https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/ Fri, 27 Dec 2019 08:18:05 +0000 86400 https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/singapore-gt-r-owners-club-chinese-new-year-meet-r392 Zen Balboni Photography.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSLEr_0XIpI

[Zen Balboni Photography - Singapore GTR Owners Club CNY Lunch 2015 (Facebook)]
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Cars & Coffee Tokyo-Style (SpeedHunters)

Photo Credit SpeedHunters]]> Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:32:22 +0000 3f67fd97162d20e6fe27748b5b372509 https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/26-years-of-awesome-driving-r207 A 26 year long road trip that took the owner of a Mercedes G Wagon all over the world and back, with an amazing and personal story to tell. It's well worth a watch, and also worth remembering before taking your next drive. GT-Rs were built to be driven, lift is short and is meant to be lived. Don't be afraid to drive.

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Gizmodo]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:01:21 +0000 4e4e53aa080247bc31d0eb4e7aeb07a0 https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/jun-r1-sets-uk-quarter-mile-records-r189
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GT-R Life - Jun R1 UK's Quickest R35 GT-R]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 06:00:20 +0000 82c2559140b95ccda9c6ca4a8b981f1e https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/epic-trip-to-japan-r58 A new member of the GT-R Life community, Ahmed, shares his account on an epic trip to Japan:

I'm new to this forum, but not new to Nissan sports cars. I've owned several modified Z32s since 1999 and have been heavily involved in the Nissan 300ZX community since. I'm familiar with Skylines/R35s and plan to purchase my own in 2014. I've been lurking on this forum for quite a while but thought I would finally join the site. I thought all the others here in this community would like to hear about my special trip to Japan so here it is.


I know a guy in Dallas - "Mad Mike" - who has the ultimate connection to everything Nissan in Japan (I'm sure some of you may know him). I've known him for several years from when I lived in Texas. Mad Mike is the ZCCA (Z Car Club Association) liaison to Japan. He takes a small group to Japan every year to do lots of amazing Nissan-related things, make new friends, and build new relationships and contacts. He has built these contacts over the last 30 years (he is 70 years old). The trip is by invite only and I've had an open invitation for the last 4 years. I finally made it to the trip this past year. The trip is known as the Z CraZies trip and we are VIP guests of Nissan/Nismo and have open access to EVERYTHING - you'll see as you see the pics below and read this massive post. Others have posted pics from this trip in the past and it has even been picked up by some national automotive blogs (which we try our to avoid) in the past so you may have seen some of what I post.

Let me start by saying that the Z CraZies trip to Japan was the trip of a lifetime. This trip is a bucket list trip for a Nissan enthusiast. The biggest thing that stood out to me was the amazing people we met. I have never seen such hospitality and generosity from a group of people ever; and we were basically strangers to them who just happened to share the passion for the Z car. I had been looking forward to all the cars we would see, but didn't expect to leave Japan with all these new friends. Nissan and Nismo were very gracious and amazing hosts. The interactions with our hosts and new friends were very memorable. As far as Japan, what a wonderful country. It has such an amazing infrastructure, it's super clean, and are just so technologically advanced. It has a great history, great food, and great culture and traditions. I cannot type into words how amazing this trip and country was, you have to experience it for yourself. I have to thank Mad Mike for making this possible and to all of our friends/hosts in Japan who spent significant time with us, shared their lives with us for 10 days, and treated us like family. I'll try my best to cover our trip below. I want to tell the full story, so I will be posting much more than just car pictures in this thread. I'm trying to give only the highlights. I took over 1,200 pics and there is no way I can post them all. If you want to see all of the pictures by day for this trip, see my Flickr account:

http://www.flickr.co...57632215964787/


These images are for non-commercial use, by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts. They are not to be reproduced for commercial ventures. Please do not repost these pictures on ANY other websites without permission. We had a problem a few years back which threatened this trip. Thanks.



Day 1: I arrive in Tokyo and run into Eric (spdrmn15) and Mark (intel) at customs. We met up with Mad Mike and Jeff (Boris) outside the terminal. After jumping back and forth between terminals, we get on the bus from Narita to Yokohama. We check-in late, Tetsu comes by for dinner, then we crash for an early morning the next day. For those who don't know, Tetsu owns his own Z shop, is very active in the Japanese Z clubs, and has a great relationship with Nissan.

We were staying in the Landmark Tower in Yokohama, it's a 70 story building. The hotel is from floors 50 to 70. Here is the incredible view from our room on the 61st floor.


View from our hotel room by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

And here is one from the 70th floor facing the other direction


View from Landmark Tower by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

Day 2: We eat breakfast, meet up with Ric, Bernie, and Adam; then head out to Nissan Grand Drive not too far away. This is a private Nissan facility with a track used for testing. It is rarely open to the public. The Z Fiesta is happening here and they had 2 370Z's for us to drive on the road course and autocross. Yup, Nissan tossed us the keys and told us to have fun. It was a blast out on the Nissan's road course. I'm just a novice driver on the track, but I wanted to push it more and get those tires screeching. But there was just too much traffic for that. I wish I could have gone out there again. I got to ride with several other Japanese Z club members in their cars as well as the Nissan test driver. There were no personal pictures allowed at Grand Drive of the cars and track. But we saw a lot of great cars - Kei's clean Z31 with the RB swap, a 240Z 432, a 240Z that had been restored by Nissan and looked like a brand new car, and several other very nice Z32s, Z33s, and Z34s. The impressive thing was that all the swaps in these various cars all looked stock - they were done soooo cleanly it was amazing. My favorite 2 cars that day were the restored 240Z in brand spanking new condition and Kei's awesome RB26 Z31. I also got a chance to ride with a Nissan test driver, which was awesome.

I enjoyed watching Adam talk to the Nissan engineer about what he wants for the next Z. The engineer mentioned he had a drawing of the next Z in his pocket. We tried to get a peek, but to no avail =) Mr. K (the Father of the Z who is 103!) did make an appearance and we briefly met him here. He gave a long speech and took questions. Adam asked him about his thoughts on a 4 cylinder Z, and Mr. K said that he thinks it would ok since many of the Nissan cars are too big and heavy these days.


Mr. K at Grand Drive by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

They gave us all wooden plaques to commemorate the day, they are pretty awesome and many of us would later get those signed by Mr. K. Here is the group with the 370Z we drove.


370Z Roadster we drove by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Grand Drive Group by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


IMGP9568 [1024x768] by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

We went back to the hotel and had some time before the closing banquet. I had lugged my tripod all the way from Chicago to shoot night pictures and this was the perfect chance to squeeze in some shooting in Yokohama around the bay.


Reflections by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

Our hotel - Landmark Tower


Landmark Tower - Our hotel by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

One of my favorite shots


Yokohama Night by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Funky by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Landmark by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Day 3: On Sunday, we switched hotels to one in Tokyo. We took a tour of Tokyo today. We went to Tokyo Tower, the Happo-en Gardens, an amazing BBQ lunch, the Emperor's Palace, a boat ride, and then Asakusa temple.


Mt. Fuji from our room


Fuji Sunrise by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


IMG_0212 (Copy) by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Yokohama Morning by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


I cannot say enough about the vending machines in Japan, these were crucial to the trip! They have the most amazing vending machines you can find outside on every block and they dispense hot and cold drinks from the same machine. I spent more money in vending machines there than I probably have in several years here at home.


Vending Machines! by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

Tokyo Tower


Tokyo Tower by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Tokyo with Mt. Fuji by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Massive city of Tokyo by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


So we go to the beautiful gardens


IMG_0320 (Copy) by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

This Bonsai tree is 520 years old!


Shinpaku by a300zx4pak, on Flickr



Dark Tree by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Hanging over Water by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Luscious by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Group shot at this amazing BBQ lunch. The soy sauces over in Japan are like nothing I have tried here, they are totally something else. Dipping the meat in the soy sauce was ridiculously good.


Amazing BBQ Lunch by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Warrior by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

Emperor's Palace


Emperor's Palace by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

Tokyo Sky Tree in the back, one of the tallest structures in the world


Me and Sky Tree by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Street Scene by a300zx4pak, on Flickr

Asakusa temple area


Whoa by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


2 Skylines by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


We got back to the hotel and I took Eric to Mori Tower to shoot pictures from the Sky Deck. And then we went to the Shibuya district to see the busiest intersection in the world. I knew it was a very colorful area and couldn't wait to shoot there. I had obviously researched places I wanted to shoot before the trip.



Tokyo Tower HDR by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Tokyo HDR by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Shibuya Crossing by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Roof Soccer by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Shibuya Street by a300zx4pak, on Flickr


Shibuya Lights by a300zx4pak, on Flickr]]> Sun, 17 Feb 2013 23:50:29 +0000 06409663226af2f3114485aa4e0a23b4 https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/new-megtroc-record-2nd-fastest-gtr-in-the-world-r52 ]]> Fri, 08 Feb 2013 08:22:33 +0000 37a749d808e46495a8da1e5352d03cae https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/8-seconds-in-the-middle-east-new-me-14mi-record-r46
MC Performance is proud to bring to you the latest news.

EK Racing GTR R35 Midle East Record.

60ft: 1.52

1/4 Mile: 8.96

Speed: 264 Km/h




]]> Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:12:41 +0000 a5e00132373a7031000fd987a3c9f87b https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/gulfrun-8-2013-kuwait-bahrain-r38
The event will be held on January 24th and 25th in Bahrain this year, and will include both track and drag events. In the run up to the event there is a car wash and sticker placement event where the organizers apply the event's sponsors stickers on the cars. After the stickers are applied we all go out together to a car show that is held in a local mall here in Kuwait. I shall be posting pics as we progress in the event...

You can find more information regarding the event by visiting their site http://www.thegulfrun.com/
































A FEW SHOTS FROM AFTER SPONSOR STICKERS WERE PLACED WITH THE LOCAL Q8GTROC...
















]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:43:47 +0000 013d407166ec4fa56eb1e1f8cbe183b9 https://www.gtrlife.com/_/international/new-middle-east-14mi-record-91-seconds-252kmh-r35
"I'm happy that I achieved my goal and hold the M.E RECORD 9.1 @ 252 KM/H and M.E 60'ft RECORD... Thanks to Member "MC TUNER" owner of MC Performance who build my engine and tuned my car, SMS Design and Performance for building my Tranny, Ebrahim Kanoo who supported me in everything he could plus I ran on his 18's CCW 10.5 square setup dressed with 305's MT slicks"

For the video see below.

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