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How is the GT-R not practical? It's only flaw is the 16-19 mpg city.

Buying a lap time makes no sense to me? Putting stickier rubber on any car is buying a better lap time - so what is your point? More HP is buying a better lap time. etc. etc. I can get cheap lap times but simply removing stuff from my Lotus and make it an even more of a harsh street car.

If you want the cheapest laptime, go buy a 125cc shifter Kart (good for about 3Gs under braking and 2.5 Gs cornering and 120 mph top speed with big track setup) or better yet a 250cc shifter single or twin (good for about 160 mph) -- all manual, and then some. I can assure you, they are more responsive than any shock based vehicle.

I guess Clarkson disagrees with you, his impression was a great deal of feedback from the car, much more than he expected.

Exhaust, well it's a turbo, rarely do they ever sound good (except maybe a Champ car) no matter what exhaust you slap on it.

Automatic tranny, less effort -- sounds good to me for a street car - especially stop an go traffic. My Lotus is a major pain in stop and go traffic.

Ok, 150 mph and I can still use my bluetooth cell phone, sounds good again -- for a street car. I can't hear myself think at 150 mph in my Lotus.

Seems like you're getting confused as to what the GT-R is -- it's a street car that also happens to be a REALLY fast track car.

It's supercar performance (actually beyond many supercars) at an affordable price without the compromises that come with many supercars.

Bragging rigthts in the sense Nissan produced a car that is 1/2 the cost of supercars and eats them for lunch and is still comfy, a car you want to drive for hours every day -- street or track.

The only real challenge is finding one without some insane markup.