It's 8:14pm on a deserted pacific island, you're standing face to face with the most incredible brunette you've ever laid your eyes on. She stares intently at you, lip quivering as you move in for the kill. Suddenly her digital watch starts blaring, you look at her wrist but there's nothing there, she doesn't flinch, she's your prey tonight. Confused, you search the scene...beach? Check. Palm trees? Check. Alarm clock on bedside table...oh sh*t. You're dreaming. And slowly you realise it's time for work as the rain pitter patters on your double glazing. You lift your arm to depress the snooze button contemplating just 5 more minutes with this sea goddess when the door opens and she walks into the room wearing one of your old t-shirts, cocks a smile at you and slips into bed.
That kinda sums up how I felt this morning when I realised it really was here, tucked away in the garage, almost surreal.
I had a long journey, 5 hours in all, to Middlehurst via a number of trains but it flew by in what seemed like minutes as I sat on the train butterflies swarming around my stomach constantly trying to read this months Evo but unable to get more than a paragraph in before having to stop and think about it some more. Through sheer luck my delivery day happened to fall on my 27th birthday too, brucey bonus!
The first time I ever sat in a GTR was being picked up from the St. Helens Central yesterday. Yes, really. I had only ever seen a GTR up close once, in Kuala Lumpur a couple months ago as I exited a bar slightly (!) inebriated and proceeded to harass the owner with tales of my very own July delivery. He made his exit post haste.
Chris at Middlehurst made the handover experience very easy, the usual ritual of signing documents and warnings about warranties and talk of official Nismo (warranty friendly) upgrades coming soon whizzed by and after a tour of all the cars features (do they really expect you to remember it all?!) I was sat alone in the cockpit taking stock.
Apologies for the poor photo quality, iphone snaps...
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Anyway you all know what a GTR looks like. I must say I am so pleased with the red, it really stood out amongst the other GTR's and was chuffed to see there was also only one other among them.
Here's a look at the Sat-Nav unit fitted with a cheap vent mount. £3 from any Vodaphone store right now (shelf price is £5 but on scan it will show £3). It fits snugly and securely, no wobble, couldn't be more pleased with it. The unit is a £50 Navi-go modded to run TomTom though you can choose any Nav software you like, and even have multiple versions on the unit, just need to tidy up the wires and we're all set.
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Not gonna write up the driving experience until its properly run in, but the drive home was effortless and the car garnered a lot of attention from all walks of life. It's going to be an interesting experience having moved from a series of RWD 2 seater mid engined sports cars (Cayman S, Exige, VX220).
My only challenge left was getting it in the garage. Mine is behind my house with the drive running along side and the distance from the neighbours wall to my garage door is about the same as the cars length. I had measureed and remeasured, and for good measure measured some more and all the numbers were right, but when I stood there looking at the car and the small hole I had to slip it in it really seemed my goose was cooked. After a 20 minute choreographed dance we were in and I was very relieved! Actually once inside there's more room to exit, no awkward squeezing out, than I had with the Cayman, must be the positioning of the doors.
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All in all a great day and I can't wait to get these 1000 miles out of the way and push the pedal to the floor. Must thank Chris and Jo at Middlehurst who were superb and I wouldn't ever dream of having another dealership service the car. Cheers! :bowdown1:
Anthony
That kinda sums up how I felt this morning when I realised it really was here, tucked away in the garage, almost surreal.
I had a long journey, 5 hours in all, to Middlehurst via a number of trains but it flew by in what seemed like minutes as I sat on the train butterflies swarming around my stomach constantly trying to read this months Evo but unable to get more than a paragraph in before having to stop and think about it some more. Through sheer luck my delivery day happened to fall on my 27th birthday too, brucey bonus!
The first time I ever sat in a GTR was being picked up from the St. Helens Central yesterday. Yes, really. I had only ever seen a GTR up close once, in Kuala Lumpur a couple months ago as I exited a bar slightly (!) inebriated and proceeded to harass the owner with tales of my very own July delivery. He made his exit post haste.
Chris at Middlehurst made the handover experience very easy, the usual ritual of signing documents and warnings about warranties and talk of official Nismo (warranty friendly) upgrades coming soon whizzed by and after a tour of all the cars features (do they really expect you to remember it all?!) I was sat alone in the cockpit taking stock.
Apologies for the poor photo quality, iphone snaps...
Anyway you all know what a GTR looks like. I must say I am so pleased with the red, it really stood out amongst the other GTR's and was chuffed to see there was also only one other among them.
Here's a look at the Sat-Nav unit fitted with a cheap vent mount. £3 from any Vodaphone store right now (shelf price is £5 but on scan it will show £3). It fits snugly and securely, no wobble, couldn't be more pleased with it. The unit is a £50 Navi-go modded to run TomTom though you can choose any Nav software you like, and even have multiple versions on the unit, just need to tidy up the wires and we're all set.
Not gonna write up the driving experience until its properly run in, but the drive home was effortless and the car garnered a lot of attention from all walks of life. It's going to be an interesting experience having moved from a series of RWD 2 seater mid engined sports cars (Cayman S, Exige, VX220).
My only challenge left was getting it in the garage. Mine is behind my house with the drive running along side and the distance from the neighbours wall to my garage door is about the same as the cars length. I had measureed and remeasured, and for good measure measured some more and all the numbers were right, but when I stood there looking at the car and the small hole I had to slip it in it really seemed my goose was cooked. After a 20 minute choreographed dance we were in and I was very relieved! Actually once inside there's more room to exit, no awkward squeezing out, than I had with the Cayman, must be the positioning of the doors.
All in all a great day and I can't wait to get these 1000 miles out of the way and push the pedal to the floor. Must thank Chris and Jo at Middlehurst who were superb and I wouldn't ever dream of having another dealership service the car. Cheers! :bowdown1:
Anthony
) then i can start getting some miles on her only done 300 since i picked her up 
