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I had been saving this for my biography,then again here I am lying in my bed with all these memories from launches flooding back. On this day Nissan was launching the 50th Anniversary Edition GT-R, I had been looking fwd to this, I mean this is the car that dominates
The Simola Hillclimb which I attend every year and I hold I very high esteem, so it went without saying in was excited. Little did I know the day's events would be this epic, Nissan had planned a lovely route , even had a stretch of road for us to do Launch control
My driving partner was Sbonelo from @imoto_online , he was chilled , "Tata shayela kuqala" I was not going to miss that opportunity, we left the venue and followed the route map kahle, we arrived at this dead long stretch of tarmac, pulled to the side and were told,
Lana ke you will do launch, I did so successfully, as we were giggling kamandi , something in was creeping up my rear view mirror, this happened just as we had come up behind a truck, I told Sbo, "Tata kushubile, I think that's a Ferrari and a V12 at that , sahleka
"Mbonise Tata , akasebenze" his words were not even cold the guy took the gap to overtake, middle aged couple, crisp blonde in the passenger seat, kwakunuka imali esirious pha, seconds later I gear down I go hunting, he is within my sights , my confidence is that
high now, am not even watch the cluster , siyahamba last check I was climbing past 284kph, the sweeps are not even scary, grip levels in the GT-R are fueling the pursuit of the prancing horse, but heyi asisondeli, it's just just within reach
After 25 -30kms Sbo says "Tata yiyeke le Moto" at this stage everything is a blurr ,the dotted line had become solid ages ago, by now my palms are sweating , I was on a mission Nissan hunts a Ferrari, as we reached a T Junction ,this guys turns left, we exchange
Looks , like any typical Xhosa I say ngaphakathi "Uyakunya, sinde ngogoloza". We change drivers, a Nissan Rep applaudes my effort he had seen this duel from afar, I am thinking I have done a Kazumi Proud back in Japan, I sip on my still water from the door as Sbo
Was driving us back to the lunch venue, adrenalin still pumping, "Tata ubuhamba maaaaan, yerrrr this thing handles and iyasasuka, but Tata that Ferrari heyi mhlobam it leaps maaaan" I look at him and reply " It was like a bad dream Tata , I could smell him but
Not getting close" so I get in touch with the one guy who has a ton of experience with these cars , he has attended more international launched and driven too many supercars to mention, "Jambase ...besileqa Ferrari apha, heyi bekuLIT, " he replies "Jikijwa your
Advantage was the reef that is insanely fast Tata , I commend isibindi sakho, iyahamba lamoto mhlobam" I sat at lunch thinking yerrrrrr I chased a Ferrari in a Nissan, andiyokaka maaaan. It was just too exciting even if I lost that duel. One of the most fun launches
I had attended too. The GT-R remains a special car , they need to up their game manje kuba the goal posts had been moved. To think that I was chasing a Normally Aspirated V12 at the Reef in a 3.8L Twin Turbo, the Italians know their story.