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Went for a drive in a friend's R8. He was taking it in to get chipped. Was pretty impressive and even more so the next day.
The R8 has lots of nice features and perks, Suspension tuning was handled very well from the cockpit. No need to dig out the wrenches, and added $2000 worth of custom gear.
Audi cars seem to 'fit' me real well, but I don't expect to ever own one.
Can't underestimate this. It's what separates it. I work in a smug part of downtown and would be professionally judged if I pulled up in a Honda, sad to say. I can't swing a 5 series DD AND a super car.I can get one or the other, though.
It rains almost every day for a few hours where I live. In a Porsche, I wasn't happy doing 75 MPH in heavy traffic w/ heavy rain. It got hairy. I didn't want to be that "awake" at 4:30 AM every morning just to stay alive in my Porsche.
With this AWD Audi, I can quadruple the sex appeal of my Porsche, equal or come close to the driving experience and not worry about the weather- ever.
In this way I think it's a great "value" supercar.
What Porsche do you have? Which R8 are you going to get, the 8 or 10? The 10 has 140 more hp (430 vs 570) and the Lamborghini sound!
I drove both the R8 V8 and V10 back to back on a racetrack. If I was buying with my money I would easily buy the V8 w/6 spd manual trans and keep the extra 40k by not buying the 10 cyl/paddle shift combo.
I drove both the R8 V8 and V10 back to back on a racetrack. If I was buying with my money I would easily buy the V8 w/6 spd manual trans and keep the extra 40k by not buying the 10 cyl/paddle shift combo.
Great cars but a 458 Italia is in another league!
You can get the v10 in 6 spd manual, would that make the difference? I haven't looked at any r8 forums, but I can't seem to wrap my head around why everyone would love the 8 over the 10 with the massive hp difference. Maybe there's more to it.
You can get the v10 in 6 spd manual, would that make the difference? I haven't looked at any r8 forums, but I can't seem to wrap my head around why everyone would love the 8 over the 10 with the massive hp difference. Maybe there's more to it.
Top Gear did a comparison with the two, there are things the v8 has, the other don't.
There was a episode of Top Gear where they took a Audi R8 Though Spain with some other Super cars.
If i remember correctly The R8 Stood it's ground
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