Certain thieves in the US city of Los Angeles might think they’ve won big, but they couldn’t be further from the truth.
One of the Nissan R34 Skyline GT-R replicas driven by Paul Walker in the most recent instalment of the Fast & Furious franchise has been stolen from a warehouse in California, the thieves also damaging a classic Studebaker and a Porsche Boxster in the process.
With an estimated value of US$75,000 (you can buy a R34 GT-R for that kind of money), the Skyline - essentially a modified GT-T, one very big step below the GT-R - was uninsured because of its post-film use as a promotional car.
Still, despite the loss to the studio, the ultimate joke is on the crooks. When they roll into the run-down warehouse their insane overlord has rented for the mission of “stealing 60 desirable cars before morning”, they’ll be floating in the bay when the boss-man discovers it’s not a genuine GT-R…
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Guess that’ll teach them to research FIRST HAHAHA!!
Anyone who saw the big “audition race”, and the lurid powerslides the Skyline was pulling, would know it was quite ATTESSA-less.
Yes, however I would’ve thought they’d at least use a real GT-R and do what a lot of GT-R owners do and modify it to be RWD only. If I remember correctly, it’s just disconnect a circuit and Bob’s you’re Uncle.
Pulling the ATTESSA fuse out only really works on the R32. The R33 and R34 need the front driveshafts removed to not cause undue stress on the transfer case.
It’d still be cheaper to buy a 2WD Skyline and do up the engine than buy a GT-R, especially since there’s so few of them in the States. There’s no way to comply a R32-R34 for road use over there, so there’s not much stock to choose from.
lol