A point worth a mention is that the instructors were actually encouraging you to drive fast and hard as long as it’s within your own limits and not being dangerous.
I have just being watching the footage which we got to take away and it’s excellent. You can hear the engine sound and exhaust note. The car engine sound is spot on, I was expecting more of a whistle or turbine noise but you do get to hear the V6 PUR which sounds amazing. It’s a very positive sound for a V6. Inside the car is quite, if your stood outside listening when it takes off its sounds a lot more than a V6 and more powerful that it looks.
For the little bit of chav in me I did get excited when I heard the dump valve/BOV noise. This is really not like the noise you hear from Fast & Furious type of cars but just very subtle in the background.
I was concerned about the gearbox rattle/noise as a few peeps have mentioned before, I drove 5 different cars and it was not apparent at all unless you really are listing out for it. and I’m very fussy.
The point about the gears changing up very quick in auto mode is true, before you know it your in 6th gear at about 30-40mph, but I really don’t think it will bothered me much as I will be driving it with a bit more enthusiasm.
The ride is very good in conform mode for this type of car – I could relate it to say the current BMW M3.
The understeer issue is more the knack of getting familiar with the throttle and feeding in through the bend rather than nail it, which is what I was doing (I just couldn’t help me self)
You have to be very precise when changing down gear – if you’re not in the right rev range the car will not change down. I haven’t driven a paddle shift this hard before so took a little while to get used to – I was told to brake.…pause….then change down (the last thing you do before taking the corner) which worked quite well.
MPG must have been in high single figures – you could see the needle dropping. The cars run quite rich as you can smell the fuel from the exhaust when blipping the throttle.
From what I understood Nissan Race Academy will be organising events which peeps will have to pay for this is after you have delivery of your cars, so I’m assuming it will your own car you will be using.
At the end of the event we were told there are a few other surprises before we take delivery – they were very tight lipped about this, I see this event as the icing of the cake and anything else, the cheer on top.
Apologies if I haven’t used the right type of terminology but I’m just trying to express what I have experienced in my own words.
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