Well my GS-R was my older brother's, who bought it new in '97. I 'inherited' it 13 months ago. At that time I thought about selling it and buying a 300ZX-TT or an RX-7 by putting in about 7K of my own money, but never a Type-R. I like the leather (though cloth seats are more practical) and the sunroof - but more importantly there is nothing _overly_ special about the Type-R that made me consider getting it over my GS-R (it's still FWD). Plus, then I'd be paranoid all the time about it getting stolen (it's bad enough with the GS-R). Also, I've spent about 1 hour behind an ITR, and noticed an improvement in acceleration and cornering, but I had to 'look for it' if that makes any sense.