Gold Digger wrote:I'm talking things like brake pads, oil changes, the likes.
I have heard that replacing brake pads are somewhere in the $1k ball park range. Or was that rotors? Hell, I can't remember.
Those things, I don't think, are covered under a factory warranty.
If you have a 70k car, you have to pay to play. We aren't talking about a Nissan Sentra here. The GT-R is a high performance vehicle. It uses high performance parts, which are more expensive than what your Moms Toyota Camry uses. Its pretty much a fact of life.
With that said, from the dealer the prices are pretty out there. The old way the dealer did the brakes was to replace everything as a unit - front and rear rotors, front and rear pads. You can get brake rotor replacements from DBA for about $900 MSRP for a set.
http://www.2009gtr.com/2012/03/nissan-g ... rades.html. The AP's are more, but they last about 6 times as long as the stockers on the track.
The brake pads are pretty standard. Hawk, Carbotech, Ferodo, Performance Friction, Pagid, and others make them. They are huge. D1382 pad shape. Prices range from just over $150 for a front set to about $1000 for a set of Endless endurance pads.
I have a buyers guide I wrote up and try and keep up to date.
http://www.2009gtr.com/2010/12/used-nis ... -2011.html
The transfluid is astronomically expensive. It feels and tastes like an ATF, but it has some magic go go something pixie dust that makes it cost $79.99 MSRP from Nissan. You need about 8-9-10. Some guys run the Pentosin.
The trans is pretty new, very complicated, and has some odd policies from Nissan regarding fixing it. Its not as scary as it might seem, but everyone wants to be chicken little on them. ~5k on one, and it will handle 787 whp on 91 octane at 21 psi.