Garage forecourt in Cornwall. I'm just pulling in there for V Power and there it is. GTR35 in white. Nismo Nigel is topping his tank up. I'm not looking at him, but he's staring at me. I'm driving a very very nice Blob STi. 2.35, twisted kit, GT35R, which of course he doesn't know about, although the fast road cams and twin plate clutch are giving the game away, as are the huge AP Racing brakes fitment and the Sparco Evo 2 seats. Over 600 bhp on V Power once I've finished running the new motor in.
He can't take his eyes off me, willing me to check out his car package. I'm treating him like I would Simon Cowell in the same circumstance. Nope, don't know you, not interested. He pays his bill and saunters to his car, still looking in my direction. Zilch from me. He fires up his motor, blipping the throttle. It snicks into gear and I'm still totally ambivalent. He even uses the launch control when he leaves the forecourt and I don't so much as raise an eyebrow.
Start of a crap day for him I suspect..

 

hahaha,

No f*cks were given that morning eh Alan. lol

 

As soon as I see AP racing big brake kits I'm like yeh I'll go back into hiding

 

Why a bad day? Was he on his way to Scooby Clinic? Ooooooooooh ouch

 

Soooooo, then what? Am I missing something or was this just a *****-waving competition?

 

.SJ.

 

The GTR owner was probably trying to work out why a man of your vintage was driving around in a boy racer jap tin box....

 

.SJ.

 

Ever thought he may have just wanted to say nice motor and ask what's been done to the very very nice blob Sti lol

 

Was this the blobeye on the a38 this morning?

 

maybe just maybe, Alan did you have your crocodile Dundee hat on?

 

Yes

 

ROFL... The whole of the performance tuning industry is based on ***** waving!

 

the GTR boys think they have it all though, see them at the Pod on Jap day.
Must have got him wondering.

 

Others have made that schoolboy error, yes..

 

I did once pull in to the same garage driving a 1967 Shelby Mustang, and apologised to the Ferrari 458 owner at the next pump for making him feel inadequate!

 

If the guys about to drive off in a gtr then that dosen't seem like its gonna be a sad day to me.

 

I've often wondered about that one. As in would you choose a different car if nobody ever saw you driving it?

 

Is it your car Alan? If so the boy racer in me would of come out lol but if not maybe paths will cross again.

 

For me id say no, the gtr is my dream car which hopefully as theyre reasonably priced i may get to own one some day, there is also the 67 shelby but i know ill probably never earn enough to own one of them

 

I imagine R35 GTR owners feel the same when RS_Matt turns up in his WRX.

 

No, it's a customers car, I'm running it in after a major build and prior to mapping. I can't say as I approve of road racing although my memory has convenient lapses from my youth!

 

Customer's car??? Hope there wont be a dashcam video of you racing a GTR popping up online anytime soon!!!

 

That's a cool story that is.........

 

Did the guy smile or was it sheer cockiness Alan?
I've always come across nice people in fill up stations, always given a compliment if car was nice regardless of make or being male/female but you do get the cockey kuntys that thing they are above every1 they do get ignored
ITS NICE TO BE NICE

 

I only go in for road racing on my Lambretta! In 33 years of tuning performance cars we have maintained clean licences and no road risk insurance claims at all. I'll leave racing GTR's to the loons.

 

You had to be there.. It just struck me funny!

 

if that gtr was even slightly modded he eats the subaru 2.35 gt35r or not

 

Never been beaten by a gtr yet, and I don't have a gt35.....

 

In the real world, a lightly breathed on GTR would eat you buddy