire ride. Hearing all the rave reviews about it, I did not know what to expect.

We spent about 5 minutes driving it around the block with my friend driving, accelerated pretty hard and wow it really throws you back in your seat through out the gears. We took a deserted turn at 120 kph and I honestly I thought we were going to crash but easily made the turn.

We parked and I had a chance to drive the car. The seat holds you firmly in place and the steering wheel feels meaty. I throw the car into manual mode and start to turn out. I noticed that in first gear, the clutch will not engage if your gas pedal is up, nice touch! I take the car around the first bend, it responded immediately and I could feel my heart pounding. We show up to a red light and I knew this was my chance to see how the car would accelerate. As soon as the light turned green I eased on to the gas and smoothly depressed it all the way. It was shockingly reached 150 kph before I could blink, I slowed down to 100 kph for the traffic circle ahead and made the turn with ease. The rest of the ride back to shop was a gentle ride since it was my friend's car but I was really impressed.

From the acceleration, to the corning, the car did it effortlessly. I'm very happy I had the chance to experience driving this car, but it also saddens me I will probably never get to own this car.

A couple things I noticed right away about this car, it looks much better in person, the interior looks way better in person, quality looks top notch, of course its fast, and handles like its on rails. Sorry if I sound like a little school girl, I would probably not have the chance to drive this ever if it weren't for my friend.

Here are the pics (excuse the iphone suckage):

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Cliff notes:

Almost shit my pants cause the GTR was too much for me

[s13boy89]

thats bad ass

[SexPanda]

lucky...

the fastest car I've ever driven was a GT500 with intake and exhaust... Yet, to me, it was still a Mustang.

I cant wait to see one of those bad boys in real life. MO sucks when it comes to cars...

[origin_s135]

nice. the only fast cars i sat in was a cobra, a monster wrx wagon, and a crazy ass evo.

[s13dan]

double wow for getting to drive it, and not being in a real sports car before. GOOD FRIEND! I wish i could figure a way to at least test drive one. :2f2f: I have been in a VERY angry 408 camaro. 550hp on the motor and it has a 250 shot....i didnt drive though

[Matej]

I cant wait to see one of those bad boys in real life. MO sucks when it comes to cars...
There's a few different ones I've seen driving around here, it's kind of cool to see them in real life.

[IdriveaNissan]

Wow man! You are one lucky dude! Hows the mark up in Canada btw?

[Bobafreak]

i like how you did this story. in my head the whole time im thinking ok.....so what kind of car is it.....lol

[murda-c]

and i was excited as hell when a chick let me drive her boyfriends c5, lol.

still the fastest car i have ever driven, my favorite part was probably the brakes though.

Felt like i was gonna get detached retinas.

[ZenkiGTS]

craziest car ive been in is a fullt built eclipse.... BUILT by FFTEC 520whp

[shishcabobers]

i envy you lol

[WERDdabuilder]

good stuff. saw the gtr for the first time yesterday at empire nissan...

shit is gorgeous.

[qwikspool]

you are so lucky.
sick car

[BlckBeautyVTEC]

C6 ZO6 almost made me poop myself

[YoungGun]

Good color choice. Awesome friend.

[Future240]

fastest car i eve been in was an 09 lancer, not evo juss lancer

[LeftNutOfGowd]

I FUCKING HATE YOU



I KID your so lucky :(

[LeftNutOfGowd]

:lfault: It's always :lfault:

[Future240]

^He's not kidding, he really fuckin hates you. He will be outside your house tommorow with camo on and a scope. so ya better:hide:










yes the entire reason for that post was so I could use that smiley

[downshift_sideways]

I fucking hate you.

Not for driving the car, but how you unfolded this story.

[LeftNutOfGowd]

^He's not kidding, he really fuckin hates you. He will be outside your house tommorow with camo on and a scope. so ya better:hide:










yes the entire reason for that post was so I could use that smiley

Damn right I'm gonna give you the old 1 and 2 http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/rborroel21/GIf/Smiley%20Gifs/punch.gif so you better http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg246/rborroel21/GIf/Smiley%20Gifs/later.gif

[drift freaq]

I fucking hate you.

Not for driving the car, but how you unfolded this story.

Ya I gotta admit, I was sitting there going what car is he talking about? Then Boom, Oh dope, very cool, congrats on getting to drive her.

[JVD]

That's David from Garage Works, isn't it?

I'm jealous...

[charlie321]

only time i ever saw this car was at the LA auto show haha...never seen it on the streets :(

[SoguRacing]

nice story, had me thinking what kind of car it was. fastest car i've been in was my friend Toshi's 600hp R34. fastest car i've driven was an Evo 8 tuned by Apexi back in 2005.

[mRclARK1]

Well that's rather neat.

Haven't seen one out my way yet, but with how fucked up the streets are here, and with winter, I probably wouldn't even bother personally. I can barely justify my Z at times. I'm sure one will pop up sometime next summer at the latest.

What surprises me most about these cars is the size. Fully a few inches larger than a Z32 2+2 in all measurements. Everyone I know who HAS seen one were all a little surprised as to how big it actually was. Not expecting to see a small car, but still larger than thought.

I just hope (although not optimistically) that these cars doesn't become to much of a fanboy and bandwagon hard on for kids with mommy and daddy's CC. :-/

[sbc]

Wow man! You are one lucky dude! Hows the mark up in Canada btw?

The local dealership told me 120k plus taxes and crate and whatever else so they go for close to 130k.

The guy was a sack of shit though and told me to "chip a 2 door infiniti" and it would be the same.