This weekend marks a first for me: It will be my first weekend with our Nissan GT-R with no strings attached. It didn't just come from having something major replaced. It's not on break-in miles. I don't have to drive it to the middle of nowhere to drag race a ZR-1 (okay, that wasn't so bad) or some other crazy, yet usually fun, work-related errand. Nope, this time it's just me and the GT-R for a whole weekend.

Well, there is one catch. Remember back in October when I dragged my girlfriend cross-country and back in our 2009 Ford Flex? Well, it's payback time.