Hey guys im new to the forum and new to the GTR world. Would be nice to meet up with some fellow GTR owners sometime to swap some advice! Im in lake Forest. Do any of you chicago guys meet up ever?
Congradulations! I live in adsworth and work in Northbrook...I just bought a slightly used 09 white GTR.... I pass by Lake Forest everyday as i take Route 41 to and from work. Let me know if you want to meet up sometime.
im around Gurnee, but no gtr here
i love the sushi in lake forest tho! lol
ive seen quite a few gtr's at Great lakes dragway... closed for the season, but there is always next year.
Congrats on the car. I'm down in Oak Brook. Plenty of space in Lake County to open the car up. Chicago scene is low key though. Definitely pay AMS a visit when you start to get the mod or service itch.
anyone remember the ams open house party date lots of people were selling parts in the parking lot? i went once or twice a few years back (dunno if its called open house party or not)... NOS girls were there one year (man the shit they were talking about lol) was a good time (wishing i didn't take my gf@ the time).
had a few dyno days at speedquest way back in the day (i can't say much about these guys just went with friends who were Honda freaks).
Depends upon what you mean. If it's data-logging (3rd gear up to 7000 RPM) there's a relatively safe place in Chicago around Pulaski and Bryn Mawr. If it's 1 mile lengths, then farm roads (asphalt) out around Woodstock. Neither is good for more than one vehicle at a time...
Anyone want to meet for breakfast at "The Whistle stop" in Fox Lake on Sunday? Or, I'd be open to other ideas N. or N.W. of Chicago. And, 100 octane gas at the Speedway just East of Rt. 41, on the north-side of Rt. 132.
On the North side of Fox Lake, on Rt. 12, there's a 106 octane (or close to that) LEADED gasoline supplier, I think it's a BP station. You aren't allowed to pump it directly into your gas tank...must bring containers to fill instead.
The Speedway I go to just East of Rt 41 on Rt132 is 100 octane UNLEADED, and pumped and paid for through the usual pump.
I have had bad experience with leaded high-octane gas, and don't use it.
Yeah...but our cars are made to be driven, and by-and-large there are more scenic and "useable" roads as we go a few miles away from the Big City. I go back and forth every weekend (from Chicago, with my Nissan Xterra Offroad SUV) to where I garage my GT-R. Sometimes I run up into Southern Wisconsin with the GT-R and really have fun on their back roads.
I'll lay out a path through Kettle Moraine if anyone wants to do a cruise...used to do this regularly with a Camaro/Firebird group; lots of fun!
+1 i go up to Wisconsin for long open roads. there used to be nice open rd or two in hainseville/round lake by the apple farm & tree/shrubs nursery off of 120.
the zx is on the charger packed away in the garage for the winter. driving the Mazda eco box
getting my drift in before it snows lol
zx needs new clutch so its not going anywhere until then + its still got cats so avoiding race gas for now. 100Oct ill try out after clutch is done next year. what's it cost on average over there?
Gentlemen, beware, there is a new Raptorr on the road in the North suburbs of Chicago, 2012 GTR, transformed to a killer animal, by the great team at AMS.
Watch for the Alpha 9 passing you by on the road. The best decision I ever made.
Gentlemen, beware, there is a new Raptorr on the road in the North suburbs of Chicago, 2012 GTR, transformed to a killer animal, by the great team at AMS.
Watch for the Alpha 9 passing you by on the road. The best decision I ever made.
A few of the usual suspects who I know personally on this thread used to hang out with me, when I didnt have a lambo (they seem to be snobs), after I got the lambo they dont like me anymore. so to win back their love, I bought a 2013 GTR.
so Ron, Jafar, JJ ... can we all be friends again and hang out?
Very cool! And its not my thread, so I hijacked it too
Are you in chicagoland? Or just somewhere in the great state of ILLINOIS?
Actually based on your aventador, I think you are the one who is part of Lambo Club (you come with your wife and son?) that Carla sets up those events in the summer? Including those car show things at the prominad.
I am just slightly jeolus of your stable. Share your success story
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Related Threads
?
?
?
?
?
Nissan GT-R Forum
1.7M posts
66.9K members
Since 2004
A forum community dedicated to Nissan GT-R owners and enthusiasts. Come join the discussion about performance, modifications, classifieds, troubleshooting, maintenance, and more!