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Video: Skyline racing with Dirk Schoysman

BlowDog — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:26:15 +0000

I play with Dirk Schoysman in the Falken Race car at the Nurburgring GP circuit in my own Nur – only a fly-by, but great noise.
Around Nurburgring GP circuit, November 2003 (R34 Skyline GTR V-Spec 2 Nur)

Video: Clash of the Nurs

BlowDog — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:24:04 +0000

A certain well known black car plays with a certain well known sparkling silver car with some serious high speed driving on an autobahn. German Autobahn, November 2003 (R34 Skyline GTR V-Spec 2 Nur x 2)

Flipping Falken

BlowDog — Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:15:02 +0000

I’ve tried to be nice to them but they continue to mess me about. I’m never going to see the tyres they’ve promised to return to me from Germany. They’ve probably sent them back to Japan. So, here is my hosted version of the video we did in Germany.

Light a candle folks

BlowDog — Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:33:20 +0000

Well, I can pretty confidently say that this sale has been the hardest yet. I honestly thought I felt some last minute doubts just as bankers drafts were being exchanged. To then see it driven away from me was quite a sad experience, this GTR has been the best car I’ve ever owned. It’s also been the car that’s left me with the best memories.

So, I am now 3 months without a car before my next one arrives. Now I just keep thinking of bright yellow German cars.

It’s that time of year again

BlowDog — Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:34:19 +0000

Car’s up for sale folks – it would make a fantastic Xmas present to yourself!

Video: Motorvision Skyline GTR V-Spec 2 Nur

BlowDog — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 20:19:54 +0000

This was a video German TV motoring programme, Motorvision, did when I was out at the Ring.
Falken Tyres sponsored my car for German Channel Motorvision. Driven by the very handy Tim Schrick outside of the Nurburgring circuit, November 2003 (R34 Skyline GTR V-Spec 2 Nur)

Blow Dog falls victim to corporate betrayal

BlowDog — Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:35:22 +0000

As you may know, I spent a few days entertaining Falken press hounds at the Nurburgring, Germany, in order to promote their new performance tyre. For more background, you can read one or two threads which explain the trip in more detail. Now that I am no longer bound by gentlemanly agreements, a mutual declaration broken by the Falken side I’ll have you know, I am at last relatively free to tell you that the FK451 tyre is nowhere near as good as the Bridgestone RE01’s that were taken off for replacement. In terms of product placement, the Falken advertising agency, Traffic, got a pretty good deal. Falken jackets worn by the whole crew, a V-Spec 2 Nur on German TV sporting Falken stickers and tyre’s, a free ride to a whole host of journalists and motoring press pundits, Evo included, around the Nurburgring GP circuit and finally good old king of gentlemanly conduct, mutual cooperation in an hour of need. You see, Falken asked us to come over to Germany to save their two faced arses from ridicule as the Nismo Z-Tune R34 was trashed by a Nismo driver who’d forgotten that in Germany, people generally drive on the right hand side. As my car was visually identical to the Z-Tune, they shouted help from middle Europe and, well, we heard their weasel cry for help. With a press conference the next day and a whole host of international journalists hungry for something to go wrong, we practically saved their arses. What we should have done is walked away that first ill-fated morning when they turned up 4 hours late for the meeting, But oh no…this is what we got:
I gave them 30 laps in my car on the GP circuit – They gave me a £1200.00 servicing bill which they’d promised to pay
I gave them a lap on the Nordschleife – They gave me a set of destroyed discs
I gave them unlimited exposure on one of the best Skyline sites in the world – They revoke their promise of banner advertising
I gave up 2 days of pay to be there – They paid other members of our team to be there!
I give them unlimited photo opportunities for their brochures and the German magazines – I get none of the promised printed material
I give them 3 years of support by being at the 24hr Nurburgring race, together with fellow GTR enthusiasts – we get a Falken hand flag to fly

Some of you are saying “But you had great fun!” and yes, indeed I did. But when you’re promised a reimbursement of over £2500 of expenses and you get £200, you kinda feel a little fucked. I could go on, suffice to say that our relationship is severed thanks to the almost comical professionalism employed by Traffic. Screw you and I hope you’ll be in need of help soon as I’m keen to deny.

Evo 8 v The Nur

BlowDog — Thu, 04 Sep 2003 18:35:28 +0000

Late night meeting with Quentin and his Evo 8
Anybody needs lessons in photography, let me know – my awesomeness can be found in the yellow pages under ’saturate’.

4 months, 3 days and 12 hours later

BlowDog — Tue, 27 May 2003 16:38:38 +0000

Some pics of the new R34 GTR V-Spec 2 Nur.

After 4 months of waiting, I pick up the new car.

The last itteration of the Skyline GTR, this R34 GTR V-Spec 2 Nür was built by Nissan to commemorate both the end of the production of the current phase GTR and also in celebration of the infamous Nurburgring.

Amongst a multitude of upgrades over the ’standard’ V-Spec, the car comes with the strengthened block and internals and uprated steel N1 turbos.
This means that thanks to some minor mods from my tuner, the car is being set up for a comfortable 500bhp. Together with the S-Tune Nismo suspension, complete Nismo bodykit (including Nismo carbon bonnet) and AP 6 pots, the car is ready for both road and track.

I’m taking a client on a road trip to the Nurburgring this weekend – I know, it’s a lame excuse but let’s hope he’s got a strong heart, I want to break 200MPH.

This site’s been a little dormant lately, not least because of efforts elsewhere on sites such as the GTR Register. Expect a write up soon…