Well I have been obsessed with these cars for a good 3-4 years now but one drew my attention the most the r32 gtr. Coming from a family who owns all domestic vehicles and my father and uncles all grew up with muscle cars. No matter what I did or said to them about the potential and incredible power of these cars no one really listened and I often got discouraged to just get a "normal" vehicle. I went to a few car lots with my dad and test drove mustangs, camaros and one gtp
none which I liked at all, I had never been in a skyline but just through my research I knew it would of put shame to any of these cars. One night I was cruising a local hotspot where cars usually hang out and I saw it! An r32 gtr exactly what I have ever wanted I got my friend to pull in and I got out I just had to see it. The car was gtrc member turismo's and it was beautiful. I told my parents day in and day out about it and how nice it was. One of my uncles the only one who didn’t own a muscle car back in the day but instead a datsun 240z knew all about these cars and surprising to me quite a bit of the history of the car. It was basically me and him against the rest of my family for getting a vehicle like this. 3 weeks later my uncle was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumour which shocked our family beyond belief. The doctor didn’t give him long to live. Family from Ottawa came down to visit with him after they heard the news. I ended up getting a ride to Ottawa with one of my aunts and her boyfriend from there I began my quest to look for my gtr. I looked at 3 in Ottawa and I wasn’t too impressed with the condition of any of the 3. I extended my search into Quebec where I finally got the chance to go to some jdm dealers and I found my baby at jdm Montreal. Basically stock with some minor add ons and 78000kms. I did a check and everything seemed to be good just needed new rotors, pads and tires. I called my parents and told them about the car and they were not to impressed I made my way into Montreal by myself to go look at cars and then I told them I bought one
that one went over well. I drove my recently bought car to my aunts house in Ottawa and set home early morning. My car was not able to be certified because it needed new rotors. pads and tires which I bought it knowing. I got new tires and new rotors and pads from ztune which had excellent service and fast shipping. I had no idea where to start with the car and I wanted to get it on the road to take to my uncles house to show him because I new if I put it into storage (this was around October) and did the work over winter and not worried about insurance I may never get the chance to show him. This is where turismo came in and offered to help me with the installation. He taught me so much about the car and did a great job, thanks to turismo my car was on the road! I was able to take my uncle for a drive but couldn’t go fast or accelerate hard because of his condition but the whole time there was a smile on his face it was his first time in a gtr. He is now in critical condition and in his last stages of life. This is very hard on our family but we are doing everything in our power to cope with this. I just wanted to share with you fellow members my story!


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