Top Gear review the Track Pack - GT-R Register - Official Nissan Skyline and GTR Owners Club forum

TAZZMAXX · 27th April 2012, 12:33 PM

Here's a link to an article that really isn't worth reading and doesn't exactly tell any of us what we don't already know. I got sent it by a mate so I thought I'd post it up regardless. It's the usual waffle that lacks any substance, typical of Top Gear.

Driven: the Nissan GT-R Track Pack - BBC Top Gear

SamboGrove · 27th April 2012, 05:51 PM

You're right razz, rubbish article but cones to the same conclusion that most of us have....that it ain't worth te extra dosh.

I see the comments section is full of the usual ******s who've never driven the car shouting the usual 'drives itself' and 'no soul' bollocks

sw20GTS · 27th April 2012, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SamboGrove

I see the comments section is full of the usual ******s who've never driven the car shouting the usual 'drives itself' and 'no soul' bollocks

I get quite a lot of comments like this as well... Yes, I admit the trick electronics makes driving the GTR hard easier but in no ways does the car have no soul! So fun and dynamic even within legal speed limits

sidepipe · 27th April 2012, 07:43 PM

Going a bit off topic but frankly cars don't have souls... actually neither do humans but don't want to go there

. Describing a car as not having a soul simply means that the person making that statement hasn't really "connected" with it - and more often than not this is because of pre-conceived ideas about what it should be like. Humans also find it very difficult to change their minds once they have stated an opinion on something.

FWIW, I've just driven well over 2000 miles around Europe with some members of this forum. Whether it was road, dry track, or wet handling track, the car produced smiles from ear to ear. Every time we drove through towns or visited attractions, the amount of people taking pictures and stopping to look was simply amazing. When stuck in traffic and having to change lanes because we didn't know where we were going, not a single person that I noticed tried to block us or stop us from "pushing in".... quite the opposite. Finally, I don't think that I would want to have been doing this with any other group of people. If souls really do exist then for me, the GT-R has one, and it's all of the above ( didn't even mention the racing pedigree of the Skyline's et al. )

People can say what they like about the car - I know what its like for me, and I can't think of anything else that I'd rather be driving.

charles charlie · 27th April 2012, 08:06 PM

Usual band of ****tards who cant make up their own opinions, but just spout shite they've read elsewhere.

None of them can answer how on God's green earth Porsche turned the 911 from a rear engined yuppy killer into a technological driving tour de force, against several laws of physics.

TAZZMAXX · 27th April 2012, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by SamboGrove

You're right razz,

razz?

SamboGrove · 27th April 2012, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by TAZZMAXX

razz?

Sorry Tazz. Either my iPhone or fat thumbs or a combination of the above butchered your name (and the rest of my post for that matter!).

They've just tried it again but this time I've checked it over and I think I got away with it...

TAZZMAXX · 27th April 2012, 09:27 PM

Thanks SamboGrove, it just made me laugh, that's all.

WingedBeast1968 · 27th April 2012, 10:21 PM

Have you seen the new GT-R "car spec" road pack. I can't tell the diff.

Blade · 28th April 2012, 06:31 AM

I didn't think the article was that bad or the comments tbh

dominic1 · 28th April 2012, 06:50 AM

That article made me register , I was going to put up a comment about
No soul, car drives its self blah blah blah but thought why am I bothering, they have no idea and never will , plus they are normally so small minded that you could never get in to a meaning full debate about it any way

MotorMan · 28th April 2012, 06:59 AM

Wait, so are you guys against Top Gear?

dominic1 · 28th April 2012, 07:06 AM

Imm not, I like top gear , not a much as I used to but over ther years it has made me cry with laughter

TAZZMAXX · 28th April 2012, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MotorMan

Wait, so are you guys against Top Gear?

Pretty much, yes. It's so detached from what it should be about. It's okay as light entertainment but if you want to find out more about cars you might as well play Top Trumps.

Why do we have to wait though?

MotorMan · 28th April 2012, 08:13 AM

Top Gear would definately agree with you RE: being light entertainment.

27th April 2012, 12:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
TAZZMAXX TAZZMAXX is cogitating Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Staffordshire Cars owned: R35 GTR Posts: 7,287	Top Gear review the Track Pack Here's a link to an article that really isn't worth reading and doesn't exactly tell any of us what we don't already know. I got sent it by a mate so I thought I'd post it up regardless. It's the usual waffle that lacks any substance, typical of Top Gear. Driven: the Nissan GT-R Track Pack - BBC Top Gear __________________ Ambition is the last refuge of failure

27th April 2012, 05:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
SamboGrove SamboGrove is probably in need of new brakes :( GTROC Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Newcastle Cars owned: R35 GTR 2010 Black Ed Posts: 1,844	You're right razz, rubbish article but cones to the same conclusion that most of us have....that it ain't worth te extra dosh. I see the comments section is full of the usual ******s who've never driven the car shouting the usual 'drives itself' and 'no soul' bollocks __________________

27th April 2012, 07:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
sidepipe sidepipe is as sidepipe does Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Middle earth Posts: 200	Going a bit off topic but frankly cars don't have souls... actually neither do humans but don't want to go there . Describing a car as not having a soul simply means that the person making that statement hasn't really "connected" with it - and more often than not this is because of pre-conceived ideas about what it should be like. Humans also find it very difficult to change their minds once they have stated an opinion on something. FWIW, I've just driven well over 2000 miles around Europe with some members of this forum. Whether it was road, dry track, or wet handling track, the car produced smiles from ear to ear. Every time we drove through towns or visited attractions, the amount of people taking pictures and stopping to look was simply amazing. When stuck in traffic and having to change lanes because we didn't know where we were going, not a single person that I noticed tried to block us or stop us from "pushing in".... quite the opposite. Finally, I don't think that I would want to have been doing this with any other group of people. If souls really do exist then for me, the GT-R has one, and it's all of the above ( didn't even mention the racing pedigree of the Skyline's et al. ) People can say what they like about the car - I know what its like for me, and I can't think of anything else that I'd rather be driving. __________________

27th April 2012, 08:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
charles charlie charles charlie is making R35 door mirrors fold automatically... Single Product Trader Join Date: May 2008 Location: North West Cars owned: E36 M3 Evo, Mini Cooper S, 996 Boxster S, Caterham Super 7, Merc Tractor :( Posts: 5,240	Usual band of **tards who cant make up their own opinions, but just spout shite they've read elsewhere. None of them can answer how on God's green earth Porsche turned the 911 from a rear engined yuppy killer into a technological driving tour de force, against several laws of physics. __________________ 29/05/09** Premium edition ______________________________________ GTC 76mm intakes+K&N filters ID 1000cc injectors Ben@GTC custom tune, 611bhp, 600lbsft Russ Fellows zorst.. PF rotors, RS29 pads SSP trans cooler Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car and oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall and torque is how far you take the wall with you.

27th April 2012, 09:27 PM	#8 (permalink)
TAZZMAXX TAZZMAXX is cogitating Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Staffordshire Cars owned: R35 GTR Posts: 7,287	Thanks SamboGrove, it just made me laugh, that's all. __________________ Ambition is the last refuge of failure

27th April 2012, 10:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
WingedBeast1968 WingedBeast1968 is what it is. GTR Register User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Cars owned: R35 GT-R Black Edition (Nav) Posts: 850	Have you seen the new GT-R "car spec" road pack. I can't tell the diff. __________________

28th April 2012, 06:31 AM	#10 (permalink)
Blade Blade is Contemplating ridiculous mods GTR Register User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Reading Cars owned: GTR MY11, Type R, E92 M3 sc, E60 M5, Z4 sc, M3 CSL, 360 Stradale, Integrale, 200sx, Evo 6 RSX, Tuscan, Griff 5.0, XKR, E39 M5.. Posts: 455	I didn't think the article was that bad or the comments tbh __________________

28th April 2012, 06:50 AM	#11 (permalink)
dominic1 dominic1 is looking at down pipes next !!! whoosh :-) Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Cars owned: rs4(b7) 205gti (1.9) bmw330d(dms remap) plus many more Posts: 367	That article made me register , I was going to put up a comment about No soul, car drives its self blah blah blah but thought why am I bothering, they have no idea and never will , plus they are normally so small minded that you could never get in to a meaning full debate about it any way __________________

28th April 2012, 06:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
MotorMan MotorMan is unaware they can edit their status New Users Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3	Wait, so are you guys against Top Gear? __________________

28th April 2012, 07:06 AM	#13 (permalink)
dominic1 dominic1 is looking at down pipes next !!! whoosh :-) Executive GTR Owners Club Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Cars owned: rs4(b7) 205gti (1.9) bmw330d(dms remap) plus many more Posts: 367	Imm not, I like top gear , not a much as I used to but over ther years it has made me cry with laughter __________________

28th April 2012, 08:13 AM	#15 (permalink)
MotorMan MotorMan is unaware they can edit their status New Users Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3	Top Gear would definately agree with you RE: being light entertainment. __________________

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