Comments on: Daily Podcast Lieberman Edition: We Went Over Time. Again.

By: Areitu

Areitu — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:25:54 +0000

Has Nissan released their own 0-60 figures? The 3.3 w/LC and 4.0 without LC figures seem to come from insideline.com. The GTR has a multiplate wet clutch, grippy tires, lots of weight, all the stress ends up on the gears, etc etc.

Sajeev Mehta : I’m almost sure Mitsu shipped EVOs with weak clutches. Abuse would be obvious, and for the unlucky few, it’s a clutch job, not a transfer case replacement.

By: Sajeev Mehta

Sajeev Mehta — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:39:28 +0000

JL knows this just as well as I do, but Subaru of America has been clamping down on WRX owners’ warranty claims since day one. Nissan just gets nailed harder because they promoted the hell outa the GT-R and everyone wants to thrash on it, expecting the relability of the GT-R in GT4.

Transmissions are always the weak spot on AWD vehicles, especially at this power level. But people normally kill the clutch, not the whole gearbox. It could very well be abuse, and Nissan might be right.

We need to go back to the days when (Mopar) race ready cars available at the showroom come with waivers and body-mounted stickers claiming that these vehicles are warranty exempt. Or something like that.

By: dolo54

dolo54 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:01:30 +0000

You know, maybe Nissan’s on to something. GM might see their way out of this financial crisis if they start putting a “Void Warranty” button on their dashboards too.

By: Areitu

Areitu — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:52:22 +0000

I’m glad someone else feels the same way about Florida as I do.

Regarding the GTR, I think there’s more to it than the original poster is letting on. Maybe he was doing doughnuts all day and the launches broke the camel’s back. Maybe I’m a fanboy who can’t afford one. I’d love to look at the data log and see what kind of hoonage led to “clunking”

Gauloises :

In Soviet Russia, attitude change YOU!

dolo54 :
The R8 by default sends more power to the rear than the front. Slippery surface and enough steering angle would give you just enough to do those doughnuts.

By: Jonny Lieberman

Jonny Lieberman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:41:18 +0000

that’s 3.3 seconds, Dolo.

3.3 seconds.

By: dolo54

dolo54 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:12:09 +0000

A $20k transmission huh? Ummm yeah no thanks. I’ll stick to manual as long as I can. In all probability the owner was driving like a jackass, but you’re right, they should take the loss. You should be able to drive a sports car with driver aids off and not destroy the transmission. Especially if that’s the only way to use one of the features of the car (the launch control). Otherwise you need to take launch control off the car and not claim a 3.9 0-60 time or whatever it is.

That’s cool you can send all the power to the rear in the R8. Didn’t know it could do that. That’s a bad spot for donuts but I’ve seen worse. Like in those videos from Dubai.

By: Gauloises

Gauloises — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:23:57 +0000

Mr. Berkowitz:
I’d certaily appreciate if you change your attitude towards the Russian oligarchs and their children. There’s some discrepancy between someone’s stupidity and one’s becoming an oligarch. Besides, for the sake of children, you should watch your language-it is disrespectful to anyone regardless of their ancestores to read what your offensive mind may suggest. I wonder what made you feel so appalled?