I would love to see some sort of telemetry/lap data from this guy's experience... brakes can be overcooked on any car if the driver enters every corner too hot. With the GT-R, it's EASY to build speed to the "too hot" level...

And yes, he's right -- street cars are not designed to be endurance racers from the showroom floor. If he wants to act like McNish at Le Mans, he needs to buy our race-ready GT-R Nismo GT3 (on sale now).

Otherwise, he's doing like every other buffoon out there -- taking a fully trimmed, 3,800 pound car to the track and thrashing it, while expecting daily-driver reliability and wear rates.

The equipment on the GT-R is more than adequate for a day's enjoyment on twisty back roads, recreational drag racing, etc....

But it was NOT designed for extended track use, or for competition with dedicated track racers. If he wishes to do that, he needs to make the recommended upgrades. This is the case with ANY premium car.

This article was written because he overcooked his brakes, and the dealer won't cover it. Additionally, the dealer likely went into the GPS history and saw the car visited a race track (The GT-R recognizes race track coordinates, and flags them). Such activity is sufficient to void the warranty for the respective damaged item.

Question -- would he be equally pissed if his insurance company declined to cover a race-related collision?

Methinks so.