The vast improvement is the addition of a touch screen. The touch screen is simple and intuitive with everything reachable within one level of menu. Compared to other cars, I learned this system nearly instantly, in some cars it takes a manual and patience to learn. The main other thing I don’t like about the car is it only has Apple Car Play, what about those of us who are not baristas? We need Android Auto!
The Nav is now much better with bird’ s-eye as well as regular views with a bigger, clearer, and easier-to-see screen. It is also a touch screen. Journalists who criticize this system are on crack. I have been in late-model cars where no one could figure out the telematics and gave up! Just give us Andriod Auto dammit!
When at SEMA for the unveiling of the Sentra DET concept car, I ran into Tamura san and he explained what he did to develop the improvements I experienced in my new car. While there, the folks at Nissan presented me with this cool hardbound GT-R picture book with a T-Spec on the cover.
What a nice book, it is all in Japanese though so I can’t read it! I think it is presented to serious GT-R potential buyers in Japan as a deluxe brochure.
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Congratulations Mike! I hope you drive this one more than a few oil change intervals! Cool story too. I’m sad that more people don’t know who you are. You are a legend and deserve the red carpet.
Congrats on the new GT-R!!! but if you have to say it doesn’t look weird…
I didn’t really like the styling of the CDA at all, the DBA was a little better but the 4DA is nice I think.
Mike, congrats on the GTR, I am happy to hear that there are still well to do dealers out there. I am in the process of buying my first car so I sympathize with the frustration of dealing with prices these days (though I am definitely not shopping anywhere close to the price range of the T-Spec lol). In any case, I found your candor in your review to be very refreshing. I think the term ‘wine and cheese’ journalists is well suited to many writers and critics around the industry. As someone hoping to make a career in this vast industry, I was pushed to do journalism for the longest time. However, nowadays it feels like these ‘wine and cheese’ journalists put certain manufacturers on pedestals based on current trends (i.e. the Porsche hype). Anyhow, I’ll spare you the rant and I just want to say I’m a huge fan of what MotoIQ is doing, keep it up!
p.s: I’ve noticed that wearing your apparel to events always attracts the best kinds of enthusiasts, I couldn’t have imagined I would meet so many smart people because of a sweatshirt!
Thank you for your support!
Hello Mike,
How did your insurance handle the value of the mods?
They paid me a good price for the car, then I bought the car back and sold it to someone who loved the car that had connections to fix it.
Curious if you bought back the old car for the parts.
I did and sold it.
Man, if money wasn’t an object… I’d love to find another S13 and try to build a more modern version with the T-Spec as the aspirational goal. This car is gorgeous.
The fact that you got one right after tells me that the R35 GTRs are great cars. This post was a great read on how much they refined this car over the different generations. Shame android auto hasn’t been fitted to the car! I’ve notice Lexus took a long time to include it too.
Mike san, the end there with Tamura san signing the page with the child and his comment is not surprising culturally and melts my heart. Congratulations and I will reference this article again when I’m ready to also earn one and be my own pinnacle of a car enthusiast. In the meantime, I’ll just live vicariously through you.
So happy for you Mike. I was watching all your vlogs on the DBA as I recently purchased one and liked how you were doing the build.
Enjoy the T Spec; you deserve it 100 percent!
Andy from NZ