Nice review posted by ThrottelHouse. Worth watching

 

love the review, the only thing is that I don't actually feel its as rough as they say, especially compared to other sports car I've owned

 

Because of all the videos I've seen in recent months on GTR and GTC, I received the notification even without being subscribed to the channel.
Anyway, here in Europe, prices for the C190 series are definitely stable, if not slightly on the rise...

 

I agree. It’s a 2018 model year, and we really don’t know what’s been done to it in terms of coils, suspension components, or overall condition.

 

These guys are a hoot and I look forward to their videos.

It could also be related to the tires (haven't watched it, yet). During the off-season, I dial each of the 3 the manual shock settings (2 bump, 1 rebound) almost off (because totally off results in a bump-squeak!) to soften up the ride during my "keep it lubed" runs. Even with that adjustment, once the temps get below about 15 deg C (60 deg F), the ride gets progressively more harsh. Below about 10 deg C (50 deg F) the ride can be more harsh (on some surfaces) than with the shocks set for track running when temps are 20 deg C (68 deg F) and higher. The rubber on Cup 2 tires becomes more like hockey-puck rubber at lower temps and (I believe) that's what contributes to the harsh ride (not that the GTR Pro's ride would ever be described as "really compliant" with Cup 2 tires).

My point is that these guys reside in Ontario and, if they did this review this fall, it may have been quite chilly and hardened the tires.

 

That's a great video. My personal fav is the one by autocar. Amazing road as well.

 

Yeah, watching the video you can see that the outside temps were between 3.5 deg C (38 deg F) and 13 deg C (55 deg F) so their Cup 2 tires were definitely "hardened up." At those temps, you also get lots of rear-wheel spin. Smashing to WOT at any straight-line speeds below 130 kph (80 mph) is likely to break the rear wheels loose.

 

What a cowinkadink. I have these both in my watch later list, the most recent was the Throttle House review; with about a thousand others. I have a wide range of interests.

 

This is one of my favourites just because of the way the guy drives it

 

That kid is impressive!

Back to the topic, tire pressure can play a role in ride quality too. Drop the pressure 5 degrees and it rides a LOT better. Stickier too!

I've never driven a GTR but I find the ride on my 17' GTS to be fairly compliant.

 

It understeers on a wet twisty road - mind boggling assessment. I wouldn't call that drifting. More like a recce for an Alpine rallye.
Sure hope he inflated the tires for the speed he was attaining on the autobahn.
Makes me miss Oregon with many similar tree lined roads.

 

I like this guy and he’s blown up pretty quickly, but I do have to say he’s likely gonna be somebody we see in a major accident because he is getting more reckless…

 

Agreed that tire pressure plays a role in ride quality (and ride noise and handling and tire life and safety and ...) but one needs to be careful. Cup 2 tires are set the GTR's cold tire pressure (for normal driving) of 31 psi which tends to yield about 34-36 psi during normal driving. Their recommended hot running temperature is 33-39 psi with best grip between 70-90 deg C.

If you lower the recommended cold tire pressure by 5 psi, you're at 26 psi. From the Michelin presentation I saw on Cup 2 tires, they advised to never run below 28 psi (for track days, I use http://car.dnsalias.com/stp for the initial-session setting).