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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[a great racecar is 30% engineering, 70% development. Sounds like they have this thing under a microscope.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[I agree. They fully intend to deliver on their promises, and live up to the hype. You gotta respect them for the level of commitment and engineering they put into this thing. You see, for most of the world, the GT-R's exploits were famous only in rumors and video games. With the GT-R nameplate going worldwide now, they can't really afford not to meet expectations. Especially since it would appear (especially from some of the posts in these blogs) that the notion of a proper Japanese supercar isn't even worth giving a second thought. Whether they like it or not, a lot of the nay sayers have to eat their words. We don't need them to admit it, and they know who they are.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[because of 'less-than-perfect road conditions'?<br><br>my guess would have been the fatter population<br><br>hahaha<br><br>btw <br><br>I heard somewhere that the left-hand-drive GTR benefits from better balance.  I'm not sure by how much though.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[IK47]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is correct. Both, front differential and driveshaft are located just right of center. This is offset by the driver being on the left side.<br><br>The springs are too stiff in the rear and too soft in the front. I guess it has something to do with the car being tuned on the 'Ring, which I've read elsewhere is a similar issue with other 'Ring tested sports cars, but the Bilsteins suck.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Red]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm really glad to see their commitment to this car, shows you just how important the GT-R name is to Nissan]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nissanfreak87]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[maybe some of those 9 seconds they found on the Nurburgring came from these changes.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seoultrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:18PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Surely the 9-second improvement can't be simply because of the track being dry unlike the wet condition in their first published record lap?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[XeroK00L]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[As far as I've read, there were 2 damp turns when they ran that first time. gaining a couple fractions of a second on 2 turns doesn't give you nine, so that's why I said _some_ of the 9 seconds _might_ have come from suspension tuning and stiffer mounts. Add in a couple things the driver learned about the track since the previous run, and there's your 7:29.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seoultrain]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 7:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[NEW OFICIALtime lap for the standard gtr jspec on the nurburgring,7,29 seconds!<br>With the previous times of the vspec in already 7,25,I WONDER WHAT THE NAYSAYERS WILL COME WITH  THIS TIME.<br>No wonder Jay Leno is already "calling"his wife to tell her he will buy a new car.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[r33]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[it gets better?!!??!?!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ugg.tryptophan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did they find a new driver for their second try at the nur. That could have a huge effect]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 5:53PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[nope, same driver]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[nissanfreak87]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 6:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well, the driver might be getting better at driving the GT-R round the 'ring too...I mean you keep driving it enough times and you can probably start shaving a few portions of a second off of a couple corners =p]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tekdemon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 6:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[sounds like additional tuning then. Or they gave their driver performance enhancing drugs. I demand that man submit a piss cup.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 6:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[LMAO! Good one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Franz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 6:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Goddamn I love it when someone builds something with passion. He treats this entity as his son. I want to treat it as the new love of my life.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[2004m3driver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 6:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[My love child would still be from an exige but thats just me.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Glenn]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 1st 2008 7:00PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on JDM Nissan GT-R benefits from U.S. market tweaks]]></title><link>http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.autoblog.com/2008/05/01/jdm-nissan-gt-r-benefits-from-u-s-market-tweaks/</guid><description><![CDATA[Kazutoshi Mizuno's quote brings a tear to my eye.<br><br><br>well said, old friend, well said!<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[steve-o]]></dc:creator><pubDate>May 2nd 2008 12:09PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>