Should I buy an Audi R8 V10 with 5 previous owners?

[HypeM135i]

Should I buy an Audi R8 V10 with 5 previous owners? I've found an Audi R8 V10 with low mileage, but the downfall is in the fact that it has 5 previous owners. The car is 6 years old however, and my plan is on keeping it a long time so it hopefully appreciated one day to the level I paid for it. Is 5 owners too much, do I need a 1/2 owner car for the car to be worth a decent amount in the future 5/10 years?

[dang2407]

Many owners doesnt necessarily make a bad car. Lots of people get bored and move on in a year. Sometimes new owners is good as each one lavishes a lot of care and attention in the first few months. Just check service history for completeness and issue.

[johnnyreggae]

In ten years time they all will have multiple owners so service history as noted above will be more important - and realistically there won't be much value to maintain anyway

[Trev450]

How ironic is this!!! I too am currently looking at a 6 year old R8 that has had 6 owners. I was a bit hesitant about it at first but as others have said, not that unusual with a car of this type.

[akadk]

make sure it is a manual, and you will be fine

[wilwak]

akadk said:

make sure it is a manual, and you will be fine

Why a manual?

[Helicopter123]

While 5/6 owners in as many years does not neccesarily mean big problems being passed on, it might.

As long as the car is inspected and sold with a warranty I would be relaxed about it though.

[akadk]

wilwak said:

akadk said:

make sure it is a manual, and you will be fine

Why a manual?

because the R-Tronic is terrible, and manual R8 V10's are becoming rarer and rarer as people realise a mid engine V10 naturally aspirated manual gearbox is something very special, not to be repeated .... prices will rise ... think Fezza 430 manual

all the 5.2V10 Gallardo's were e-gear

so name another V10 manual mid engine naturally aspirated supercar for sub £70k ??

[dang2407]

akadk said:

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all the 5.2V10 Gallardo's were e-gear

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Should read:

... most of the 5.2V10 Gallardo's were e-gear...

[jakesmith]

I looked at a 5 year old 4.2 with 8 owners, it put me off. I think 1 every 12-18 months is OK, more than that sets off alarm bells about a lemon and will to the next buyer

[Housey]

I recently bought a 3k miles 1 owner V10 Plus and love it and the R-Tronic was never fitted to the Plus, it gets either manual or S-Tronic, which is a great gearbox if we are talking double clutch. I'd probably seek a lower owner car, frankly, but i've stuck 8K miles on mine since April and it is getting better with miles.

[Kingswood]

Not sure if allowed to post this - I have a v10 Spyder 60 plate 2 owners incl me- which I'm thinking stress thinking of selling

[lambo_xx]

[quote=HypeM135i]Should I buy an Audi R8 V10 with 5 previous owners?

I wouldn’t get too concerned about it. I've owned a couple cars with several owners, it's quite common on these types of cars, especially when they were new, to be flipped quite quickly. I saw a Hurracan recently that had 3 previous owners in 1 year.